Hungarian Chicken Vegetable Dumpling Soup Recipes

CHICKEN-VEGETABLE SOUP WITH DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• In 3-quart saucepan, heat all ingredients except Bisquick mix and milk to boiling, stirring occasionally.
• In small bowl, stir Bisquick mix and milk with fork until soft dough forms. Drop dough by 18 teaspoonfuls onto boiling soup. If dumplings sink into soup, carefully bring them to top of broth using slotted spoon. Reduce heat to medium-low.
• Cook uncovered 10 minutes. Cover and cook 15 minutes longer.

HUNGARIAN CHICKEN PAPRIKASH

Steps:

• Place a large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat and cook bacon until crisp, about 4 minutes. Add onion and cook until soft and translucent, 3 to 5 minutes, stirring once or twice. Add chicken and tomatoes. Cover and cook over medium-low heat for 10 minutes. Stir in paprika. Pour in 1/2 cup to 3/4 cup water and season with salt. Cover and simmer over low heat for 25 minutes. Remove lid and cook an additional 5 minutes.
• Transfer chicken to a plate and keep warm. Mix sour cream and 1 teaspoon cold water together in a small bowl. Add mixture to the pot and stir until gravy is evenly colored and smooth. Return chicken to the pot, cover and simmer on low for another 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, stir flour and salt together in a bowl. In a separate bowl mix egg and water together. Gradually add flour mixture and stir together until dumpling batter is very thick and mixture breaks from a spoon.
• Bring 2 quarts of water to a boil in a large pot. Add 2 teaspoons salt.
• Drop 1/2 teaspoons of dumpling batter into the boiling water. Dumplings will rise to the surface in about 1 minute; boil for 5 minutes more. Use a slotted spoon to transfer dumplings to a bowl. Repeat steps until batter is used up and all dumplings are cooked. Mix 1 teaspoon of butter with cooked dumplings. Add dumplings to chicken mixture in the pot and allow to heat through.

HUNGARIAN CHICKEN VEGETABLE DUMPLING SOUP

Steps:

• In a 4 quart saucepot, sweat the carrots/onions/celery/parsley in margarine.
• Sweating means sauteeing the veggies on medium low heat with the lid on.
• to release the natural oils from veggies.) About 10 minutes.
• Add the paprika and mix thoroughly.
• Add the chicken breast.
• Stir in the crushed tomatoes, chicken base and water.
• Cover with lid halfway and simmer until veggies are tender. Breast should be done at this point also. Remove it and set aside.
• Meanwhile prepare dumpling dough:.
• I use a small processor.
• 1 1/2 cups flour.
• 2 eggs.
• 1/4 teaspoons salt.
• 1/2 cup water.
• Process or beat until the dough is stretchy. Cover and set aside.
• When the veggies are tender the the breast is cool enough to handle cube it and return to soup.
• Using the long side of a tablespoon, make small dumplings 1"x1/4" and release in simmering soup. Let dumplings cook until they rise to the top and continue to simmer for about 5 minute.
• So that the soup is not watery, it is thickened using:.
• 1/4 cup water and 2 tablespoons of all-purpose flour. Mix well to avoid lumps and pour quickly into the simmering soup mixing quickly. Simmer 5 more minutes. Check seasonings and you're ready to go -- !

HUNGARIAN-ISH MINI-DUMPLING AND EGG NOODLE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat stock to a boil and reduce heat to simmer. Mix the chicken with egg, bread crumbs, nutmeg, smoked sweet paprika, parsley, salt and pepper. Roll the meat into 1-inch dumplings and add to simmering stock. Wash up and let the dumplings cook 3 to 4 minutes alone. Add the egg noodles, peppers and scallions and stir. Cook another 4 to 5 minutes until noodles are just tender. Stir in dill. Season soup with salt and pepper to taste and serve immediately.