The ultimate comfort soup combines hearty vegetables, tender chicken, and homemade dumplings for loads of fresh comfort food flavor just like grandma used to make.
Course Soup
Cuisine Southern
Keyword chicken and dumpling soup, chicken and dumpling soup recipe, chicken dumpling soup recipe, easy chicken dumpling soup, homemade chicken dumpling soup, how to make chicken dumpling soup
Prep Time 20 minutesminutes
Cook Time 50 minutesminutes
Total Time 1 hourhour10 minutesminutes
Servings 6servings
Calories 273kcal
Author Beth Pierce
Ingredients
2tablespoonsbutter
½large onion chopped
3stalks celery chopped
2large carrots sliced in 1/4 inch rounds
2clovesgarlic finely minced
½tablespoondried parsley
½teaspoonpoultry seasoning
1 ½tablespoonsall-purpose flour
6cupslow sodium chicken broth or stock
1bay leaf
Salt and pepper to taste
2cupscooked chicken cut in small cubes
1cupfrozen peas
Dumpling Recipe
1cupflour
2teaspoonsbaking powder
1teaspoongranulated sugar
½teaspoonsalt
2tablespoonsunsalted butter
½cupmilk2% or whole
Instructions
Melt butter over medium heat in a Dutch oven or stockpot. Add onion, celery, and carrots and cook until fragrant, approximately 4-5 minutes. Reduce heat to low. Add garlic, parsley, and poultry seasoning; cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly. Sprinkle in 1 1/2 tablespoon flour; cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly. Stir in chicken stock and bay leaf; simmer for 25 minutes.
Remove the bay leaf. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Add chicken and frozen peas and simmer for an additional 5 minutes.
In a medium bowl, mix 1 cup flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt. Cut in butter with a pastry cutter. When crumbly, add milk and stir just until combined. Drop by small spoonfuls into simmering soup. Cover and cook for 15 minutes without removing the lid.
Notes
Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.
Don't forget to remove the bay leaf, as they have sharp edges.
Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days. To reheat your food, you can either use the stovetop on low heat or microwave it with reduced power.
To freeze, first cool completely, then spoon into a freezer-safe storage container and freeze for up to 3 months. Thaw in the fridge overnight and reheat over low heat on the stovetop or in the microwave at reduced power.