Vegetable Wild Rice Soup Recipe [+VIDEO] | MasalaHerb.com (2024)

Published: Jan 1, 2021 · Modified: Oct 30, 2023 by Helene Dsouza

A comforting and healthy wild rice soup enhanced with fresh vegetables, flavored with spices and herbs.

📕 What is wild rice?

Wild rice is actually not a rice variety.

It's a grain that grows on tall grasses native to North America.

Wild rice is sometimes also sold as Canadian rice or Native American rice.

The elongated grains turn dark brown when dried, and they are then most commonly used to make a soup.

They taste nutty and the texture can be described as a bit fibrous. As I said, it's absolutely not like rice.

The grain is healthy, rich in protein and fibers.

🧄 Soup Ingredients

• wild rice
• broth and water
• a mixture of fresh vegetables and mushrooms - I used carrot, leek, mushrooms, kale, and turnip.
• ginger
• garlic
• onion
• salt and black pepper
• oil
• spices - nutmeg, bay leaf, turmeric, and lemon zest
• herbs - thyme and rosemary
• cream or coconut milk if you want to make this soup vegan

You can choose to use and add other vegetables too. Such as potatoes, green beans, broccoli, cauliflower, peas, corn and celery to just name a few.

You can also add chicken or turkey pieces to your soup. Leftover rotisserie chicken can be used as well and even pork ham pieces.

🔪 How to make this soup?

To make this soup is super simple, it's a one pot wonder prepared with fresh ingredients from scratch!

The wild rice doesn't require soaking but the soup needs at least 1 hour to turn out amazing!

Here is an overview on how it all comes together, the complete recipe is in the recipe card below. The video is the pop up.

Step 1

Prep veggies and mushrooms. Clean, rinse and chop up.

Step 2

Heat up our pot and sautee one by one onion, garlic, ginger, veggies and wild rice.

Pour in liquids and season your soup.

Step 3

Cook soup down and ingredients through.

Taste with salt and black pepper.

Finish with cream and some lemon zest before serving up your homemade wild rice soup.

🥣 Serving

I simply love this soup on a cold day with slices of bread. Spelt bread is a great addition to this soup and even baguette.

A basic salad with a vinaigrette dressing makes a great serving addition for dinner because the vinegar flavors compliment the flavors in the soup.

I like a green salad, beet salad, green bean, daikon salad or carrot salad with this soup.

🍱 Storing

You can store leftovers of your wild rice soup in an airtight container for up to 5 days in your fridge.

You can prepare batches to add to your meal prepping menu.

Those can be frozen to be enjoyed at another time in the future.

To thaw your frozen soup place it into your fridge overnight or reheat it in a pot over the stovetop or warm it up in your microwave in a microwave-friendly container.

👁️ More Vegetable Soup and Stew Ideas

• Nourish me soup
• Ratatouille
• Thai vegetable soup

📖 Recipe