Creamy Chicken, Rice, and Vegetable Soup - I Feel Like Cooking

Ingredients

• 3 T olive oil
• 2 very large carrots, washed, trimmed, and diced
• 2 very large stalks of celery, diced
• ½ C white sweet onion, diced
• ½ large red pepper diced
• 3 large cloves of garlic, chopped finely
• 1/4 C Italian flat leaf parsley rough chopped
• ½ t each of smoked paprika, dried thyme, dried oregano, coriander powder
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 vegetable Knorr bouillon cubes
• 8 C water
• 2 C Savoy cabbage, chopped thin
• 1/3 C jasmine rice
• 3 C shredded chicken (rotisserie chicken works well)
• 2/3 C heavy cream (half n half works as well)
• 2 t kosher salt + 1 t black pepper (or adjust to taste)
• 3 T flour with 2 T water to make a thickening roux