Hearty Chicken Soup with Leeks, Wild Rice, and Mushrooms

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated March/April 1996

A broth developed from an Edna Lewis recipe makes full-flavored chicken noodle soup possible in less than ninety minutes.

SERVES6 to 8

TIME2 hours, plus 30 minutes rehydrating

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For a full-flavored chicken soup recipe that could be made in less than 90 minutes, we borrowed an idea from an Edna Lewis recipe, beginning by sautéing a chicken, minus the breast (which we used later, as meat for the soup), hacked into sm...

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