Chicken, Sausage & Rice Soup

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 ounces sausages, italian, hot turkey
• 1/2 lb boneless skinless chicken thighs, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
• vegetable oil cooking spray
• 1 1/2 cups onions, frozen, chopped
• 2 sprigs thyme
• 1/3 cup celery, chopped
• 1/3 cup carrot, chopped
• 29 ounces fat-free chicken broth
• 3 1/2 ounces brown rice, boil-in-bag
• 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon black pepper

Recipe

• 1 remove casings from sausage. combine sausage and chicken in a large saucepan coated with cooking spray over high heat; cook 2 minutes, stirring occasionally. add celery, carrot, and broth; bring to a boil.
• 2 remove rice from bag; stir into broth mixture. cover, reduce heat to medium, and cook 7 minutes or until rice is tender. discard thyme sprigs. stir in parsley, salt, and pepper.