Quick Chicken Soup With Buttermilk Dumplings Recipes

MOM'S CHICKEN 'N' BUTTERMILK DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• In a stockpot or Dutch oven, combine first seven ingredients. Bring to a boil; skim foam from broth. Reduce heat; cover and simmer until chicken is tender, about 1-1/2 hours. Remove chicken; when cool enough to handle, debone and dice. Strain broth, reserving broth and vegetables. , In the same pot, melt butter. Stir in flour, paprika and pepper until smooth. Gradually stir in 6 cups reserved broth (save remaining broth for another use). Bring to a boil; boil and stir for 2 minutes. Reduce heat; stir in the cream, reserved vegetables and chicken. Cover and bring to a boil; reduce the heat to simmer. , For dumplings, combine flour, baking powder, sugar and salt in a bowl. Combine eggs, buttermilk and butter; stir into dry ingredients to form a stiff batter. , Drop by tablespoonfuls onto simmering mixture. Cover and simmer until a toothpick inserted in a dumpling comes out clean (do not lift cover while simmering), about 20 minutes. Serve immediately.

CHICKEN SOUP WITH BUTTERMILK DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large, heavy casserole, add the onion, chopped celery, and chopped carrot, and cook the vegetables, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook, stirring, 1 minute. Add the wine and reduce 1 minute. Add the chicken stock, rosemary, bay leaf, salt, and pepper, to taste. Add the chicken to the pot and bring liquid to a boil.
• Reduce the heat to low, cover and simmer, skimming and stirring occasionally, for about 30 minutes.
• Remove the chicken from the pot and transfer to a cutting board. When cool enough to handle, remove meat from bones. Cut chicken into bite-side pieces. Skim surface of cooking liquid and strain it through a sieve into a large saucepan. Add the diced vegetables, bring to a boil and simmer for 5 to 7 minutes, or until vegetables are tender.
• In a small bowl, whisk together the cornstarch and the cream. Add the cream mixture to the boiling stock, stirring, and simmer until lightly thickened. Add chicken to saucepan and correct the seasoning adding the lemon juice and salt and pepper to taste. Bring to a simmer and top with the dumplings, spacing them evenly. Cover, reduce heat to moderate and simmer until dumplings are firm to the touch and cooked through, about 20 minutes. Sprinkle with chives or parsley.;
• Into a bowl, sift the flour, baking soda, and salt. Add parsley, the pepper, and the butter and blend until mixture resembles coarse meal. Stir in just enough buttermilk to form a soft dough.
• Gently pat the dough into a 1/2-inch thickness and stamp or cut into 1 1/2-inch pieces.

QUICK CHICKEN SOUP WITH BUTTERMILK DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Heat oil in large pot over medium-high heat.
• Cook chicken 6 minutes on each side or until lightly browned.
• (Chicken may not completely cook through but will finish cooking when returned to broth.).
• Transfer chicken to cutting board; cut into bite size pieces; set aside. (Keep warm).
• Melt butter in pot over medium heat.
• Add onion, celery, and carrot and saute for 3 minutes.
• Stir in broth,, thyme, sea salt, & pepper.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer, covered 5 minutes.
• Whisk together cream and cornstarch in a small bowl; stir in simmering broth.
• Cut each biscuit into quarters and dredge pieces in flour, shaking off excess.
• Add biscuits to broth and cook partially covered or until biscuits are firm to the touch. (Biscuits will continue to cook.).
• Add chicken, lemon juice and chives to broth, simmer until chicken is heated throguh.
• Season with additional sea salt & freshly ground black pepper, if desired.