Chicken-and-Vegetable Soup with Herb Dumplings
Chicken-and-Vegetable Soup with Herb Dumplings might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe covers 25% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 474 calories, 27g of protein, and 24g of fat. This recipe serves 6. It is perfect for Autumn. A mixture of baby carrots, chicken, salt, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. To use up the bay leaves you could follow this main course with the Adorable Applesauce Cupcakes as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 1 hour.
Instructions
Cut chicken into 6 or 8 pieces; remove and discard skin.
Place chicken and next 7 ingredients in a large (6-quart) soup pot, stirring until well blended. Bring to a boil; reduce heat, and simmer, covered, 30 to 40 minutes or until chicken is tender.
Remove pot from heat; remove chicken pieces from soup pot, reserving broth.
Let chicken stand until cool enough to handle.
Remove chicken from bones, and cut into bite-size pieces. Stir chicken and sherry, if desired, into broth mixture. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer.
Combine flour and next 3 ingredients in a small bowl.
Cut in butter with a pastry blender or fork until mixture resembles coarse meal.
Add buttermilk, stirring just until mixture comes together.
Drop tablespoons of dumpling batter into hot broth. Cover and simmer 10 to 15 minutes or until dumplings are cooked through.
*Substitute 4 bone-in chicken breasts for the whole chicken, cut into pieces, if desired.