Martha's Chicken Soup With Parsley Dumplings

Submitted by Retro Kali

"This recipe came from a Martha Stewart magazine.The dumplings in this are unusual, with lemon zest, and cornmeal. I love them, but remember that the taste and texture of the dumplings is different from standard dumplings. I add more parmesan cheese to the mixture, but I will post it as it is in the recipe. I used the shallot the first time, but it is just fine without, or replaced with a minced onion. I cook the chicken first, but the recipe doesn't specify."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 15mins
• Ingredients: 19
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 6 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 4 carrots
• 1 onion
• 2 celery ribs
• 1 garlic clove
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 cups chicken stock
• salt
• 1 teaspoon thyme
• 1⁄4 cup yellow cornmeal
• 2 tablespoons yellow cornmeal
• 3⁄4 cup flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 tablespoons minced shallots
• 1 tablespoon lemon zest
• 3⁄4 cup chopped parsley
• 2 tablespoons parmesan cheese
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons cold unsalted butter
• 1⁄2 cup milk

directions

1. Chop chicken, celery, carrots,onion, and mince garlic.
2. bring two quarts water, chicken, carrots,onion, celery, garlic, bay leaf, stock, and some salt to a boil.
3. reduce heat to medium-low. simmer 20 minutes.
4. add thyme.
5. In a mixing bowl, whisk cornmeal, flour, baking powder, parsley,1/2 tsp salt, shallot, zest and cheese.
6. cut butter into small pieces, add butter to mixture with fingertips, until mixture resembles course meal.
7. add milk, and stir until a dough forms.
8. roll into 1 inch balls, add all at once to simmering broth.
9. cover, simmer undisturbed, for 20 minutes.
10. don't forget to remove the bay leaf before serving!

Reviews

[swein563]

The soup part was okay but I didn't care for the dumplings. Too soft and too complicated for my tastes. Too much parsley in them for starters.

 

[Jostlori]

OMG - those dumplings are the best I've tasted! The cornmeal gives them a bit of a different texture, but they're still light and fluffy! We can't get yellow lemons here, so I used lime zest. Absolutely delicious!!! Made this after seeing Mama Smurf's post on Spring PAC 2013. Now THIS is why I play the game! Thanks for posting!

 

[mama smurf]

This was totally delicious!!! I was curious about using cornmeal with the flour and also lemon zest but they were great! Definately one soup I will make again. Followed the directions as written only cutting the recipe in half for DH and I. Thank you for posting. Made for Spring PAC 2013.

 

[es alpukat]

I made the dumplings sans cheese and they were still delightful in that soft, fluffy way we all love. YUM!