When I make soup, I put the entire uncooked bird into the stock pot, along with carrots, cerely, onions and simmer it for about 3.5 hours. I pull the bird out, skin it, and retain the meat.

I then add noodles, or puree the cooked veggies and broth with a puree stick/wand and turn it into chicken and dumplings. If I do that, I add more raw carrots and raw celery, s & p, and cook for another hour and make then make the dumplings (Bisquick + parsley) the last 20 mins.

I mound the chicken in-between two dumplings, arrange the carrots and celery sticks on top of the chicken, pour the broth over the entire meal, and viola, chicky dumps. smile

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