Rivel Soup Recipes

COUNTRY CLASSIC CHICKEN RIVEL SOUP

Steps:

• Crockpot Ingredients:
• Place chicken, broth, bouillon, pepper and parsley in crockpot and cook 6 hours or overnight, until chicken is tender and can be shredded.
• Using tongs, take chicken out of broth and shred using a fork in a bowl and transfer broth and shredded chicken into a large saucepan and simmer until ready to bring to a boil. Make the dumplings.
• Rivels:
• In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, salt and baking powder and make a well in the center of the flour mixture. Add the egg and a little of the warm water and start stirring with a fork and continue adding the water until your mixture is a like a sticky noodle batter. Add more flour or less water to get your rivel consistency.
• Bring broth to boil, then drop dough by teaspoonfuls into the boiling soup, stirring constantly, then turn heat down so it's still bubbling but not boiling. Cook for 10-15 minutes or until rivels are cooked through.
• TIP: Test to see if the rivels are done by fishing out the biggest one you can find and cutting it in half. If it still looks dry/floury on the inside, let them cook a little longer

RIVELS

Steps:

• 1. Mix together flour and egg. Add milk and mix by cutting with 2 forks until crumbs are the size of peas.
• 2. Drop into boiling broth and stir to prevent rivels from sticking together.
• 3. NOTE: Great to add to soups. Causes thin soups to thicken.

BAKED POTATO SOUP WITH RIVELS

Steps:

• Heat a skillet over medium heat. Add bacon and fry until crisp, 3 to 5 minutes. Pour bacon and grease into a large pot. Add potatoes, corn, celery, onion, carrot, and garlic. Pour in chicken broth and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer until vegetables are tender, about 15 minutes.
• Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add 3 tablespoons flour and whisk until smooth. Pour in milk, bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer until soup is thickened, about 2 minutes.
• Beat eggs in a bowl. Add 1 cup flour and stir with a fork until rivel dough is completely moistened.
• Mash the soup vegetables lightly in the pot. Add milk mixture. Stir to combine.
• Drop teaspoon-sized chunks of rivel dough into the soup a few at a time, stirring as you go to prevent them from sticking together. Cook over low heat until rivels are solid, about 15 minutes. Stir in Cheddar cheese, Swiss cheese, parsley, salt, and pepper.

GRANDMA'S RIVELS

Steps:

• Bring broth to a boil while you make the rivels.
• To make rivels:
• Put flour and salt in a bowl.
• In a separate bowl, scramble eggs with a fork.
• Add eggs to flour/salt mixture and "rivel 'em up" (just stir around with a fork until mixture becomes crumbly).
• Drop by small handfuls into boiling broth.
• Boil for 15 minutes and enjoy!
• **If the broth isn't flavorful enough, add some chicken soup base.
• **You can pinch some of the dough together to get bigger "rivels".
• **You can also add cooked chicken to the soup.
• **Also works well with ham or beef broth.

AMISH RIVEL SOUP

Steps:

• Combine flour, salt and beaten egg and mix with fingers until mixture is crumbly.
• Heat broth; add corn and bring back to a simmer. Drop rivels slowly into broth.
• Cook for about 10 minutes. Rivels will look like boiled rice when cooked.

CHICKEN CORN AND RIVEL SOUP

Steps:

• If you are using fresh corn cook it for 5 minutes in boiling water.
• Drain well.
• Cut kernels from the the cob and set aside.
• (Frozen corn does not require pre-cooking.)
• In a large stock pot bring chicken broth to a full rolling boil.
• Meanwhile in a separate large mixing bowl combine flour, salt and pepper.
• Stir in eggs mixing until course and crumbly.
• Gradually drop small clumps of the flour mixture (the rivels) into the boiling chicken broth, stirring constantly.
• Reduce heat.
• Add corn, onion, parsley, and basil.
• Cover and simmer 10 minutes stirring occasionally.
• Add chicken and heat throughout.

POTATO BACON RIVEL SOUP

Steps:

• Cook potatoes, onions, celery, salt, dash pepper in 2 cups of water in stockpot. Cover and cook until potatoes are easily pierced with tip of knife.
• To make rivels: beat egg and salt with fork in medium bowl. Add flour all at once and beat until small pebbles form. Use your fingers to break apart if necessary. If you have flour that did not incorporate into the egg, then just add it with the rivels as it will help thicken the soup.
• Add uncooked rivels slowly, adding water if necessary, stirring constantly, approximately five minutes until tender. Add whole milk and crisp bacon and bacon grease. Add evaporated milk and simmer until flavors are well blended.

CHICKEN CORN SOUP WITH RIVELS

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, saute the carrots, celery and onion in oil until tender. Add the broth, corn, chicken, parsley, salt, tarragon and pepper. Bring to a boil., Meanwhile, for rivels, place the flour in a bowl; mix in egg with a fork just until blended. Drop dough by teaspoonfuls into boiling soup, stirring constantly. Cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until rivels are cooked through.

CHICKEN CORN RIVEL SOUP

Steps:

• Pat the thighs dry with paper towels, and season with salt and pepper. Heat the oil over medium-high heat until just smoking. Working in two batches, cook the thighs, skin side down, until a deep golden brown, about 6 minutes. Turn the thighs and lightly brown the second side, about 2 minutes. Transfer to a paper-towel-lined plate.
• Pour off all but 1 tablespoon fat from the pot. Cook the onion and celery over medium heat until softened, about 5 minutes. Meanwhile, remove and discard any skin from the thighs.
• Add the thighs, water, bay leaves, saffron and 1 tablespoons salt to the pot. Cover and simmer until the broth is flavorful, about 30 minutes. Add the chicken breasts and simmer until cooked through, about 25 minutes.
• Strain the broth into a large container, let stand at least 10 minutes, then skin the fat from the surface. Meanwhile, transfer the chicken to a cutting board to cool. Reserve the thigh meat for another use. Shred the breast meat and reserve for the soup.
• Melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat until nutty brown , about 3 minutes. Let cool. Add the broth to the now empty Dutch oven and set over medium-high heat. When the broth comes to a simmer, place the flour in a bowl, amd make a well in the center. Add the yolk mixture and 2 tablespoons of the browned butter to the well and , using your hands, mix until incorporated. Use your fingers for forming the dough into 1/2 -inch rivels or dumplings. Add the rivels , one at a time, to the simmering soup. Gently stir in the corn and reserved shredded chicken and simner until the rivels are tender, 15-20 minutes. Serve, drizzling each portiionith the remaining browned butter.