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Homemade dumplings in chicken soup.
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Homemade Dumplings

These EASY from scatch homemade dumplings make ANY soup recipe a hearty meal!
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time12 minutes
Total Time17 minutes
Course: Dinner Recipes
Cuisine: American
Servings: 12
Calories: 139kcal
Author: Laura

Ingredients

  • 2 cups flour
  • 3 teaspoons baking powder
  • 3/4 cup of milk
  • 1/3 cup of vegetable oil
  • pinch of salt
  • pinch salt sprinkle on top
  • pinch pepper sprinkle on top

Instructions

  • when your soup is fully cooked and just about ready to serve it should be bubbling lightly, reduce the heat
  • mix the dry ingredients together with a fork
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  • set aside
  • mix the wet ingredients together [mv_schema_meta name="mix the wet ingredients together and pour over the dry"]
    Pour wet into dry.
  • stir with a fork just until the mixture comes together in a ball
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    Mixing the dry and wet ingredients for homemade dumplings.
  • drop by fork fulls into the soup making 12 dumplings
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    Drop by fork fulls into bubbling soup.
  • salt and pepper the tops of the dumplings
  • cover the soup and cook WITHOUT taking off the lid for 10 minutes
  • when the time is up take the lid off check a dumpling to see how it looks, it should be soft and soupy on the outside and soft, fluffy and perfectly steamed on the inside
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    Dumpling check.
  • if it's not cooked through or seems doughy cover the pot and cook another 2 minutes
  • check them again once they're cooked through they are ready to serve in the soup

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 139kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.04g | Cholesterol: 2mg | Sodium: 115mg | Potassium: 45mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 25IU | Calcium: 81mg | Iron: 1mg