Chicken Dumplings

Ingredients for Dumplings:

• 1 ¼ cup New Hope Mills Biscuit Mix
• 2 Tbsp butter, cold
• 1/2 cup milk

Using a pastry cutter or fork, cut butter into biscuit mix until no large butter pieces remain. Add milk and stir until a soft and slightly sticky dough forms. Turn dough out onto a well-floured surface and knead about 10 times until dough is cohesive and no longer sticky. Roll dough into 1-inch balls and set aside.

Ingredients for Soup:

• 2 Tbsp butter or oil
• 1 medium carrot, small diced 
• 1 stalk of celery, small diced
• ½ yellow onion, small diced
• 8 cups chicken broth
• 1 cup frozen green beans (peas or corn will also work)
• 2 cups of chicken, cooked and cut into pieces (we pulled the meat from a rotisserie chicken)
• 1/2 tsp poultry seasoning
• Salt and pepper to taste

Place a large sauce pot on the stove over medium heat. Melt butter in the sauce pot and then add carrots, celery and onion. Sauté the vegetables until onions turn translucent. Add broth and bring to a boil. Lower to a simmer and gently add dumplings to the broth. Let simmer for about 5-10 minutes, dumplings should be tender and almost cooked through. Add chicken and frozen green beans and simmer for another 5 minutes until heated through. Season to taste and enjoy.