Best 10 Rivels Recipes

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**Rivels: A Southern Delicacy That Will Warm Your Soul**

Rivels are a type of Southern dumpling made with flour, eggs, and milk, and sometimes seasoned with salt and pepper. They are typically cooked in a pot of boiling water or broth, and can be served as a main course or a side dish. Rivals are a versatile dish that can be enjoyed in many different ways, and there are many different recipes to choose from. Some popular ways to serve rivals include adding them to soups, stews, and casseroles. They can also be fried or baked, and served with a variety of sauces and toppings. No matter how you choose to prepare them, rivals are sure to be a hit with your family and friends. This article provides a collection of delicious and easy-to-follow recipes for rivals, including classic Southern rivals, cheesy rivals, chicken and rivals soup, and baked rivals. With so many options to choose from, you're sure to find the perfect recipe for your next meal.

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CHICKEN CORN SOUP WITH RIVELS



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Traditional chicken soup is rich with a dumplinglike soup stretcher called rivels. This healthy recipe is brimming with chicken, vegetables and herbs. You won't be able to resist it. -Elissa Armbruster, Medford, New Jersey

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Dinner     Lunch

Time 25m

Yield 7 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 13

1 cup chopped carrots
1 celery rib, chopped
1 medium onion, chopped
2 teaspoons canola oil
2 cans (14-1/2 ounces each) reduced-sodium chicken broth
2 cups fresh or frozen corn
2 cups cubed cooked chicken breast
1/2 teaspoon minced fresh parsley
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon dried tarragon
1/4 teaspoon pepper
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 large egg, beaten

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.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 191 calories, Fat 4g fat (1g saturated fat), Cholesterol 57mg cholesterol, Sodium 482mg sodium, Carbohydrate 22g carbohydrate (5g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 17g protein. Diabetic Exchanges

BAKED POTATO SOUP WITH RIVELS



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This soup is my families favorite. Very thick and creamy. My dad used to make this for me when I was a child and now I make it for my children. It is perfect for a cold fall day! Store leftovers in a covered container. This soup gets better and better as it sits.

Provided by Chel_C

Categories     Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes     Soup Recipes     Vegetable Soup Recipes     Potato Soup Recipes

Time 1h20m

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 18

4 slices bacon, cut into 1/4-inch pieces
4 russet potatoes, peeled and cubed
½ (15.25 ounce) can yellow corn, drained
2 stalks celery, chopped
1 small onion, diced
1 carrot, chopped
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 ½ cups chicken broth
3 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 ½ cups milk
2 eggs
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
1 cup shredded Swiss cheese
1 tablespoon finely minced fresh parsley
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon ground black pepper

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.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 572.3 calories, Carbohydrate 53.2 g, Cholesterol 130 mg, Fat 28.2 g, Fiber 3.4 g, Protein 27.8 g, SaturatedFat 16.7 g, Sodium 857.9 mg, Sugar 7.1 g

POTATO SOUP WITH RIVELS



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This was my grandmother's recipe and I am pretty certain it was passed down through the generations from Amish roots. For added flavor, chopped onions and bits of ham can be added with the potatoes and ham broth may be substituted for the water.

Provided by Mercy

Categories     Lunch/Snacks

Time 45m

Yield 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 6

3 medium potatoes, peeled and cubed
1 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 whole eggs
2 cups milk
salt and pepper

Steps:

  • Cover the bite-sized potato cubes with cold, salted water.
  • Bring to a boil over high heat and then turn down the heat to a simmer and cook until done (about 15 minutes).
  • Pour the flour into a bowl and form a well (indentation) in the center.
  • Beat the eggs together and pour them into the flour well.
  • Pinch the flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt and egg together and the mixture will start to separate in to ‘pellets’.
  • Drop the pellets into the boiling cooked potatoes.
  • Simmer an additional 10 minutes or until the rivels (formerly known as pellets) are cooked through.
  • Add the milk to the soup and heat through (do not boil).
  • Season to taste.

PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH CHICKEN CORN SOUP WITH RIVELS



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****PLEASE USE CHICKEN WITH BONE IN. If you are a corn lover, you will love this. This is my moms recipe for this popular PA dish. Rivels are like tiny little dumplings and add so much goodness to the soup. Prep and cook times are approximate, since she never really had a recipe written out. This tastes even better the next day.

Provided by keen5

Categories     One Dish Meal

Time 1h

Yield 1 large soup stock pot, 10-12 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 10

1 package chicken breast (or dark meat if you prefer)
2 hard-boiled eggs, chopped (see asterisk below)
1 onion, chopped
16 ounces frozen corn
1 tablespoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
parsley
1 raw egg
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 pinch salt

Steps:

  • Boil chicken with onion, salt and pepper in 3 quarts of water until tender.
  • While chicken is boiling, chop eggs so they are ready.
  • (I boil my eggs the night before).
  • Remove chicken from bones, shred or cut into pieces.
  • Add corn to broth and cook to doneness.
  • Meanwhile make the rivels: Mix one raw egg and 1 cup of flour with fork and use your fingers to make crumbs.
  • Add this slowly to boiling corn and broth and boil for 15 minutes more.
  • Add chicken and parsley.
  • The hard cooked eggs are added now, if desired.
  • ***Ifyou are going to freeze any of the soup, do not add the hard cooked eggs to that portion.
  • They do not freeze well at all and will ruin the soup.

POTATO SOUP WITH RIVELS



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This is a recipe I got off of a TV show starring Jeff Smith. So, while I can't claim it as totally my own, it is a superb soup that is a total meal in itself.And, is very good on a day when the men have been out chopping wood, or outside getting ready for winter.It will fill you up, and leave you with a satified full feeling.And,...

Provided by Kathleen Hall

Categories     Cream Soups

Time 2h30m

Number Of Ingredients 8

4 c chicken broth
4-6 potatoes,diced
1 large onion, chopped
1 tsp salt,or salt-less flavoring,like mrs. dash
1 c flour
1 large egg
1 c finely chopped ham, or
1 c chopped cripsy bacon

Steps:

  • 1. Cook raw potatoes,salt, and onions in chicken broth until tender.This should take about 15 to 20 minutes.
  • 2. In a small bowl,mix together egg, and flour with a fork. These are your rivels, They should be clumpy, and there should be flour left over in the small bowl.Set aside.
  • 3. Chop your crispy bacon,or ham, and cook with the potatoes until heated through.
  • 4. Now stirring gently with a wooden spoon, mix in your rivels. Your soup will thicken, as you stir. Hint: I have also mixed in corn,green beans,and chopped carrots to make a complete meal. No one has ever left my table hungry after eating this soup. Enjoy!

CHICKEN CORN SOUP WITH RIVELS



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This is an old Mennonite recipe that I have had for years. It is very tasty and comforting in those long cold winter months! Cook time is approximate, depending on how long it takes for your chicken to get tender, which of course depends on whether you use chicken pieces or an old hen!!

Provided by MarieRynr

Categories     Chicken

Time 2h10m

Yield 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 11

1 cut up chicken, about 1 1/2 to 2 lbs (you can use pieces, but old hens have the best flavour)
4 quarts cold water
1/2 cup cut up celery & leaves
1 medium onion, sliced
2 (11 ounce) cans canned corn niblets
2 hard-boiled eggs, chopped
salt and pepper
4 tablespoons chopped parsley
1 cup flour
1 egg, beaten
1 tablespoon milk, if necessary

Steps:

  • Put chicken in a pot with the water, bring to a boil, then cover and simmer until tender.
  • Remove chicken from broth.
  • Discard skin and cut meat into bite size pieces.
  • Put back into broth.
  • Add everything else except for chopped egg and parsley.
  • Bring to a boil.
  • Cook for 15 minutes until vegetables are soft, while you make the rivels.
  • Make the rivels by rubbing flour and egg together into crumbs.
  • Add milk if necessary.
  • Should be dry and crumbly.
  • Drop into boiling soup, stirring to prevent clumping.
  • Cover and simmer for 7 minutes.
  • Add chopped egg and parsley.
  • Serve and pass cream to be poured into soup.

RIVELS



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When I was growing up, my friends mother put these in her homemade soups.

Provided by Roda Laser

Categories     Other Soups

Number Of Ingredients 3

1 c flour
1 egg
1/2 c milk

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.

HAM & BEAN SOUP WITH RIVELS



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This is my mothers recipe. I love it in the winter with corn bread. Rivels are like tiny little dumplings and add so much goodness and texture to the soup. The soup is her southern version, but the rivels were added when she moved to the PA Dutch area. Cook and prep times are apporximate, since my mom boils the ham, celery and onion, ham hock, for at least an hour on medium. This freezes very well.

Provided by keen5

Categories     One Dish Meal

Time 2h30m

Yield 10-12 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 large onion, chopped
2 -3 stalks celery, chopped
2 tablespoons margarine
2 ham hocks, if desired (This adds more flavor)
2 (32 ounce) cans great northern beans
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 raw egg
1 pinch salt

Steps:

  • In a large pot (stock pot) a little more than half full of water, add 1 large chopped onion or less, 2 or 3 stalks of chopped celery and the ham hocks.
  • Cook until ham hock is tender and celery is cooked down.
  • Remove ham from bones, discard fat and return ham to pot.
  • Add both cans of Great Northern beans.
  • Bring to a boil.
  • Turn heat down to medium and let it boil until the broth does not look watery, stirring often to prevent sticking (1-2 hours).
  • Combine the flour, raw egg and salt in a small bowl.
  • Stir together till crumbly with a fork.
  • May have to use your fingers.
  • Take parts of mixture and crumble over bean mixture in pot, with fingers, stirring a little after each.
  • Dump any loose leftover flour from mixture into the beans to help thicken broth and then stir well.
  • If you want more rivels, repeat the steps for making them.
  • Lower heat to simmer, uncovered about 7 to 10 minutes.
  • Stir occasionally to prevent sticking.
  • Cover and cook 5 minutes more.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 247.6, Fat 3.5, SaturatedFat 0.8, Cholesterol 21.1, Sodium 59, Carbohydrate 41.2, Fiber 10.6, Sugar 0.9, Protein 13.9

CHICKEN CORN SOUP WITH RIVELS



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This is a Pennsylvania Dutch dish and is wonderful when served with crusty bread for dipping. A very dear friend of mine would make this when ever comfort food was needed. It has now become a family favorite.

Provided by Paula Conners

Categories     Chicken Soups

Time 1h50m

Number Of Ingredients 8

4 lb whole chicken
5 small potatoes, peeled and cubed
3 can(s) white shoe peg corn
3 hard boiled eggs
1/2 c chopped celery
1 egg
1 3/4 c flour
salt and pepper to taste

Steps:

  • 1. Place chicken in dutch oven, cover with water, salt and pepper and cook until tender (I cook it until the legs come off easily)
  • 2. Remove chicken and allow to cool before removing the meat. Meanwhile, add cubed potatoes, celery, corn and boiled eggs to the broth. Cook until potatoes are tender.
  • 3. Remove the meat from the chicken and place in the broth and vegetables.
  • 4. In a small bowl mix the egg and 3/4 cup flour to make rivels. While the soup is boiling, gently rub the rivel mixture between your hands into the boiling soup. You want them to be small little bites of dumplings. This will also help to thicken the soup.
  • 5. Allow to simmer 15 minutes. Serve with crusty bread for dipping in the broth.

PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH CHICKEN-CORN SOUP WITH RIVELS



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This recipe uses a small dumpling, sort of the Pennsylvania Dutch version of spaetzle.

Provided by Lynette !

Categories     Chicken Soups

Time 1h10m

Number Of Ingredients 13

2 1/2 lb broiler/fryer, cut up
6 c water
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp hot sauce
1 large onion, chopped
3/4 c celery, chopped
18 oz corn, preferably fresh, but can use frozen
1 Tbsp fresh parsley, minced
RIVELS
1 c all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp salt
1 large egg, lightly beaten
2 Tbsp milk

Steps:

  • 1. Combine the first 4 ingredients in a large Dutch oven. Bring to a boil; cover, reduce heat, and simmer 20 minutes of until the chicken is done. Remove the chicken, reserving broth in the Dutch oven.
  • 2. Let the chicken cool; skin, bone, and coarsely chop the meat. Set the chicken aside.
  • 3. Add the onions and celery to the reserved broth; cover and simmer 10 minutes or until crisp-tender. Add the reserved chicken and corn; stir well. Simmer for 5 minutes.
  • 4. Make the rivels while the soup is simmering. Combine the flour, 1/4 teaspoon salt, egg and milk in a small bowl using fingertips until the mixture is crumbly.
  • 5. Add the rivels (in crumb size pieces) to the broth mixture, stirring constantly. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Stir in parsley, if desired.

Tips:

  • Use a large pot or Dutch oven to make sure the dumplings have enough room to cook.
  • Bring the broth to a rapid boil before adding the dumplings. This will help to prevent them from sticking together.
  • Drop the dumplings into the boiling broth one at a time. Do not overcrowd the pot, or the dumplings will not cook evenly.
  • Stir the dumplings gently once or twice during cooking to prevent them from sticking to the bottom of the pot.
  • Cook the dumplings until they are cooked through. This will take about 10-12 minutes.
  • Serve the dumplings hot in the broth, or drain them and serve them with your favorite gravy.

Conclusion:

Rivels are a delicious and easy-to-make addition to any soup or stew. They are also a great way to use up leftover biscuits or bread. With just a few simple ingredients, you can make a batch of rivals that will add flavor and texture to your next meal. So next time you're looking for a quick and easy side dish, give rivals a try. You won't be disappointed!

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