Grandma's Chicken and Dumpling Soup
"Comfort food for colds, rainy days, and long winter's nights. This is an all-day slow cooking soup, from my Grandma Andersen."
photo by Homebeckers
- Ready In:
- 4hrs 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Serves:
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14-16
ingredients
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Soup
- 1 roasting chicken
- 2 teaspoons tarragon
- 2 teaspoons thyme
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 cups celery, chopped
- 1 large onion, diced
- 3 large carrots, grated
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Dumplings
- 3 cups flour
- 5 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons salt
- 8 tablespoons canola oil
- 1 1⁄2 cups milk
- 6 cups water
- salt and pepper
directions
- Place chicken in a large stock pot. Add enough water to just cover chicken. Simmer covered, until chicken is cooked through.
- Remove Chicken and debone, discard bones and skin. Chop remaining meat.
- Add the rest of Soup ingredients, including chopped chicken, to the broth in the stock pot. Simmer uncovered, 2-3 hours, until veggies are tender.
- For the dumplings, mix together flour baking powder and salt in a large bowl. Add oil and milk, mix until just combined.
- Drop by heaping tablespoonfuls onto simmering soup. Do not mix. Cook for 10 minutes uncovered, then 10 minutes tightly covered. Serve hot by carefully scooping into bowls keeping dumplings intact.
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Reviews
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We really didn't like this at all. I think it may have been the tarragon. It tasted nothing like the homemade chicken soup I grew up on. I did not try the dumplings because we didn't care for the main part of the soup and I didn't want to put any more effort into it. I did added noodles and we still threw the whole thing out. Sorry. -
i only used the dumpling part of this recipe, since i got the soup part right long ago, and have always failed at the dumpling part. these were absolutely the BEST dumplings i've ever had. i made my dumplings smaller, since that's the way i liked them, and lessened the cooking time a bit and they were just heavenly, thank you so much for posting!!
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I am the wife of my wonderful husband John and the mother of 3 boys, Zander 5yrs, Asher 2 1/2yrs, and Tiernan 10 months. We live in and love Alaska. I love to hike and camp and go running in the mountains. I work part time as a hairstylist in a little salon in my home. I also enjoy scrap-booking, photography, and reading a really good book(my latest was Twilight by Stephenie Meyer). And I love to cook, especially bake!
How I rate recipes:
5 Stars - This recipe is perfect. I would recommend it to others and would definitely make again.
4 Stars - This recipe was good but I would change something in it next time.
3 Stars - This is a recipe I would not make again, but it was ok.
2 Stars - I would not make this recipe again and we didn't like it at all.
1 Star - This recipe did not work out or the taste was unappealing and I wouldn't make it again.
