Chicken & Dumpling Soup Recipe


This recipe is another one of my mom's specialties.

INGREDIANTS:
1 big can of chicken broth
1 big can of boned white chicken
1 large package of noodles (whatever size, sometimes large noodles, sometimes thin)
Dehydrated parsley flakes
Salt and pepper

Dump the chicken broth into the pot. Then fill the empty can about half full with water and add it to the pot to make more broth and get all the broth out of the can. Then add the can of chicken, including the broth, breaking up the pieces of chicken. Sprinkle in a few pinches of parsley flakes think (mainly to give it a little color) and then add salt and pepper to taste. Bring it to a boil and then add the noodles. (If after adding the noodles I don’t think I have enough broth I add a little more water.) I turn down the heat to medium or medium low and cover it and let it cook a little bit to make sure the noodles are cooked and stir several times. while it’s cooking I make the dumplings.

Dumplings: (from my OLD Better Homes & Garden Cookbook)
1 cup white flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ cup milk
1 beaten egg
2 tablespoons cooking oil (I use Crisco or any off brand I have)

Mix the flour, baking powder and salt together in a bowl. Combine milk and salad oil; add all at once to dry ingredients, stirring just till moistened. (It’s usually pretty stiff).

Stir the noodles and broth good and then drop the dumplings on top (about tablespoon size, depending on how big you want them or how many you want) and turn it down to simmer and cover it back up. It doesn’t take too long for them to cook (about 10 minutes) – I usually test them with a fork. If you pull on the top of one they should be done if they’re dry in the middle.


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