Homemade Chicken and Dumplings Soup

By littlefish

Ingredients

• 1 whole chicken
• 1 or 2 celery ribs and leaves
• 1 carrot
• 1 onion
• water to cover
• 2 tablespoons butter
• Dumplings
• 2 cup flour
• 2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup skim milk
• 4 tablespoon olive oil

Preparation

Step 1

1.Simmer chicken with celery, carrot, and onion in water to cover, until meat falls off the bone.

2.Take chicken out of broth and set aside.

3.Remove celery, carrot, and onion; then strain the broth and pour the broth into a Dutch Oven or large pot.

4.Pick the chicken meat off the bone and put into the broth. Add butter. Bring broth to a boil.

5.While broth is heating mix the dumplings.

Dumplings
1.Mix ingredients, blend well, and turn out onto a floured surface. Knead four or five times.

2.Roll out the dough to 1/8 inch thick and cut into 1x1-1/2 inch strips.

3.Drop one strip at a time into chicken and broth. Reduce the heat to medium-low and cover for 15 minutes.

4.Break apart dumplings if you want smaller ones and sprinkle with pepper.

5.Put the lid back on, but don't turn heat back on.

6.Wait 30 minutes and enjoy