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Submitted by SarahBeth
"This soup is my version of Demos' Restaurant's baked chicken soup. I found a recipe for basic chicken soup and changed it to mimic what we were looking for! Demos' is located in Murfressboro, TN, and we live in Memphis, so I have never been able to try them side by side. However, I do know that this is yummy and filling. PLEASE NOTE: as stated before, I DO NOT add veggies to this dish, because the soup at the resturant does not have any in it. However, I am sure that some added carrots or celery would be yummy. Also, double the flour and butter to make a thicker soup. We like ours less creamy. For the chicken, I either use leftover baked chicken or I buy a cooked rotisserie chicken from the grocery store and pull all the chicken off of that. I have never tried canned chicken and I do not recommend it for this soup!"
photo by anniesnomsblog 
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Yields:
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1 pot of soup
- Serves:
- 4
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ingredients
- 1 tablespoon butter (or margarine)
- 1⁄8 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 (14 1/2 ounce) cans chicken broth (reduced sodium or fat free is fine)
- 2 cups cooked chicken, shredded
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt, to taste
- 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper, to taste
- 1⁄8 teaspoon garlic powder
- 0.5 (1 1/4 ounce) packet Italian salad dressing mix
- 1 cup milk (2% and skim work fine)
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon white wine
- fresh parsley (1 small bunch, coarsely chopped) (optional)
- 2 cups long-grain rice, cooked
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directions
- In a large pot, melt the butter or margarine.
- After the butter is melted, mix the flour in until smooth.
- Slowly pour in chicken broth whisking or stirring continuously until no lumps remain.
- Add the shredded cooked chicken, salt, pepper, garlic powder, and Italian salad dressing mix; bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat and simmer for 12 minutes.
- Add the milk, lemon juice, white wine and parsley, if desired.
- Reduce heat to low, add the cooked rice and cover.
- Cook until rice is heated through.
- ENJOY!
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SOME SPECIAL NOTES:
- I do not add veggies to this dish, because the soup at the resturant does not have any in it. However, I am sure that some added carrots or celery would be yummy. Also, double the flour and butter to make a thicker soup. We like ours less creamy. For the chicken, I either use leftover baked chicken or I buy a cooked rotisserie chicken from the grocery store and pull all the chicken off of that. I have never tried canned chicken. If anyone uses canned, let me know how it turns out!
Questions & Replies
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I have started this recipe and I was so excited!! But we like ours with ALOT of liquid, as the resturaunt does it. And when I addes the chicken into the pot, it was SUPER thick. No extra liquid at all. Way too thick. What do I need to do in order to have more liquid but not lose the flavor? put four times the amount of broth and seasoning? Also, this was very hard to understand: 0.5 of 1 1/4 ounce of italian dressing seasoning mix....SO CONFUSED! All of the italian dressing seasoning packets on the shelf were boxes of 0.7 oz packets. I am not good at math AT ALL. Hopefully this comes out right. Who is the Author of this recipe? Sara Beth who?
Mandy M.
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Reviews
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I am still trying to find out the secret recipe. I have asked and management tells me there is no Lemon in Demos soup. (most Greek recipes use lemon but not this one) I ask different questions every time, due to numerous reasons trying to get to the bottom of this well protected and delicious soup. I know there is no tarragon and if they use veggies they may use in their stock but not in the served soup. I think it is broth/stock, some sort of cream, butter, the rice and chicken and parsley sprinkled prior to serving. I am definitely going to try this recipe to see how it compares. The Italian dressing mix throws me a bit because it is Greek. And the baked part? Do you think that is just the chicken?? I also have learned to be careful with my rice or it will become mush. So far my recipe is the shredded chicken, stock, a small amount of cream, some basic chicken seasoning, pre-cooked rice, a little butter (you can see it on top of the soup at Demos) and parsley at the end. I am close but still am missing something. Cannot wait to try this version and thanks so much for sharing!!! Keep asking for hints from the restaurant - we may finally get it down! :)
JPisME0101
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Love this soup, it's so easy to make and tastes delicious. I didn't miss the veg I normally put in a soup and this turned out to be a great lunch. It kept me full for hours; great recipe!
anniesnomsblog
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The soup was very good, however I have a correction as to how the recipe is written. I think the amount of rice should have been written "2 cups of cooked rice". The recipe is written to indicate that the 2 cups of rice has not been cooked. Be aware that 2 cups of rice, cooked, will yield 6 cups of cooked rice.
nancy.nelms
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Delicious! Hit the spot! I didn't have the white wine but it was still good! I used fresh garlic, fresh lemon juice and Italian parsley! Yum! Making this again --it was a huge hit for all the Demos fans in the fam! Thanks for sharing!
Gabby S.
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I made this tonight it was delicious. I did not have baked Chicken so I used canned Chicken. I also used Kraft Zesty Italian dressing instead of Italian dressing mix.
Valerie M.
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<p>I am Sarah.</p><p>I am married to a wonderful man. He is a great Husband and Father.</p><p>In March of 2011 we welcomed our daughter Evie into this world. She is everything and nothing I expected, and is without a doubt the best thing I have ever done with my life.</p><p>I love to cook, and eat, and laugh, and drink and play.</p><p>I have a wonderful life.</p><p><em>There are things you do because they feel right, and they may make no sense and they make no money and it may be the real reason we are here: to love each other and to eat each other's cooking and say it was good. ~Brian Andreas, Story People~</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em>Get to know our family at www.itsavol.blogspot.com</em></p><p><img src=http://i587.photobucket.com/albums/ss316/sarahbethevans/bfe23bac.jpg alt= width=477 height=639 /></p>
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