Best Chicken Dumpling Soup Recipes

GRANDMA'S CHICKEN 'N' DUMPLING SOUP

Steps:

• Place the chicken, water, bouillon, peppercorns and cloves in a stockpot. Cover and bring to a boil; skim foam. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 45-60 minutes or until chicken is tender. Strain broth; return to stockpot. , Remove chicken and set aside until cool enough to handle. Remove meat from bones; discard bones and skin and cut chicken into chunks. Cool broth and skim off fat. , Return chicken to stockpot with soups, vegetables and seasonings; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1 hour. Uncover; increase heat to a gentle boil. Discard bay leaf., For dumplings, combine dry ingredients in a medium bowl. Stir in egg, butter and enough milk to make a moist stiff batter. Drop by teaspoonfuls into soup. Cover and cook without lifting the lid for 18-20 minutes. Sprinkle with parsley if desired.

CHICKEN DUMPLING SOUP

Steps:

• In a blender or food processor, combine 3 cups cooked chicken, eggs, 3/4 cup chicken broth, 1 cup flour, parsley, 2 teaspoons salt, pepper and tarragon. Process until smooth.
• In a large pot, bring 4 cups chicken broth to a boil. Drop dumpling mixture by rounded spoonfuls into boiling broth. Simmer, uncovered, 5 to 8 minutes, until well formed and slightly browned. Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels. Reserve dumpling cooking liquid.
• In a large pot melt butter over medium heat. Cook onion, celery and garlic in butter until onion is translucent. Stir in 1/2 cup flour until fully incorporated. Pour in 2 quarts chicken broth, stirring constantly. Bring to a boil. Introduce 1 1/2 teaspoons salt and carrots. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 15 minutes.
• Stir in dumplings, reserved liquid and 3 cups cooked chicken. Simmer 15 minutes more before serving.

EASY CREAMY CHICKEN DUMPLING SOUP

Steps:

• Simmer the carrots, onion and celery in the chicken broth until soft.
• Add the corn, peas, salt, pepper, poultry seasoning and chicken.
• Add the cream soups and mix well over medium heat until incorporated.
• Simmer for 30 minutes.
• For the dumplings, mix the egg, milk, and melted butter.
• Add to the flour and add salt, pepper and parsley.
• It will make a thick sticky batter.
• Drop by spoonfuls into the simmering soup.
• Cover and simmer for 15 minutes,
• Do not allow soup to boil.
• Serve in large bowls.

HEALTHY CHICKEN DUMPLING SOUP

Steps:

• In a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray, cook chicken until no longer pink. Add the broth, water, vegetables and seasonings. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 30 minutes or until vegetables are tender., Meanwhile, for dumplings, in a large bowl, beat the egg whites and cottage cheese until blended. Add water and salt. Stir in the flour and mix well., Bring soup to a boil. Drop dumplings by tablespoonfuls onto the boiling soup. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in dumplings comes out clean (do not lift cover while simmering).

CHICKEN LIVER DUMPLING SOUP I (LEBERKLOSSE)

Steps:

• Chop parboiled chicken livers very fine.
• Combine with bread, egg yolks, butter, parsley, salt, pepper, and flour.
• Beat egg whites until stiff; fold into meat mixture.
• Shape into 1 1/2 inch meatballs.
• Drop them into gently boiling stock.
• Simmer 6-8 minutes.
• Add additional parsley to stock for garnish.

TRADITIONAL CHICKEN DUMPLING SOUP

Steps:

• In a stockpot, saute onions in butter until tender. Stir in flour until blended. Gradually add water. Stir in the vegetables, one can of chicken, bouillon and 1/4 teaspoon pepper; bring to a boil., In a large bowl, combine the biscuit baking mix, parsley and remaining pepper. Stir in milk just until moistened. Fold in remaining chicken. , Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls onto simmering soup. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in a dumpling comes out clean (do not lift cover while simmering).

CHICKEN AND DUMPLING SOUP

Steps:

• In a soup kettle or Dutch oven, combine the first nine ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 50-60 minutes or until chicken is tender. Remove chicken; allow to cool. Debone and cut into chunks; set aside. Strain broth and set aside. In a large saucepan, combine soups. Gradually add broth, stirring constantly. Add mixed vegetables and chicken; cook over medium heat for 20-30 minutes or until vegetables are tender. On a floured surface, pat biscuits to 1/4-in. thickness; cut into 1/4-in. strips. Bring soup to boil; drop in strips. Cover and cook for 15-18 minutes.

YUMMY CHICKEN AND DUMPLING SOUP

Steps:

• Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper. In a large nonstick skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add chicken; cook and stir until no longer pink. Remove from heat., In a large saucepan, whisk flour and 1/2 cup broth until smooth. Stir in water and remaining broth. Add beans, onions, carrots and marjoram. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 10 minutes. Add chicken; return to a simmer., Meanwhile, in a small bowl, mix biscuit mix, cornmeal and cheese. Stir in milk just until moistened. Drop batter in 12 portions on top of the simmering soup. Reduce heat to low; cover and cook 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center of dumpling comes out clean.

GRANDMA'S CHICKEN 'N' DUMPLING SOUP RECIPE - (4.5/5)

Steps:

• Directions Place the chicken, water, bouillon, peppercorns and cloves in a stockpot. Cover and bring to a boil; skim foam. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 45-60 minutes or until chicken is tender. Strain broth; return to stock pot. Remove chicken and set aside until cool enough to handle. Remove meat from bones; discard bones and skin and cut chicken into chunks. Cool broth and skim off fat. Return chicken to stockpot with soups, vegetables and seasonings; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1 hour. Uncover; increase heat to a gentle boil. Discard bay leaf. For dumplings, combine dry ingredients in a medium bowl. Stir in egg, butter and enough milk to make a moist stiff batter. Drop by teaspoonfuls into soup. Cover and cook without lifting the lid for 18-20 minutes. Sprinkle with parsley if desired. Place the chicken, water, bouillon, peppercorns and cloves in a stockpot. Cover and bring to a boil; skim foam. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 45-60 minutes or until chicken is tender. Strain broth; return to stock pot. Remove chicken and set aside until cool enough to handle. Remove meat from bones; discard bones and skin and cut chicken into chunks. Cool broth and skim off fat. Return chicken to stockpot with soups, vegetables and seasonings; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1 hour. Uncover; increase heat to a gentle boil. Discard bay leaf. For dumplings, combine dry ingredients in a medium bowl. Stir in egg, butter and enough milk to make a moist stiff batter. Drop by teaspoonfuls into soup. Cover and cook without lifting the lid for 18-20 minutes. Sprinkle with parsley if desired.

MICHAEL SYMON'S CHICKEN-AND-DUMPLING SOUP

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a 6-quart pot over medium heat.
• Add the garlic, carrots, celery root, turnip, rutabaga, onion, diced fennel, and a large pinch of salt; cook until vegetables are tender, about 5 minutes.
• Add the white wine, 6 cups water, fennel seeds, thyme and bay leaves; bring to a simmer. Add the chicken and simmer for 2 hours. Remove the chicken and let cool. Pick off the meat in shreds; set aside in bowl.
• About 15 minutes before the chicken has finished simmering, prepare the dumplings: Combine the milk, chicken fat, 1 tablespoon tarragon, the nutmeg, and 1/2 teaspoon each salt and pepper in a medium saucepan; bring to a simmer over medium heat. Remove from heat; add the flour and stir vigorously with a wooden spoon until the liquid is absorbed. Whisk in the eggs, one at a time, to make a thick dough.
• Bring the soup to a boil. Form the dough into eight dumplings (a big spoon or ice cream scoop); drop into the soup. Cover and cook and until the dumplings float to the top of the surface, about 10 minutes.
• Add the chicken meat, parsley and the remaining 1 tablespoon tarragon to the soup; stir carefully and divide among warm bowls.

GRANDMA'S CHICKEN AND DUMPLING SOUP

Steps:

• Place chicken, water, bouillon, peppercorns, and cloves in kettle and bring to a boil.
• Later you must remove the cloves.
• Reduce heat; simmer until chicken is tender (about 1 hour).
• Cool chicken just slightly; cut into bite size pieces and set aside and look for the cloves.
• Strain and skim the chicken broth.
• Put the reserved chicken and strained broth in a large kettle; add cans of broth, chicken and mushroom soups, celery, carrots, onion, potatoes, bay leaf, peas, and one teaspoon of salt.
• Put cover onto kettle; simmer soup on low heat for 2-3 hours, or until the vegetables are tender.
• About 30 minutes before serving, mix up dumplings by putting flour, one teaspoon salt, baking powder, and pepper together in a medium bowl.
• Add egg, melted butter, and enough milk to make moist, stiff batter.
• Drop by teaspoons into boiling liquid.
• Cook, covered and without "peeking", for 18-20 minutes or until the dumplings are done.

CREAMY CHICKEN AND DUMPLING SOUP

Steps:

• Combine chicken, broth and vegetables in a large saucepan and bring to boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer, covered, for 10 minutes.
• Stir in gravy and herbs and bring to boil again.
• Stir together Bisquick and water.
• Drop by tiny 1/2 teaspoonful onto soup.
• Cover and cook for 10 minutes more.

CHICKEN AND DUMPLING SOUP WITH QUINOA

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large Dutch oven or pot over medium-high heat. Add the onions and cook, stirring, until the onions begin to soften, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic, vinegar and thyme and stir until most of the vinegar has evaporated, about 2 minutes. Add the carrots, celery, 1 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of black pepper and cook, stirring, until soft, about 6 minutes. Add the broth, 4 cups of water, chicken breasts and cannellini beans, bring to a high simmer and cook until the chicken is tender and cooked through, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Carefully remove the cooked chicken and set aside until cool enough to handle. Add the quinoa to the pot and cook until translucent and tender and the threadlike germ wraps around each kernel, 10 to 12 minutes.
• Meanwhile, remove and discard the chicken skin and bones. Shred the meat into bite-size pieces and add back to the soup. Add the frozen beans.
• Make the dumplings . Stir together the flour, parsley, eggs, milk, baking powder and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a medium bowl. Put half the batter into a perforated colander; holding the colander just over the simmering soup, scrape and work the batter through the holes with a rubber spatula, letting the tiny dumplings drop into the soup. Cook until the dumplings float, stirring to break up any large clumps, about 1 minute. Repeat with the remaining batter. Adjust the consistency of the soup with more water if desired and season with salt if needed.

GRANDMA'S CHICKEN 'N' DUMPLING SOUP

Steps:

• Place chicken, water, bouillon cubes, peppercorns and cloves in an 8 quart Dutch oven or soup kettle.
• Cover and bring to boil; skim fat.
• Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1-1/2 hours or chicken is tender.
• Strain broth and return to kettle.
• When chicken is cool to touch; debone and cut into bite sized chunks.
• Return chicken to kettle and add cans of soup, vegetables and seasonings; bring to boil.
• Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1 hour.
• Uncover and increase heat to a gentle boil.
• Remove bay leaf.
• For dumplings, combine dry ingredients in a medium bowl.
• Stir in egg, butter and enough milk to make a moist stiff batter.
• Drop by teaspoonfuls into soup.
• Cover and cook (don't peek) for 18-20 minutes.
• Sprinkle with parsley if desired.
• NOTE: It states in the recipe 10-12 servings, I serve bigger bowls, so it probably serves 6-8.
• I also use a little less seasoned salt due to the salt content of both cans of soup.

CHICKEN (...NOODLE, DUMPLING, SPAETZLE) SOUP

Steps:

• Add 8 rounded tsp. Better Than Bouillon to 8 cups of very hot water and set aside.
• Chop carrots, onion and celery and add to large soup kettle. Add prepared bouillon and pepper to pot. Then add chicken thighs, skin side down.
• Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a high simmer and continue cooking, loosely covered, for 60-90 minutes or until chicken is fully cooked. (Depending on how big your pieces of chicken are.) Skim foam and discard, if necessary.
• Remove chicken to a platter, allow to cool slightly and debone. Return chicken meat to pot. Add wide noodles and parsley, bring back up to a low boil and cook noodles as per package instructions. Check salt and pepper at end before serving.

EASY SLOW COOKER CHICKEN AND DUMPLING SOUP

Steps:

• Place diced onion in a slow cooker. Top with chicken.
• Mix both condensed soups, poultry seasoning, and pepper together in a bowl; pour over the chicken in the slow cooker. Pour in chicken broth and cook until chicken is falling apart, on Low for 10 hours, or on High for 5 hours.
• Pour in peas and carrots and cook on Low until soft, 1 to 2 hours more.
• Roll out the biscuit dough thin and flat. Cut into quarters or strips, then cut in half. Add dough pieces to the slow cooker and stir to make sure they are submerged in the liquid. Cook for another 1 to 2 hours on Low.

CHICKEN 'N' DUMPLING SOUP

Steps:

• In a stockpot, combine the first six ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1-1/2 hours. Remove chicken; allow to cool. Strain broth; discard bay leaf and peppercorns., Remove chicken from bones; discard bones. Cut meat into bite-size pieces. Return broth to pan; skim fat. Add the chicken, noodles, vegetables, rice and parsley; bring to a simmer., For dumplings, combine the flour, baking powder, thyme and salt in a bowl. Combine milk and oil; stir into dry ingredients. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto simmering soup. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15 minutes (do not lift the cover).

GLEASANTS FRENCH CHICKEN SOUP DUMPLING 1962

Steps:

• Melt the butter, add the flour, salt, pepper and a dash of nutmeg. Add enough of the cold water to bring to a soft but non sticky dough. Do not knead the dough, just bring together.
• Roll out really thin on a floured board and cut into 2 inch squares.
• Drop into boiling soup broth or a thin stew and replace lid on pot. Cook at least twenty minutes.

CHICKEN AND TAMALE DUMPLING SOUP

Steps:

• Place chicken in a pot and add 8 cups water, or enough to cover; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer and cook until chicken is no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, about 10 minutes. Remove chicken to a plate.
• Transfer cooking liquid and more water (enough so total liquid measures 10 cups) to a 6-quart Dutch oven. Add tomato paste, onion, bouillon cubes, chili powder, and garlic. Cook over medium-high heat until onion is translucent and liquid is almost boiling, 5 to 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, cut chicken into bite-sized cubes. Grind enough chicken in a food processor to get 3 cups. Set aside ground chicken, and add remaining chicken cubes to the soup.
• Prepare dumplings: Ladle out a small amount of soup and let cool for a few minutes. Combine ground chicken, masa, all-purpose flour, parsley, chili powder, cumin, salt, and pepper in a bowl. Add a small amount of cooled soup at a time and mix by hand to form a soft dough. (You can also mix in a food processor.)
• Drop spoonfuls of dough into the hot soup. Cook, uncovered, until dumplings are cooked through, 8 to 10 minutes. They will be a bit on the dense side and will not puff up a lot like traditional dumplings.

GRANDMA'S CHICKEN AND DUMPLING SOUP

Steps:

• 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.