Chicken Soup with Dumplings
Number of Servings
Serves 4
Ingredients

Chicken Soup

  • 5 cups low sodium chicken broth
  • 3 cups water
  • 2 celery stalks, chopped
  • 2 carrots, chopped
  • [q:1/2] of an onion, chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves, chopped
  • [q:1/4] tsp black pepper, to taste
  • [q:1/4] tsp parsley
  • [q:1/4] tsp thyme
  • [q:1/4] tsp bay leaves
  • [q:1/4] tsp basil
  • Roughly 1 cup of cooked chicken (shredded in large chunks)
  • Dash of salt, to taste

Dumplings

  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • 1 cup flour
  • [q:1/2] tsp salt
  • [q:1/4] tsp baking powder
Directions

Chicken Soup

  1. Put all of the ingredients in a large pot and heat at high.
  2. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and let simmer for 30 minutes to an hour.
  3. Bring the soup back to a rolling boil when you are ready to add the dumplings. 

Dumplings

  1. Mix the ingredients in a bowl.
  2. Scoop balls of 1 tsp dumpling batter and slide them with a knife into the boiling soup. They do not need to be perfect balls. They will expand as they cook.
  3. Let the dumplings simmer in the soup for roughly 10 minutes.
Nutrition Info
293 Calories, 19 g Protein, 106 mg Cholesterol, 33 g Carbohydrates, 3 g Total sugars (0 g Added sugars), 2 g Fiber, 10 g Total fat (3 g sat), 788 mg Sodium, [nutrition:4] Vitamin B3 (niacin), [nutrition:3] Vitamin A, Phosphorus, [nutrition:2] Vitamin B2 (riboflavin), Vitamin B6, Vitamin B12, [nutrition:1] Vitamin K, Iron, Potassium, Zinc