Chicken Soup with Fluffy Dumplings (Printable)
Hearty soup featuring tender chicken, vegetables, and soft dumplings for ultimate comfort.
# Ingredient List:
→ Soup Base
01 - 1 tablespoon olive oil
02 - 1 medium onion, diced
03 - 2 carrots, sliced
04 - 2 celery stalks, sliced
05 - 3 cloves garlic, minced
06 - 1 teaspoon dried thyme
07 - 1 teaspoon dried parsley
08 - 1 bay leaf
09 - 1 teaspoon salt, or to taste
10 - ½ teaspoon black pepper
11 - 8 cups low-sodium chicken broth
12 - 2 cups cooked chicken, shredded
13 - 1 cup frozen peas
14 - 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped
→ Fluffy Dumplings
15 - 1 cup all-purpose flour
16 - 2 teaspoons baking powder
17 - ½ teaspoon salt
18 - 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
19 - ½ cup whole milk
20 - 1 large egg
# Steps:
01 - Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add onion, carrots, and celery; sauté for 5 minutes until softened.
02 - Stir in garlic, thyme, dried parsley, bay leaf, salt, and pepper. Cook for 1 minute until fragrant.
03 - Pour in chicken broth and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes.
04 - Add shredded chicken and peas. Simmer for 5 more minutes.
05 - In a bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. In another bowl, whisk melted butter, milk, and egg. Pour wet ingredients into dry and stir until just combined.
06 - Drop tablespoon-sized spoonfuls of dumpling batter onto the simmering soup. Cover and cook for 18–20 minutes without lifting the lid, until dumplings are puffed and cooked through.
07 - Discard bay leaf. Stir in fresh parsley. Taste and adjust seasoning as needed. Ladle soup and dumplings into bowls and serve hot.
# Expert Tips:
01 -
- Those dumplings cook right in the broth, soaking up all that chicken flavor while staying impossibly light
- Its the kind of meal that makes people forget their phones and linger at the table longer
02 -
- Resist every urge to lift that lid while dumplings cook—the steam escapes and they collapse into dense dough balls
- Let the soup come back to a gentle simmer before dropping dumplings, or they will dissolve into the broth
03 -
- Cooked chicken can be prepped days ahead, making this a 30 minute meal on busy nights
- The soup base freezes beautifully—just add fresh dumplings when reheating