Chicken and Dumpling Soup

  • 6
  • Difficult
  • 165 mins
  • Average budget

Ingredients

  • 1 T butter
  • 4 cloves garlic, minced
  • 2 carrots, diced
  • 1 bulb celery root, peeled & finely diced
  • 1 turnip, peeled and finely diced
  • 1 rutabaga, peeled and finely diced
  • 1 onion, finely diced
  • salt
  • 4 cups white wine
  • thyme
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 whole chicken
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 T tarragon (fresh)
  • 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
  • pepper
  • 1 1/4 cups allpurpose flour
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 T choped fresh parsley

Preparation

Step 1

Melt the butter in a pot over medium heat. Add the garlic, carrote, celery root, turnip, rutabaga, onion, and a large pinch of salt. Cook until veggies are tender, about 5m.

Step 2

Add wine, 6 cups water, thyme & bay leaves; bring to a simmer. Add chicken and simmer for 2 hours. Remove the chicken and let cool. Pick off the meat in shreds; set aside.

Step 3

About 15m before the chicken has finished, prepare the dumplings. Combine the milk, 1 T tarragon, nutmeg and 1/2 tsp each salt & pepper in a medium pon; bring to a simmer over medium heat. Remove from heat; add the flour and stir vigorously with wooden spoon until the liquid is absorbed. Whisk in the eggs, one at a time, to make a thick dough.

Step 4

Bring the soup to a boil. Form the dough into dumplins; drop into the soup. Cover and cook until they float to the surface, about 10m. Add the chicken meat, parsley and remaining 1 T tarragon to the soup.