Chicken Soup with Dumplings

Name: Chicken Soup with Dumplings
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 6 chicken thighs; 2 carrots, diced; 2 stalks celery, diced; 1 large leek, sliced; 3 cloves garlic, minced; 1.5L chicken stock; 1 tsp thyme; 2 bay leaves; 1 cup plain flour for dumplings; 50g suet for dumplings; 1 tsp baking powder for dumplings; 1/2 tsp salt for dumplings; 5-6 tbsp cold water for dumplings; fresh parsley to garnish

A comforting British chicken broth studded with fluffy suet dumplings, simmered until everything is tender and warming.

Total time

90 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

75 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

British

Ingredients

6chicken thighs

2carrots, diced

2 stalkscelery, diced

1large leek, sliced

3 clovesgarlic, minced

1.5Lchicken stock

1 tspthyme

2bay leaves

1 cupplain flour for dumplings

50gsuet for dumplings

1 tspbaking powder for dumplings

1/2 tspsalt for dumplings

5-6 tbspcold water for dumplings

fresh parsleyto garnish

Instructions

Poach chicken thighs in stock 30 minutes. Shred. Return to pot.

Add vegetables, thyme and bay. Simmer 20 minutes.

Make dumplings: mix flour, suet, baking powder and salt. Add water. Shape into balls.

Drop into simmering soup. Cover and cook 15-18 minutes.

Scatter parsley.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories

131

Protein

13.3g

Fat

2.5g

Carbs

16.9g

Fiber

4.4g

Sodium

1492mg

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