Chicken & Dumpling Soup

Warms every part of you great winter soup, you can adjust this recipes in regards to the vegetables

• Ready In: 1 hr 10 mins
• Serves: 4-6

Ingredients

• soup

• 2  chicken breasts (you can use legs and thighs)
• 1  carrot
• 1 -2  sweet potato
• 4 -6  potatoes
• 1  medium  yam
• 1  green bananas
• 1  small  medium swede
• 1⁄4 pumpkin
• 3  garlic cloves
• 1  onion
• 2  teaspoons  chicken seasoning
• 2  tablespoons mixed herbs
• 1 -2  pint  chicken stock

• dumplings

• 1⁄2 lb flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 cup cornmeal (optional)
• 1  tablespoon sugar
• 1  teaspoon baking powder
• 1  pinch nutmeg (optional)
•  water
• 1  pinch pepper

Directions

1. Cut all ingredients fairly large, chicken can be cut into nice size cubes if using chicken with the bone i.e leg or thigh u can leave these whole just season with chicken season add garlic and onions and brown off in a little oil and set aside.
2. Bring some water to boil add stock cube.
3. While the water is heating up prepare your dumplings you can use a mixer with a dough hook if you like, mix all dry ingredients to pliable dough with the final kneading on a flour top then cover and leave to rest.
4. Once stock dissolved and water is boiling add all ingredients reduce the heat to a simmer after about 10 mins and stir.
5. while this is simmering make dumplings and pop into soup cover and leave to cook, check the seasoning and adjust if needed.
6. Check again after 5-10 mins stir and leave to cook until dumplings are ready.