Gleasants French Chicken Soup Dumpling 1962 Recipes

CHICKEN DUMPLING SOUP

Steps:

• In a blender or food processor, combine 3 cups cooked chicken, eggs, 3/4 cup chicken broth, 1 cup flour, parsley, 2 teaspoons salt, pepper and tarragon. Process until smooth.
• In a large pot, bring 4 cups chicken broth to a boil. Drop dumpling mixture by rounded spoonfuls into boiling broth. Simmer, uncovered, 5 to 8 minutes, until well formed and slightly browned. Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels. Reserve dumpling cooking liquid.
• In a large pot melt butter over medium heat. Cook onion, celery and garlic in butter until onion is translucent. Stir in 1/2 cup flour until fully incorporated. Pour in 2 quarts chicken broth, stirring constantly. Bring to a boil. Introduce 1 1/2 teaspoons salt and carrots. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 15 minutes.
• Stir in dumplings, reserved liquid and 3 cups cooked chicken. Simmer 15 minutes more before serving.

GRANDMA'S CHICKEN 'N' DUMPLING SOUP

Steps:

• Place the chicken, water, bouillon, peppercorns and cloves in a stockpot. Cover and bring to a boil; skim foam. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 45-60 minutes or until chicken is tender. Strain broth; return to stockpot. , Remove chicken and set aside until cool enough to handle. Remove meat from bones; discard bones and skin and cut chicken into chunks. Cool broth and skim off fat. , Return chicken to stockpot with soups, vegetables and seasonings; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1 hour. Uncover; increase heat to a gentle boil. Discard bay leaf., For dumplings, combine dry ingredients in a medium bowl. Stir in egg, butter and enough milk to make a moist stiff batter. Drop by teaspoonfuls into soup. Cover and cook without lifting the lid for 18-20 minutes. Sprinkle with parsley if desired.

OLD-FASHIONED CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Fill a large pot with water, and add whole chicken. Bring to a boil, and then reduce heat. Simmer until tender, about 1 to 2 hours.
• Remove chicken from broth, and set aside to cool. Reserve broth. When cool enough to handle, remove meat from bones; cut into bite size pieces. Discard skin and bones.
• In a medium bowl, stir together flour and salt. Break one egg into flour, and stir with fork till stiff. Continue adding eggs one at a time until all are incorporated. The dough should be very stiff.
• Bring broth to a boil. Add bouillon cubes; stir until cubes have dissolved.
• Using a fork and knife, pick up dough on fork. Hold over boiling broth, and cut off small pieces into broth until all the dough has been used. Stir, cover, and simmer for 20 minutes.
• Add chicken meat, and stir. Serve hot.

GLEASANTS FRENCH CHICKEN SOUP DUMPLING 1962

Steps:

• Melt the butter, add the flour, salt, pepper and a dash of nutmeg. Add enough of the cold water to bring to a soft but non sticky dough. Do not knead the dough, just bring together.
• Roll out really thin on a floured board and cut into 2 inch squares.
• Drop into boiling soup broth or a thin stew and replace lid on pot. Cook at least twenty minutes.

GRANDMA'S CHICKEN 'N' DUMPLING SOUP

Steps:

• Place chicken, water, bouillon cubes, peppercorns and cloves in an 8 quart Dutch oven or soup kettle.
• Cover and bring to boil; skim fat.
• Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1-1/2 hours or chicken is tender.
• Strain broth and return to kettle.
• When chicken is cool to touch; debone and cut into bite sized chunks.
• Return chicken to kettle and add cans of soup, vegetables and seasonings; bring to boil.
• Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1 hour.
• Uncover and increase heat to a gentle boil.
• Remove bay leaf.
• For dumplings, combine dry ingredients in a medium bowl.
• Stir in egg, butter and enough milk to make a moist stiff batter.
• Drop by teaspoonfuls into soup.
• Cover and cook (don't peek) for 18-20 minutes.
• Sprinkle with parsley if desired.
• NOTE: It states in the recipe 10-12 servings, I serve bigger bowls, so it probably serves 6-8.
• I also use a little less seasoned salt due to the salt content of both cans of soup.

FRENCH ONION SOUP DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Heat the butter and oil in a sauté pan on medium-low heat. Add the onions, sugar, salt, and pepper, and cook for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. You may have to turn your heat down to low if you find them caramelizing too quickly. You want them very soft, but not burnt. You can also use the Alton Brown method: put them in an electric skillet set to 300°F, cover and leave undisturbed for 10 minutes, then start stirring every few minutes.
• After 30 minutes, add the cognac. Do not pour the cognac directly into the pan from the bottle if there is a live flame; the flame could travel up the pour-stream and into the bottle, causing it to explode. Measure the cognac in a liquid measuring cup, then move the pan off the heat, pour in the cognac, and return the pan to the stove. Let the cognac reduce for 1 minute. Add the wine, beef stock, bay leaf and thyme. Season again with salt and pepper. Simmer on low for another 30 minutes.
• Set the onions into a strainer over a bowl to cool to room temperature. Reserve both the onions, and the broth that drains from them.
• Preheat the broiler. Spray two individual gratin dishes with non-stick spray, and stand them on a foil-lined baking sheet (to make for easy clean-up).
• Take a wonton wrapper in one hand. Dip a finger or small brush in the reserved broth and moisten the entire surface of one side of the wrapper. Place 1 tsp of the onions in the center of the wrapper. Bring all four corners together, pinching and twisting to form a small pouch (called a beggar's purse). Place dumpling, seam side down, into gratin dish. Continue until both dishes are full.
• Top each dish with half the Gruyère and half the Parmesan. Dot each dish with 1 tbsp of butter. Pop the dishes under the broiler until the cheese is melted, bubbly and beginning to brown, about 5 minutes. Poke a toothpick into each dumpling and garnish with chives or thyme sprigs.

GRANDMA'S OLD WORLD GERMAN CHICKEN SOUP & DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Slice hard rolls thinly and place in a large bowl; set aside to dry overnight.
• Add the water to the chicken, season to taste and cook slowly for several hours.
• An hour or so before serving time, make soup balls as follows:
• Soak bread in warm milk. Bread should be moist, but not soggy.
• If using, fry onion and bacon in butter until onion is tender (If not using skip to step 7).
• Stir onion and bacon into moist bread.
• Add parsley flakes, eggs, salt and pepper to bread.
• Stir to combine all ingredients.
• Shape into large dumplings.
• Drop into boiling soup.
• Simmer uncovered, for 20 minutes, or until dumplings rise to surface.