Soup with chicken and sour cream dumplings

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 1 hr 45 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   Prepare the necessary ingredients for broth and soup. For a richer and more satisfying soup, it is better to use chicken meat on the bone. I had one chicken fillet and a bone from half a chicken with leftover meat. You can use half a bone-in chicken breast or bone-in thighs and drumsticks. If you need a more dietary option, then it is better to stick to chicken breast.

2. STEP 2

   

   Place the chicken, onion (my onion was large, so I only put half) and a pinch of salt into the pan. When to salt soup? Usually the soup is salted at the very end, but I advise you to add salt to the broth, because it speeds up the release of protein from the meat and the appearance of foam.

3. STEP 3

   

   Fill everything with water. How much water should I take? Depending on the desired density, taking into account boiling, you can vary the amount of water from 2.5 to 3 liters. Place the pan over high heat. Bring the water to a boil, reduce the heat to medium and cook the chicken, skimming off the foam, for about 1 hour. As the foam is removed from the broth, it will become lighter and more transparent. In addition, all harmful substances are removed along with the foam.

4. STEP 4

   

   Then remove the broth from the heat. Remove the chicken from the broth and separate the meat from the bones. Discard the bones and onion. Cut the meat into small pieces.

5. STEP 5

   

   Strain the broth through a sieve into a clean saucepan. If there is sediment left at the bottom of the pan when straining, there is no need to strain it. Return the pan with the broth to the heat and bring to a boil again.

6. STEP 6

   

   How to cut potatoes? Peel the potatoes and cut them into medium cubes. This way it won’t get overcooked and will be easy to eat.

7. STEP 7

   

   Peel the carrots and grate on a coarse or medium grater. Grated carrots release more juice into the broth and it becomes tastier. This is not the only way, of course: many people like to cut carrots into circles, cubes, strips, etc.

8. STEP 8

   

   Add potatoes, carrots and chopped chicken to the broth. Add bay leaves. Cook the soup, stirring occasionally, over medium heat for about 20 minutes until the vegetables are tender. Grated carrots cook quickly, but you need to taste the potatoes.

9. STEP 9

   

   While the soup is cooking, prepare the dumpling dough.

10. STEP 10

    

    Melt the butter first and cool it. For the dumplings, you just need melted butter so that, along with the yolk and sour cream, there is enough moisture to knead the dough.

11. STEP 11

    

    Add sour cream, yolk and cooled melted butter to the flour.

12. STEP 12

    

    Knead into a stiff, slightly sticky dough.

13. STEP 13

    

    Using your hands (or a teaspoon), tear off small pieces of dough and place the dumplings in the soup pot. Stir so that the dumplings do not stick to the bottom or to each other. Add salt and pepper to the soup and cook for another 8-10 minutes, stirring. The uncooked, heavy dumplings will sink to the bottom at first, but will float to the surface as they cook. When all the dumplings float to the top, the soup is ready.

14. STEP 14

    

    Remove the finished soup from the heat, cover with a lid and let simmer for 10 minutes. Then pour into plates. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

gartsun

03.10.2023

5

Thanks for the clear recipe! Chicken dumpling soup is one of my favorites. I make it using a similar recipe.

Natalia M

03.10.2023

4.8

I was pleased with the recipe with a detailed description of the process and explanations, even a beginner can handle it) I really liked the recipe for dumplings, especially since only the yolk of an egg is taken for them, but I needed the white for another recipe. I usually knead a semi-liquid dough and spoon it into the broth using teaspoons. This time I kneaded a loose dough and cut off pieces from it. The result was neat dumplings. Like the author, I put the onion to cook whole along with the chicken. My daughter doesn’t like onions in soup) The result is a delicious light soup. Great recipe!