Ingredients

• Onion
• Celery
• Carrots
• Cooked chicken
• Chicken broth
• Half and half
• Heavy whipping cream (optional)
• Flour
• Baking powder
• Corn meal
• Salt
• Seasonings

Directions

Make Roux

1. Melt butter in pan
2. Add flour, salt, and pepper, and cook on low until golden brown
3. Add chicken broth one splash at a time, constantly mixing
4. Add vegetables and let sit

Make Dumpling Batter

1. Mix dry ingredients
2. Mix wet ingredients
3. Stir wet and dry ingredients together in a large bowl

Make Soup

1. Add chicken to hot broth
2. Add spoonfuls of dumpling batter to hot broth
3. Add a splash of heavy whipping cream to broth
4. Heat for minutes, or until dumplings are cooked