Chicken and Wild Rice Soup

Ingredients:
½ lb. bacon
½ onion, diced
½ cup celery, diced
¼ cup butter
3 Tbl flour
½ tsp salt
½ tsp thyme
½ tsp paprika
1½ cups cooked chicken breast, shredded or cubed
1 10 oz. can chicken broth
1 Tbl Worcestershire sauce
2 Tbl cooking sherry or white wine
1 cup milk
1½ cups half-and-half
1½ cups cooked wild rice

Directions:
1. Fry, drain, and crumble bacon; set aside.
2. Sauté onion and celery in butter until tender. Stir in flour, salt, thyme, and paprika. Heat until bubbly.
3. Add cooked chicken, chicken broth, Worcestershire sauce, sherry, milk, and half-and-half, stirring until thickened. Cool a bit. Fold in rice and bacon.

Yield: 6 large bowls of soup

Taken from Don't Panic-Dinner's in the Freezer