5 Restaurant Chains With the Best Chicken and Rice Soup, According to Diners

These restaurant chains serve creamy, comforting chicken and rice soups diners love.

While chicken noodle soup is on most restaurant menus, chicken and rice soup is more of a niche item. For whatever reason, it isn’t as popular or mainstream, but a handful of restaurants still have it on the menu. Chicken wild rice soup is probably the most common style: a creamy, savory broth with chunks of chicken and grains of wild rice. Where can you get the tastiest cup or bowl? Here are 5 restaurant chains with the best chicken and rice soup, according to diners.

Panera Bread

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Panera Bread’s signature Cream of Chicken & Wild Rice Soup is made with diced white meat chicken, long grain and wild rice, celery, onions, and carrots in a cream stock. It is crave-worthy, and can also be purchased in the refrigerator section at grocery stores. “Hope no one laughs at me, because I am not a soup person, but when I am sick, I love Panera’s Chicken and wild rice soup. I probably go to Panera once a year and that is what I get,” a Facebooker says.

Jason’s Deli

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Jason’s Deli also serves a seasonal Chicken Wild Rice Soup featuring tender chicken, a wild rice blend, and fresh vegetables in a creamy broth. You will usually find it during the colder months. When it returns to the menu, customers rejoice. “Thanks for bringing it BACK!!!” writes a Facebooker. “Yay!! Love it so much!” adds another.

First Watch

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First Watch also rotates a hearty Chicken & Wild Rice Soup version seasonally that is “hearty and comforting,” the restaurant says. “I love First Watch wild rice and chicken soup,” writes an Instagrammer.

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Au Bon Pain

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Au Bon Pain’s most notable chicken-and-rice offering is its Cream of Chicken & Wild Rice Soup, a thick, creamy comfort-food classic. You might also find Chicken Gumbo on the menu, a Louisiana-style gumbo soup with chicken, okra, rice, peppers, onions, tomatoes, and a blend of spices and Creole seasonings.

Zoup!

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Zoup! Eatery offers Chicken Wild Rice Medley, a creamy soup with wild rice, roasted red peppers, and chicken, as a seasonal offering. Diners say the savory soup is delicious and order it again and again when it’s available. “Zoup is amazing,” a Facebooker says.