Knoephla/Knepfla Soup

Submitted by BinkyKat

"This is a popular creamy chicken stock soup with diced potatoes, carrot, celery and onion with little dumplings dropped in after the veggies have just become tender. I actually submitted this recently to our work cafeteria's "Souper Bowl" competition and was picked to cook and serve it. good thing the head chef did the math - it turned out great at 12 gallons! My husband scored the recipe from a friend's wife who offered him a bowl when he was doing some handy-man work at their house. Lucky for me he never turns down a lunch offer - it yields me some tried and true recipes! I have added cubed/shredded cooked left-over chicken to make it even more hearty. You can also garnish with some crumbled cooked bacon bits. I feel that Yukon Gold potatoes work best. If you can eat just a cup, good for you - it'll last longer then. With us, big bowls are the only way!"

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 8-10

ingredients

• Soup

• 8 cups chicken broth or 8 cups chicken stock
• 2 large celery ribs, diced
• 1 medium carrot, diced
• 1 small onion, diced
• 2 medium potatoes, diced
• salt & pepper

• Dough

• 2 cups flour
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 cup water or 1/2 cup milk

• Finishing addition

• 1 1⁄2 cups half-and-half cream

directions

1. Simmer the vegetables and salt/pepper in the broth/stock until tender.
2. Mix together flour, egg, salt, and water or milk to make a stiff dough. Roll into a rope and cut or pinch off approximately thumb-sized pieces directly into boiling soup. Cook 10 minutes or until done.
3. Add 1 ½ cups half & half and serve. You can simmer to desired thickness.

Reviews

[Maggie in Minnesota]

This soup is very popular where I live and I was in the mood to make some even though I misplaced my recipe for the knoephla part. Voila! Log onto Zaar and I had one at my finger tips in about 10 seconds. This is great and the measurements were all perfect. The only thing I did different was saute the onions in some butter before I made the base. GREAT recipe and I wish more people were familiar with "knoephla soup" -because there's a reason so many are crazy for it in this area, awesome stuff!

 

[MPHT6158]

My boyfriend loves German food and told me about this soup. I was skeptical, but made this and it was delicious. I didn't have any celery, but followed the directions otherwise (water for the dumplings, not milk). Can't wait for leftovers.