6 large chicken thighs (bone in skin ON) about 1 lb.
2 cups celery small diced
2 cups carrot small diced
3 cups onion small diced
2 cups cabbage small diced
1 1/2 quarts water
3 bay leaves
1 Tablespoon Freshly Ground Black Pepper
1 Tbls Herbs de Provence (or thyme, oregano and basil combined)
1 48 oz can chicken stock
Second Group Of Vegetables
2 cups celery small diced
2 cups carrot small diced
2 cups onion small diced
1 14 oz can diced tomatoes
1 cup dry white wine
1 bunch scallions, small diced
1 cup fresh parsley, leaves and stems chopped
2 cups Bisquick
2/3 cup milk
In a large soup pot or dutch oven add the water, chicken thighs and first group of vegetables. Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer, skim any scum with a ladle, now add herbs, peppercorns and bay leaves. After 25 minutes remove chicken thighs with tongs, set aside - allow to soup simmer 2 hours.
When volume of water recedes replenish with canned chicken stock. Now add 2nd group of vegetables, white wine and canned tomatoes and keep replenishing lost liquid with chicken stock until it is all added. Simmer another 60 minutes.
Remove skin from chicken thighs and debone thigh meat and carefully cut up into 1/2 inch chunks, add to soup pot. Bring soup up to a low boil, make dumplings by combining Bisquick and 2/3 milk and mix well.
Allow to sit 5 minutes then shape dumplings with a tablespoon and push off spoon into soup with another spoon. Cook on a high simmer/very low boil for 10 minutes, then cover pot and cook 10 minutes more. Remove pot from heat and let rest about 10 minutes covered. Serve in wide bowls. We almost fight over the dumplings. This is a really wonderful soup and the dumplings are really wonderful. And I do mean wonderful
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