Minnesota Creamy Wild Rice Soup

Hey. You guys.  If I ask nothing else of you in 2011, will you please just make this soup?  My dad made a huge batch of this yesterday afternoon and I swear, as a soup lover, this is the best soup I've ever had.  Amazing.  So rich and hearty.  PERFECT for this cold weather we're all having!

Here's the recipe:

Minnesota Creamy Wild Rice Soup

1/2 cup flour
1 chopped onion
1/2 cup butter + 3/4 tblsp evoo
5 cups chicken broth
2 cups cooked wild/brown rice combo (cook in chicken stock)
2 cups chopped portobella mushroom
1 cup chopped carrots
1 cup chopped celery
2 cups half and half
salt and crushed red pepper to taste

Saute onion and butter until onion are tender. Whisk in flour. Continue whisking as it simmers for a few minutes. Add broth and 1 tsp salt. Allow to cook till it simmers - it will thicken as you stir it. Add mushrooms, rice, carrots, celery. Simmer for 10 min. Lastly, add half and half and heat to serving temp.

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