There are only a few kinds of soup which we both like (3 or 4?) and which I cook every now and then. I thought I could try to expand our soup menu and look for some new (and maybe worth trying recipes). Every month I am going to make some new stuff and share my soup attempts with you. Since we fancy cuisine of various countries, I wish I could possibly find a variety of good recipes, so that we would have soups more often.
Here is our soup number 1: chicken and dumplings. I am happy to say, I finally managed to find my own way of making it. The soup which I cooked last time was my best ever. Mainly because I discovered the advantages of canned cream soup. Previously I made chicken and dumplings from scratch - without adding cream chicken soup and, despite my tries and efforts, the results where not equally tasty then.
Chicken and dumplings recipe
Ingredients:
- 1 single chicken breast;
- 1 chicken bouillon cube ;
- 1 can cream chicken soup;
- 1 celery stalk - cut into small pieces;
- 1/2 small onion - chopped;
- 3-4 baby carrots chopped;
- about 1 TBS oil
- salt;
- pepper;
- 1 bay leaf and 3 grains black pepper (to cook the chicken breast);
- water;
- 1/2 - 1 TBS dried parsley;
- 2 flour tortillas cut into square stripes (yes, they make good dumplings!).
What to do with it all:
- Place chicken breast in a pan (add black pepper grains and a bay leaf), cover the breast with cold water and cook slowly (at 4). Cooking does not last long - the breast is ready when it is no longer pink (inside and outside).
- Take the chicken breast out of the pot, shred it with a fork, leave it aside on a plate.
- Add cream chicken soup, chicken bouillon cube to the pan with the water in which the breast was cooked. Stir it and cook till the soup boils again.
- Heat the oil in a frying pan, put the celery stalk and onion pieces in the pan - cook it for several minutes until the vegetables are soft. Stir frequently.
- Add celery and onion to the soup.
- Cook the carrots in a small pot (add some water) until they are soft enough to be added to the soup. Do not cook too long as the carrots will get mushy.
- Add carrots and chicken pieces to the soup .
- Season with salt and pepper - as you like.
- Add dried parsley pieces - mix the soup with a spoon
- Add tortilla pieces. (usually, after adding tortillas I need to season the soup with a bit more salt - somehow flour tortillas tend to make the soup bland).
- Simmer the soup for about 15 - 20 minutes and serve.
Bon Appetit!
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