Chicken and Dumpling Soup

Try this spin on an all-time favorite chicken and dumplings. This easy, one-pot meal can be made for a family or ready to serve a crowd.

Serves 8 · Grains

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Ingredients

Units: US Metric
  • For the Soup:
  • 30 ml vegetable oil
  • 470 ml carrots (chopped)
  • 240 ml onion (chopped)
  • 240 ml celery (chopped, including some leaves)
  • 1890 ml chicken broth (fat free, reduced sodium)
  • 470 ml cooked chicken breast (shredded)
  • 2 ml black peppercorns
  • 5 ml dried thyme
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 470 ml fresh spinach leaves (coarsely chopped)
  • For the Dumplings:
  • 240 ml whole wheat flour
  • 240 ml all-purpose flour
  • 180 ml skim milk
  • 1 egg, large
Make it lactose-friendly
  • 3/4 cup skim milk → lactose-free milk, oat milk, or almond milk

Swaps are suggestions, not medical advice. Check labels if lactose is a serious issue for you.

Steps

  1. Heat oil in Dutch oven or soup kettle over medium-high heat.
  2. Sauté carrot, onion and celery for 5 minutes; stir in broth, chicken, peppercorns, thyme, and bay leaves.
  3. Reduce heat to low; simmer, partially covered for 20 minutes.
  4. Meanwhile, in small bowl, mix dumpling ingredients until well blended.
  5. Drop small spoonsful of dumpling dough into simmering soup.
  6. Cover soup and allow dumplings to cook for about 20 minutes (they will rise to the top of the soup as they cook).
  7. Stir in spinach.
  8. Remove bay leaves before serving soup.

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Nutrition (per serving)
Calories243
Protein18.0 g
Fat6.0 g
Carbs30.0 g
Fiber4.0 g
Sodium534 mg

Source

USDA MyPlate Kitchen — Public domain (U.S. government work)