Grandma's Old World German Chicken Soup & Dumplings

Total Time: 3 hrs 30 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3 lbs chicken
• 2 quarts water
• 10 hard rolls (kaiser rolls)
• 1 -2 cup warm milk
• 1/2 cup canadian bacon, diced (optional)
• 1 tablespoon butter, softened
• 1 small onion, diced (optional)
• 1 tablespoon parsley flakes
• 3 eggs
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 slice hard rolls thinly and place in a large bowl; set aside to dry overnight.
• 2 add the water to the chicken, season to taste and cook slowly for several hours.
• 3 an hour or so before serving time, make soup balls as follows:
• 4 soak bread in warm milk. bread should be moist, but not soggy.
• 5 if using, fry onion and bacon in butter until onion is tender (if not using skip to step 7).
• 6 stir onion and bacon into moist bread.
• 7 add parsley flakes, eggs, salt and pepper to bread.
• 8 stir to combine all ingredients.
• 9 shape into large dumplings.
• 10 drop into boiling soup.
• 11 simmer uncovered, for 20 minutes, or until dumplings rise to surface.