Chicken mushroom soup recipe made in the rice cooker

This chicken mushroom soup recipe is easy to make in an electric rice cooker.

It is not common to cook other food in a rice cooker but it is possible. Read more about using the rice cooker to cook non-rice dishes or start with this recipe.

Make sure you have a rice cooker that is big enough to hold the ingredients and still be only 70% full. Having said that, you do not have to use a rice cooker for this. Any soup pot, slow cooker and even thermal cooker will do.

Chicken, shiitake mushrooms and carrots are good complementary ingredients in a chinese soup. They offer a good range of vitamins and minerals as well as proteins and carbohydrates. They are also not exotic ingredients where you need to hunt high and low for in an asian grocery store. They are readily available in most supermarkets.

You soak the dried mushrooms the night before to ensure complete re-hydration. If you don't have time, you can use fresh shiitake mushrooms. The flavour and texture will not be the same but that's okay.

Please take note that the cook button will not automatically pops up because it is not cooking rice. You have to decide when the soup is ready and turn the rice cooker off manually.

Half a chicken
6 dried shiitake mushrooms
2 carrots
Salt to taste

1. Clean the chicken and place it into the inner pot of the rice cooker. Remove the skin if you do not want the soup to be too oily
2. Add enough water to cover the chicken. Substitute with chicken or vegetable stock if you have some
3. Rinse the dried mushrooms and soak in warm water until they re-hydrate.
4. Wash and peel the carrots and cut into bite-sized cubes
5. Drain the mushrooms and cut into bite-sized pieces
6. Place the mushrooms and carrots into the rice cooker together with the chicken and stock
7. Cover and press the cook button to start the cooking process
8. When the soup is done, turn the cooker off and let the soup sit for another 10 minutes before serving

Recipe link: http://www.homemade-chinese-soups.com/chicken-mushroom-soup-recipe.html