Soup Dumpling Recipes- Easy Dumplings 3 Ways

If you want to bulk up a soup to make it a more substantial meal, then there are several options. In Britain, a popular way of making soup or broth into a hearty meal is to add dumplings. These are a suet-based accompaniment, and although this is an animal-derived product, there are also vegan alternatives available. You can also add some flavour using herbs. Here are three easy soup dumpling recipes for you to try next time you make a homemade soup.

Soup Dumpling Recipes #1: Traditional British Soup Dumplings

The simplest and most commonly made dumplings in the UK are the traditional British soup dumplings. These take only a few minutes to prepare, and they take on the flavours of the soup during cooking.

Ingredients for British Soup Dumplings

• 9 oz/ 250 g self-raising flour
• 4 1/2 oz/ 125 g shredded suet
• 7 fl oz/ 200 ml water
•  Black pepper
• 1/2 tsp salt

How to Make British Soup Dumplings

1. Put the flour in a mixing bowl and stir in the suet and salt.
2. Season with black pepper.
3. Make a well in the centre of the mixture and add the cold water.
4. Stir the mixture together with your hand to create a soft dough.
5. Flour your hands and divide the mixture into 12 pieces and hand-roll into balls.
6. Dumplings take about 20 minutes to cook through, so drop them into your soup, stew, or broth 20 minutes before you are ready to serve. 

Soup Dumpling Recipes #2: British Herb Dumplings

One of the easiest ways to elevate traditional British dumplings and to give them a little more flavour to add some herbs. So, the second of our soup dumplings recipes is for British herb dumplings.

Ingredients for British Herb Dumplings

• 9 oz/ 250 g self-raising flour
• 4 1/2 oz/ 125 g shredded suet
• 7 fl oz/ 200 ml water
• 2 tbsp chopped parsley
• 1 tsp chopped thyme
• 1 tsp chopped rosemary
• Black pepper
• 1/2 tsp salt

How to Make Herb Dumplings

1. Put the flour in a mixing bowl and stir in the suet, salt, and herbs.
2. Season with black pepper.
3. Make a well in the centre of the mixture and add the cold water.
4. Next, stir the mixture together with your hand to create a soft dough.
5. Flour your hands, then divide the mixture into 12 pieces and hand-roll into balls.
6. Dumplings take about 20 minutes to cook through, so drop them into your soup, stew, or broth 20 minutes before you are ready to serve. 

Easy Soup Dumpling Recipes #3: Vegan Soup Dumplings

Fear not vegans, as you too can enjoy the delights of soup with dumplings. While traditional dumplings use suet, which is shredded beef fat, there are vegan alternatives available that are plant-based products. To cater for the non-meat-eaters out there, we have included in our easy soup dumpling recipes a recipe for vegan soup dumplings.

Ingredients for Vegan Soup Dumplings

• 9 oz/ 250 g self-raising flour
• 4 1/2 oz/ 125 g vegetable suet
• 7 fl oz/ 200 ml water
•  Black pepper
• 1/2 tsp salt

How to Make Vegan Soup Dumplings

1. Put the flour in a mixing bowl and stir in the vegetable suet and salt.
2. Season with black pepper.
3. Make a well in the middle of the mixture, then add the cold water.
4. Stir the mixture together with your hand to create a soft dough.
5. Flour your hands and divide the mixture into 12 pieces and hand-roll into balls.
6. Dumplings take approximately 20 minutes to cook through, so drop them into your soup, stew, or broth around 20 minutes before serving. 

Additional Tips for Making Soup Dumplings

• You can also use soup dumplings in broths, stews, and casseroles.
• Add some flavour to the vegan dumplings by adding herbs.
• If you are watching your salt intake, then leave out the salt or use a low-sodium alternative.
• To create a crunchy texture on the top of your dumplings, put the soup, stew, or casserole into the oven for five minutes before serving. While the submerged part of the dumpling remains soft and moist, the upper part gets a crunchy topping.
• If you do not have any self-raising flour at home, you can use plain flour with 1 tsp of baking powder.
• You can enjoy any of these dumplings with many of the soup recipes on our site.