I want to make a pot of chicken and rice soup?

I want to make a pot of chicken and rice soup, i've never made it before but i have a basic idea. I will use a hole chicken boil it in store bought chicken broth with salt and pepper, onion, celery, and carrots of coarse and a little garlic. Now this brings me to my question i don't like plain rice in anything I am quite fond of the uncle ben's and zataran's flavored rice mixes especially the chicken flavored, so i want to know if i add the rice to my soup along with the seasoning packet if the rice will have the flavor that the rest of the soup does, or should i pre cook the rice with the seasoning pack and then add it to the soup? please help me figure this out thanks