Soup with cheese dumplings is a versatile first course, because you can cook it at any time of the year. The dish consists of products that are sold in every supermarket. Plus, the soup is easy to make.

The basis of the dish is chicken broth. The broth is filled with potatoes and boiled chicken. And the highlight of the dish is tender and incredibly tasty dumplings, consisting of cheese, butter, eggs, salt and flour. They are what make the soup so satisfying.

Ingredients:

  • Chicken fillet – 300 g.
  • Bay leaf – 1 pc.
  • Black peppercorns – 5 pcs.
  • Potatoes (large) – 2 tubers.
  • Salt – to taste.
  • Parsley greens – a couple of sprigs (optional).

For dumplings:

  • Butter – 40 g.
  • Hard cheese – 60 g.
  • Egg – 2 pcs.
  • Wheat flour – 4 tbsp. l.
  • Salt – 1 pinch.

Soup with cheese dumplings - a hearty and tasty first course from simple products

Cooking time: 1 hour 15 minutes. Servings Per Container: 8.

How to cook:

1. Put the required amount of butter in a bowl and leave at room temperature to make it soft.

Wash the fillet and place in a saucepan with cold water (2 l). Bring to a boil, remembering to remove the foam with a slotted spoon. Boil the chicken broth for 35-40 minutes. 15 minutes before the end of cooking, add bay leaves and black peppercorns to the pan, salt a little.

Soup with cheese dumplings - a hearty and tasty first course from simple products

2. While the broth is cooking, prepare the dumpling mixture. To do this, grate the cheese on a grater with small holes.

To prepare the soup, choose high-quality cheese with a fat content of at least 45%. Cheese products are absolutely not suitable.

Soup with cheese dumplings - a hearty and tasty first course from simple products

3. In a bowl with butter, add grated cheese, flour and salt.

Soup with cheese dumplings - a hearty and tasty first course from simple products

4. Beat in the eggs.

Soup with cheese dumplings - a hearty and tasty first course from simple products

5. Mix thoroughly. You should have a soft dough.

Soup with cheese dumplings - a hearty and tasty first course from simple products

6. Remove the chicken fillet from the broth, cool slightly.

Soup with cheese dumplings - a hearty and tasty first course from simple products

7. Wash the potatoes with a vegetable brush. Clear. Cut the tubers into cubes with a side of about 1 cm. Cut the chicken meat into cubes too.

Put the potatoes in the broth, bring to a boil and reduce the heat.

Soup with cheese dumplings - a hearty and tasty first course from simple products

8. Add chicken. Simmer the soup at a low boil for 10 minutes.

Soup with cheese dumplings - a hearty and tasty first course from simple products

9. Moisten two teaspoons with cold water. Scoop up the dough with one spoon.

Soup with cheese dumplings - a hearty and tasty first course from simple products

10. Using another spoon moistened with water, push the dumpling into the broth. Form the rest of the cheese dumplings in the same way.

Soup with cheese dumplings - a hearty and tasty first course from simple products

11. Let the broth boil and cook the soup with cheese dumplings for 10-12 minutes.

Pour the finished soup into deep bowls, decorate with herbs and serve.

Soup with cheese dumplings - a hearty and tasty first course from simple products

Soup with cheese dumplings - a hearty and tasty first course from simple products

Soup with cheese dumplings - a hearty and tasty first course from simple products

Bon appetit!