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Homemade Chicken and Dumpling Soup

1 hr 30 min
30 min prep
1 hr cook

Serves 8

Ingredients

  • 3 tbsp Unsalted butter
  • 3 tbsp Extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 1/2 cups White onions, diced
  • 1 1/2 cups Fresh cut carrot sticks, cubed or diced small
  • 1 1/2 cups Celery stalks, diced small
  • 1 1/2 tbsp Garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 tbsp Dried oregano
  • 3 Bay leaves
  • 4 Fresh thyme, sprigs
  • 2 lb Boneless, skinless chicken breasts
  • 2 qt Chicken stock
  • 1/4 cup Fresh dill, stems removed leaves roughly chopped
  • 2 1/4 cups All-purpose flour
  • 1 tbsp Baking powder
  • 1/3 cup Sour cream
  • 2 Large eggs
  • 1 cup Low fat cultured 1% milkfat buttermilk

Instructions

  1. Place a large Dutch oven over medium heat. Add butter and oil and allow butter to melt.
  2. Add onions, carrots, celery, garlic, oregano, bay leaves and thyme. Stir-fry until veggies are just starting to color and garlic is fragrant.
  3. Add whole chicken breasts, stock and dill. Cover and bring to a simmer. While soup is coming up to a simmer make dumplings.
  4. In a bowl combine flour, baking powder, 1 teaspoon salt, sour cream, eggs and buttermilk. Using a spatula or by hand mix batter together until a loose dough is formed.
  5. Cover dough and allow to rest for 5 minutes at room temperature.
  6. Once soup is at a simmer, use 2 smaller soup spoons to scoop out dough and gently drop them into soup. Gently stir, turn heat down to low cover and allow dough to puff up.
  7. Stir soup occasionally, soup is ready when chicken is fully cooked and dumplings are puffy and cooked and soup has thickened slightly.
  8. For serving, shred chicken in pot with tongs, season to taste as needed and serve hot, garnish with fresh herbs.

Nutrition

47gCarbs
16gFat
32gProtein

Nutrition Facts

8 servings

  • Amount Per Serving
    Calories420
  • % Daily Value*
  • Total Fat
    • 16g
    • 25%
  • Saturated Fat
    • 5g
    • 30%
  • Trans Fat
    • 0g
  • Cholesterol
    • 125mg
    • 42%
  • Sodium
    • 370mg
    • 15%
  • Total Carbohydrate
    • 47g
    • 12%
  • Dietary Fiber
    • 3g
  • Sugars
    • 6g
  • Protein
    • 32g
  • Vitamin C
    • 10%
  • Calcium
    • 25%
  • Iron
    • 20%
  • Vitamin A
    • 90%
* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

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