Peg's Wild Beer Cheese Soup

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 (10 3/4 ounce) cans chicken broth
• 2 (10 3/4 ounce) cans cream of potato soup
• 1 (12 ounce) bottle of leinenkugel honey weiss beer
• 8 ounces cubed velveeta cheese
• 1 cup chopped carrot
• 1/2 cup chopped broccoli
• 3/4 cup chopped celery
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 8 ounces sliced mushrooms
• 1 1/2 cups cooked chicken or 1 1/2 cups sausage (i like kielbasa)
• 3 cups cooked wild rice
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 1/2 teaspoons basil
• 1 teaspoon worcestershire sauce
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 combine chicken broth, carrots, broccoli, celery and meat in a crock-pot, turn on high and cover.
• 2 in a large frying pan (or saucepan), saute the chopped onions in the olive oil until the onion becomes transluscent.
• 3 add the mushrooms and continue cooking until the mushrooms are soft.
• 4 add to the frying pan the cream of potato soup, 1 soup can of water, the bottle of leinenkugel's honey weiss beer and cook until hot.
• 5 add the velveeta cheese and stir until the cheese is melted.
• 6 add the contents of the frying pan to the crock-pot, and turn the setting down to low.
• 7 add the wild rice, basil, worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper.
• 8 cook for 2 hours.