Knoephla (Dakota Chicken-and-Dumpling) Soup

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Appears in Cook's Country October/November 2012

    

A hearty, little-known soup, knoephla is incredible if you can get a North Dakotan grandmother to make it for you. But when we tried to make it ourselves, the broth was bland and the dumplings sank.

SERVES 6

TIME 1¾ hours

Knoephla (Dakota Chicken-and-Dumpling) Soup

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Knoephla soup is a hearty Midwestern version of chicken and dumplings with a creamy base, tender potatoes, and chewy “knoephla.” To infuse our soup with flavor, we started by searing chicken thighs and simmering them in chicken broth to mak...

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