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Chicken and Cornmeal Dumpling Soup

Chicken and Cornmeal Dumpling Soup


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Ingredients

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  • 1/4 cup salted butter, divided
  • 2 cups sliced carrots (about 3 small carrots)
  • 1 cup diagonally sliced celery (about 2 stalks)
  • 1 cup chopped yellow onion (about 1 onion)
  • 1/2 cup plus 2 Tbsp. all-purpose flour, divided
  • 3 1/4 cups chicken broth
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt, divided
  • 3 cups coarsely shredded rotisserie chicken (from 1 chicken)
  • 1/2 cup coarse plain yellow cornmeal
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 cup whole buttermilk
  • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
  • 1/2 teaspoon sage

Instructions

  1. Melt 2 tablespoons of the butter in a Dutch oven over medium-high. Add carrots, celery, and onion; cook, stirring occasionally, until onions are tender, 5 to 6 minutes. Add 2 tablespoons of the flour; cook, stirring occasionally, 1 to 2 minutes. Add broth, bay leaf, and 1/2 teaspoon of the salt; bring to a boil. Cook, stirring occasionally, until thickened, 4 to 5 minutes. Stir in chicken. Remove Dutch oven from heat.
  2. Whisk together cornmeal, baking powder, baking soda, and remaining 1/2 cup flour and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a medium bowl. Cut remaining 2 tablespoons butter into flour mixture with a pastry blender or fork until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add buttermilk, parsley, and sage, stirring just until dough is moistened.
  3. Heat Dutch oven over medium. Drop dumpling dough by tablespoonfuls 1/2 to 1 inch apart into chicken mixture. Cover and cook until dumplings are done and dry to the touch, 15 to 20 minutes. Serve immediately.