Chicken Soup With Buttermilk Dumplings

Serves: 2

Halle Leffler

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

48

Spice

54

Sweetness

56

Sourness

38

mins

Prep time (avg)

5

Difficulty

Ingredients:

1 tbsp

Butter

1 large

Onion (minced)

3 cloves

Garlic (minced)

6 cups

Chicken Stock

1 tsp

Salt

2 tbsps

Cornstarch

1 cup

Heavy Cream

1.25 cups

All-Purpose Flour

1 tsp

Baking Soda

Directions:

1

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

2

Add the garlic and cook, stirring, 1 minute

3

Add the wine and reduce 1 minute

4

Add the chicken stock, rosemary, bay leaf, salt, and pepper, to taste

5

Add the chicken to the pot and bring liquid to a boil

6

Reduce the heat to low, cover and simmer, skimming and stirring occasionally, for about 30 minutes

7

Remove the chicken from the pot and transfer to a cutting board

8

When cool enough to handle, remove meat from bones

9

Cut chicken into bite-side pieces

10

Skim surface of cooking liquid and strain it through a sieve into a large saucepan

11

Add the diced vegetables, bring to a boil and simmer for 5 to 7 minutes, or until vegetables are tender

12

In a small bowl, whisk together the cornstarch and the cream

13

Add the cream mixture to the boiling stock, stirring, and simmer until lightly thickened

14

Add chicken to saucepan and correct the seasoning adding the lemon juice and salt and pepper to taste

15

Bring to a simmer and top with the dumplings, spacing them evenly

16

Cover, reduce heat to moderate and simmer until dumplings are firm to the touch and cooked through, about 20 minutes

17

Sprinkle with chives or parsley

18

; Into a bowl, sift the flour, baking soda, and salt

19

Add parsley, the pepper, and the butter and blend until mixture resembles coarse meal

20

Stir in just enough buttermilk to form a soft dough

21

Gently pat the dough into a 1/2-inch thickness and stamp or cut into 1 1/2-inch pieces