Chicken "Dumpling" Soup

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 8
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 287.4
  • Total Fat: 16.9 g
  • Cholesterol: 92.8 mg
  • Sodium: 1,300.4 mg
  • Total Carbs: 15.8 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 1.3 g
  • Protein: 18.2 g

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Introduction

If you want the soup a little thicker and more like chicken and dumplings, reserve a bit of the chicken broth or heavy cream and add a tablespoon of cornstarch to it. Stir into the soup toward the end and cook until thickened. If you want the soup a little thicker and more like chicken and dumplings, reserve a bit of the chicken broth or heavy cream and add a tablespoon of cornstarch to it. Stir into the soup toward the end and cook until thickened.
Number of Servings: 8

Ingredients

    2 tablespoons butter
    1 cup chopped onion
    1/2 cup chopped celery
    1/4 cup chopped carrots
    64 ounces low sodium, low fat chicken broth
    1 teaspoon chicken base (like Tone's)
    1/2 teaspoon sea salt
    Black pepper to taste
    1/4 teaspoon poultry seasoning
    5 (6-inch) flour tortillas
    3 cups cooked chicken
    1 tablespoon chopped parsley
    1 cup heavy cream

Directions

Melt butter in bottom of soup pot or Dutch oven. Saute the onion, celery and carrots until tender, about 5 minutes. Add the chicken broth, chicken base, salt, pepper, and poultry seasoning and bring to a boil. Cut the flour tortillas in half and then into thin strips and stir them into the soup. Bring back up to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer for 20 minutes. Stir in the chicken, parsley and cream. Heat just long enough to warm through.

Number of Servings: 8

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MUPPETTHEPUPPET.