Chicken & Dumpling Soup

One of our family favorites.  Great with homemade broth or your favorite store bought.  Check out the video for full instructions on how to make broth, soup & dumplings! One pot of soup goes a long way & makes great leftovers.   Additional dumplings can be made and added to the soup when reheating if desired.

Chicken & Dumpling Soup

One of our family favorites. Great with homemade broth or your favorite store bought. Check out the video below for full instructions! Perfect use for leftovers from a roast chicken. Click on linked ingredients to shop or browse all of our products.

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Prep Time: 8 hours hours

Total Time: 8 hours hours

Servings: 8 servings

Equipment

• Stock Pot
• Mixing Bowls

Ingredients

For the Broth

• Bones and skin from 1 chicken
• Enough water to cover bones
• salt to taste
• 1 Large onion sliced
• 4 Celery stalks
• 3 Cloves garlic
• Herbs including: tarragon thyme, rosemary, parsley, etc.

For the Soup

• 1 to 2 Cups celery
• 1 Large onion
• 1 to 2 Cups carrot
• 3 Cloves garlic
• Salt & Pepper
• Cooked chicken meat
• Optional additions - cabbage greens, spinach or kale, additional herbs

For the Dumplings

• 2 1/4 Cups All purpose flour
• 3 Duck or 4 chicken eggs
• 3/4 Cup water

Instructions

• Remove meat from bones and add to pot along with water, salt, onion, garlic, herbs and celery over meduim-high heat.
• Once the water begins to boil, reduce heat to low and continue to simmer for 2 to 8 hours stirring occasionally. The longer you simmer the better the broth!
• Remove broth from heat source and strain through a mesh strainer or cheesecloth into a clean pot. While the broth is cooking prepare the soup ingredients. Chop celery, carrots, garlic and onion and sauté in lard or butter.
• Combine broth, vegetables and chicken over medium high heat. Add additional herbs and salt to taste.
• Prepare dumplings. Combine flour, eggs and water in a medium sized mixing bowl. Dough should be sticky - add more flour or water if needed (watch our how to video for tips!)
• Bring soup to a low boil. Drop dumpling dough in one small scoop at a time. Dough will sink and then come to the surface as they cook
• Bring soup to a low boil. Drop dumpling dough in one small scoop at a time. Dough will sink and then come to the surface as they cook. Add greens & enjoy!

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