Chicken Dumpling Soup

Ingredients

• For the chicken dumplings:
• 1 lb. chicken meat, either ground or skinned, boned and coarsely chopped
• 1 tsp. minced ginger
• 1 egg 
• 3-4 Tbsp. chopped scallions
• salt and freshly ground pepper
• For the soup:
• 2 Tbsp. olive oil
• 1 onion, peeled and diced
• 2 potatoes, peeled and diced
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 4 celery stalks, thinly sliced
• 2 carrots, diced
• 5-6 cups chicken or vegetable stock
• salt and freshly ground pepper
• chives, chopped