Chicken Soup With Potato Dumplings

Prepare potato dumplings and set aside.

Ingredients:

1 6.88 ounce package Panni Bavarian Potato Dumpling Mix
2 cups milk

Directions:

In a medium bowl, combine potato dumpling mix and milk.  Let stand 10 minutes until thickened.


With moist hands, form 14 1 inch balls.  Fill a large pot with salted water 3/4 full.  Bring to a boil.  Carefully drop dumplings into water.  Reduce heat to medium and simmer 20 minutes.  Remove from water with a slotted spoon.  Put 1/2 the dumplings aside and prepare the soup.  Freeze the other 1/2 the dumplings for future use.  

Prepare chicken soup


Ingredients:

1 small rotisserie chicken (from the deli or grocery store)

4 cups chicken broth
1/2 cup chopped celery
1/2 chopped carrots
1/4 cup frozen peas
2 Tablespoons chopped onions

Place chicken, water, broth, peppercorns and cloves in kettle and bring to a boil. Simmer until chicken is tender. Cool chicken slightly and cut in bite size pieces. Strain broth. Put chicken and broth in large kettle; add the rest of the ingredients and simmer until vegetables are done. Add dumplings and simmer until reheated.  Serve.

Serves 2 to 4