Wild Rice Soup

Ingredients

• 12 c wild rice
• 1 lb bacon
• 3 Tbsp bacon drippings
• 34 c chopped celery
• 1 c chopped onion
• 13 c chopped green pepper
• 2 14 12 oz cans ready to serve chicken broth
• 3 10 34 oz cans cream of mushroom soup undiluted
• 1 4 oz can mushrooms

Directions

1. Wash wild rice
2. Boil rice for 15 minutes and drain set aside
3. Fry bacon until crisp
4. Remove bacon and discard all but 3 tablespoons bacon drippings
5. Saute celery onion and green pepper in drippings until onion is transparent
6. Put in a large kettle and add rice broth mushrooms soup and diced bacon
7. Cook on low heat for 1 hour or more
8. Do not add salt