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Chicken & Dumpling Soup

Name: Chicken & Dumpling Soup
Prep time: 30

(8 votes, average: 4.13 out of 5)

30 min prep

6 servings

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14 ingredients

Dumplings are the ultimate comfort food. Every culture makes them in one form or another; think idly, gnocchi or matzo balls. They are often added to soups and stews to bulk them up. In...

Ingredients

Soup:

1 teaspoon plus 1 tablespoon olive oil
6 skinless chicken drumsticks (See Chef Tips)
1 medium onion, chopped
4 small celery ribs, cut into ½-inch dice
4 carrots, cut into ½-inch dice
1 bay leaf
Salt and pepper, to taste
6 cups low-sodium chicken broth or water

Dumplings:

1½ cups all-purpose flour
½ cup cornmeal
1 tablespoon baking powder
Salt, to taste
1 cup milk
¾ cup plain Greek yogurt

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Nutrition Facts

Calories

513 cals

Fat

20 g

Saturated Fat

6 g

Polyunsaturated Fat

4 g

Monounsaturated Fat

8 g

Carbohydrates

48 g

Sugar

7 g

Fiber

4 g

Protein

36 g

Sodium

1324 mg

Directions

In a heavy-bottomed pot, heat 1 teaspoon of oil over medium-high heat. Brown the chicken in batches. Then remove from pot and set aside.
Add 1 tablespoon of olive oil to the same pot and cook the onions, celery, carrot, and bay leaf. Sprinkle with a generous pinch of salt and sauté for 5-8 minutes or until the onions are translucent.
Add the browned chicken back to the pot with the broth or water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for at least 30 minutes.
Remove chicken from the soup with tongs and using a fork pull the meat from the bone. Return to the soup and discard the bones.
To make the dumplings: In a small bowl mix all the dumpling ingredients until combined.
Bring the soup to a gentle simmer then drop tablespoonfuls of the batter into the soup. They will rise to the top when they are cooked. Simmer for 15 minutes.
Taste for seasonings. Serve.

Chef Tips

For a fast cooking chicken soup like this, we like to use dark meat like drumsticks and thighs because they give more flavor to the soup and hold more flavor in the meat. If dark meat is not your preference, then feel free to use skinless on the bone chicken breasts instead.

Registered Dietitian Approved

All our recipes are created by chefs and reviewed by our Registered Dietitian Kate Ueland, MS, RD, CSO, a board-certified specialist in oncology nutrition, to ensure that each is backed with scientific evidence and follows the guidelines set by the Oncology Nutrition for Clinical Practice, 2nd Ed., published by the Oncology Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group, a professional interest group of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.