The BEST Homemade Chicken Soup – Hoff & Pepper

Ingredients

• 10 cups chicken stock or broth
• 1 onion, diced
• 1 cup chopped carrots
• 1 cup chopped celery
• 1 teaspoon fresh or dried thyme
• 1 teaspoon fresh or dried sage
• 1 teaspoon fresh or dried rosemary
• 2 bay leaves
• 2 to 3 cups cooked and chopped chicken breast
• 1 cup parboiled (minute) rice
• 1/2 cup chopped cilantro (optional)
• Juice of 1 lime
• 1 to 2 tablespoons Hoff's Mean Green Hot Sauce
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 2 to 3 teaspoons salt