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[lavendersage]

This will warm you up! I love dumplings in soup.

Chicken Soup With Dumplings ~ lavendersage

7 chicken thighs
1/2 teaspoon onion flakes
1/8 teaspoon celery salt
1/8 teaspoon turmeric
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
1/2 tsp. chicken bouillon granules, optional
salt and pepper to taste
3 cups water
1 64 oz. carton reduced sodium chicken broth (I like Progresso)

Add above ingredients to a Dutch oven, bring to boil then simmer until chicken is cooked through, about 1 1/2 hours.
Remove chicken from broth. When cool enough to handle, remove meat from bones and add to soup pot.

Add:
1 cup chopped celery
2 carrots chopped
cook until tender

While veggies are cooking in soup, in a separate pan, saute onions in oil or butter until tender.

1/2 cup chopped onion
olive oil or butter

When onion is tender, ladle some broth from the soup into the pan with the onions to deglaze, add all to soup pot. Simmer.

Soup is good as is or add dumplings.

Make dumplings and drop by spoonful into simmering soup. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes without lifting lid.

Dumplings:

1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup milk

Whisk together flour, baking powder, sugar and salt. Cut in butter. Stir in milk.