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Feel-Better Chicken and Rice Soup

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Top view of brothy chicken and rice soup with carrots and fresh herbs in a white bowl on a marble surface.
Chelsie Craig

If you want this take on classic chicken soup to have a similar consistency to congee, add 10–15 minutes to the cooking time so that it can become nice and thick.  

  

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