Chicken and Dumpling Soup

Chicken and Dumpling Soup

from smalltownwoman.com
Soup
70 min
6 servings
273 kcal / serving

The ultimate comfort soup combines hearty vegetables, tender chicken, and homemade dumplings for loads of fresh comfort food flavor just like grandma used to make.

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoonsbutter
  • ½ largeonion chopped
  • 3stalks celery chopped
  • 2 largecarrots sliced in 1/4 inch rounds
  • 2 clovesgarlic finely minced
  • ½ tablespoondried parsley
  • ½ teaspoonpoultry seasoning
  • 1 ½ tablespoonsall-purpose flour
  • 6 cupslow sodium chicken broth or stock
  • 1bay leaf
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 2 cupscooked chicken cut in small cubes
  • 1 cupfrozen peas
  • 1 cupflour
  • 2 teaspoonsbaking powder
  • 1 teaspoongranulated sugar
  • ½ teaspoonsalt
  • 2 tablespoonsunsalted butter
  • ½ cupmilk (2% or whole)

Directions

  1. 1

    Melt butter over medium heat in a Dutch oven or stockpot. Add onion, celery, and carrots and cook until fragrant, approximately 4-5 minutes.

  2. 2

    Reduce heat to low. Add garlic, parsley, and poultry seasoning; cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly. Sprinkle in 1 1/2 tablespoons flour; cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly. Stir in chicken stock and bay leaf; simmer for 25 minutes.

  3. 3

    Remove the bay leaf. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Add chicken and frozen peas and simmer for an additional 5 minutes.

  4. 4

    In a medium bowl, mix 1 cup flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt. Cut in butter with a pastry cutter. When crumbly, add milk and stir just until combined. Drop by small spoonfuls into simmering soup. Cover and cook for 15 minutes without removing the lid.