Ingredients

  • 5 c. chicken broth
  • 6 carrots, peeled and sliced
  • 2 stalks celery, sliced
  • 1 c. minced onion
  • 6 half-chicken breasts, skinned
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1/2 teaspoon poultry seasoning
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • Fresh grnd black pepper

Method

  • In large wide soup pot or possibly deep skillet, combine broth, carrots, celery, onion, chicken, poultry seasons and bay leaf.
  • Bring to simmer, cover and cook 20 min while making dumplings.
  • In bowl, combine flour, baking pwdr, salt, scallion, and butter.
  • Use your fingertips to work ingredients together till butter is about the size of small peas.
  • Add in lowfat milk and stir just till a soft dough forms.
  • Drop dough by rounded Tbsp.
  • into simmering stew, making about 12 dumplings.
  • Cover and simmer over low heat for about 20 min till dumplings are cooked through.
  • Season with salt to taste and generous grinding of black pepper.
  • Serves 4.