North Woods Wild Rice Soup

• 14 cup bacon, pieces
• 12 onion, diced
• 12 cup celery, chopped
• 14 cup butter
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 12 teaspoon salt
• 12 teaspoon thyme
• 12 teaspoon paprika
• 1 12 cups cooked chicken breasts, cubed
• 1 (10 ounce) can chicken broth
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 2 tablespoons sherry wine
• 1 cup milk
• 1 12 cups half-and-half
• 1 12 cups cooked wild rice

1. Saute onion and celery in butter until tender.
2. Stir in flour, salt, thyme and paprika.
3. Heat until bubbly.
4. Add cooked chicken, chicken broth, Worcestershire sauce, sherry, milk and half-and-half, stirring until thickened.
5. Cool.
6. Fold in bacon bits and rice.
7. Freeze, using freezer bag method.
8. On serving day, heat soup in saucepan over medium heat until bubbly.
9. Serve with your favorite bread.
10. If using prepackaged wild rice, do not add any seasoning packets that may be included in the package to this soup.

bacon, onion, celery, butter, flour, salt, thyme, paprika, chicken breasts, chicken broth, worcestershire sauce, sherry wine, milk, rice

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/north-woods-wild-rice-soup-418794 (may not work)