I did my Chicken Rice soup last night, which is fairly easy:
First buy fried chicken and don't eat all of it. (This is my problem, I love Fried chicken.)
heat up some little oil in a big pot, cut up some celery, and a tiny bit of ginger, and fry it in the oil for a few minutes,
after that shred the remaining fried chicken, breast pieces are Ace for this.
make a rice-maker full of Rice, or a large pot of it, you want it to be about half the side of the pot you are making the soup in.
once this is good, I turn down the heat on the big pot, fill it with water about half way, and then start putting the rice in.
Once the rice become more porridge like, I salt and pepper it (Quite a bit of salt since it's a big pot), and serve it up.
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I can't think of anything more relaxing when you are sick. Since I'm getting sick right now.