Kathy Hester's Vegan Kitchen Demos Quick and Easy Vegan Chicken and Rice Soup with a Chickpea Option
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This month’s recipe from Kathy Hester is: Quick and Easy Vegan Chicken and Rice Soup with a Chickpea Option!
Use leftover rice, soy curls or chickpeas, carrots, and some herbs and bouillon to make the comfort food you need this month. It’s inexpensive, simple and you can make it on your stove, in an Instant Pot, or in your slow cooker. Enjoy!
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-Quick and Easy Vegan Chicken and Rice Soup with a Chickpea Option
by Kathy Hester
Use leftover rice, broth or bouillon, chickpeas or soy curls, to make this perfect cozy soup. You can make this on the stove, in a slow cooker or in an Instant Pot - whichever one fits you!
First Cook Ingredients:
6 cups water (or use broth and leave out the bouillon cube)
1 1/2 cup dry soy curls
2 carrots cut into half moons or quarters
2 salt-free vegan chicken bouillon cubes ( or 1/4 cup dry salt-free bouillon (
2 sprigs fresh rosemary or 1 teaspoon ground
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 teaspoon dried marjorm
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1 teaspoon ground garlic
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
Before Serving Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups cooked rice or other grain
1/4 cup nutritional yeast
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley or about 2 tablespoons dried
salt or salt substitution and pepper, to taste
Add all the first cook ingredients to a soup pot and bring to a boil, then turn down to a simmer and cook until the carrots are soft.
Then put in the before-serving ingredients, cook on medium until the rice is hot and re-season as needed.
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VIDEO CHAPTERS:
00:00 Guest introduction and catching up with Kathy
0:05:40 Food cooking demo - Vegan Chicken and Rice Soup with a Chickpea Option
0:15:50 Viewer Q & A and continued food cooking demo
28:00 More viewer and comments and Q & A and Kathy finishes the soup
42:00 Kathy's vegan story and more Q & A plus Kathy dishes the soup
1:03:00 Chef AJ and Kathy discuss their VegFest experiences plus more Q & A
1:18:15 Final thoughts and show wrap
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