Super Easy Spider-leg Soup

I live in Utah, and it is COOOOOOLD on Halloween!  I like to make a pot of soup while the kids are at school so that my trick-or-treaters can eat at their leisure.  This is one of the easiest soups I make, and it has great flavor.  Even my pickiest eaters will eat this soup!  Here's what you need:

and this:

 

And now you are ready to start cooking. 

 

 

In a large pot cook for 20-25 minutes:

4 cups chicken broth

1/2 t salt

1/2 t pepper

3 or 4 chopped carrots

1 diced onion

1 box Rice-a-Roni (Long Grain and Wild Rice ) and seasoning

2 cups water

After checking for vegetable tenderness, remove from heat.

 

Form a roux:

1/2 cup butter, melted

3/4 cup flour

2 cups milk

 

Add roux to vegetables/broth gradually.  Stir until incorporated and thick.

Add chopped chicken (3-4 breasts if you aren't using a rotisserie chicken)

 

Voila!  I am still cooking with an electric cooktop, so I like to keep it warm in a crock pot rather than risk the bottom burning in the pan all afternoon. 

 

I'm all about short-cut recipes on crazy days like Halloween!  No sane human being is going to want to slave over soup.  Trust me, from start to finish, you will be done with this in less than an hour.  If you have a food processor, you can shave off more minutes with your carrots and onions as well.

 

Happy Spooky, Scary, Spider-leg Soupy Halloween!