Ingredients
Scale
- 2 tablespoons Countryside Creamery Pure Irish Butter
- 2 large carrots, peeled and diced
- 1 stalk celery, diced
- 1 large yellow onion, diced
- 3 tablespoons Baker's Corner All-Purpose Flour
- 32 ounces Simply Nature Organic Chicken Broth
- 1 cup Baker's Corner 100% Pure Pumpkin
- heaping 1/2 teaspoon Stonemill Ground Cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon Stonemill Pumpkin Pie Spice
- 1 head garlic, halved crosswise & excess paper removed
- 1 1/2 pounds Simply Nature Organic Chicken Breasts
- one 10-ounce bag frozen Simply Nature Organic Butternut Squash or Sweet Potatoes
- 1/2 cup Simply Nature Organic Whole Milk
- 1/4 cup (4 tablespoons) cold Countryside Creamery Pure Irish Butter, grated
- 1 cup Baker's Corner All-Purpose Flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon Stonemill Pumpkin Pie Spice
- 1 large egg, lightly whisked
- 1/3 cup Baker's Corner 100% Pure Pumpkin
- 1/4 cup Simply Nature Organic Whole Milk
- 1/2 lemon, juiced
- kosher salt & ground black pepper, to season
Instructions
- In a Dutch oven, melt butter over medium heat; add diced carrots, celery, and onion. Season with salt and pepper; cook until softened (about 5 minutes).
- Dust flour over veggies, stir to coat, then pour in chicken broth while scraping up brown bits from the pot. Add garlic, pumpkin purée, cumin, and pumpkin pie spice; bring to a boil.
- Add seasoned chicken breasts; cover and simmer for 10-15 minutes until cooked through.
- In a bowl, mix flour, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice, salt, and pepper. Add grated butter; combine until crumbly. Stir in whisked egg, pumpkin purée, and milk to form a thick dough.
- Shred cooked chicken and return it to the pot along with butternut squash or sweet potatoes and whole milk.
- Using spoons, drop tablespoon-sized dumplings into simmering soup; cover and cook for 8-10 minutes until puffy.
- Squeeze fresh lemon juice into the soup before serving.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bowl (approximately 350g)
- Calories: 445
- Sugar: 8g
- Sodium: 680mg
- Fat: 16g
- Saturated Fat: 8g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 48g
- Fiber: 6g
- Protein: 28g
- Cholesterol: 85mg