Knoephla, also spelled knephla , is a type of
dumpling
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, commonly used in
soup
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s in the
United States
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. The word is related to the modern
German
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dialect word
Knöpfle, meaning ''little knob/button''. Traditional knoephla soup is a thick chicken and potato
soup
Soup is a primarily liquid food, generally served warm or hot – though it is sometimes served chilled – made by cooking or otherwise combining meat or vegetables with Stock (food), stock, milk, or water. According to ''The Oxford Compan ...
, almost to the point of being a
stew
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. It is particularly common in the U.S. states of
Minnesota
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,
South Dakota
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, and
North Dakota
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, where there was significant settlement of
German emigrants from the Russian Empire. There are different iterations known throughout, though the North Dakotan iteration typically contains just potatoes and dumplings.
See also
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Gnocchi, similar Italian pasta/dumplings
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Halušky, eastern European equivalent of spätzle
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Klöße, larger dumplings
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Passatelli
''Passatelli'' are a pasta formed of bread crumbs, eggs, grated Parmesan cheese, and in some regions lemon, and nutmeg; it is typically cooked in chicken broth. Typically, it is found mainly in Romagna, Pesaro and Urbino province (northern Ma ...
, similar Italian pasta made with bread crumbs in place of flour
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Schupfnudel
Schupfnudel (German; : ''Schupfnudeln''), also called Fingernudel (''finger noodle''), is a type of dumpling or thick noodle in southern German and Austrian cuisine. It is similar to the Central European kopytka and Italian gnocchi. They take ...
*
Spätzle
Spätzle (), Spätzla or Spatzen, called ''nokedli'' () in Hungarian, are a type of Central European egg pasta typically served as a side for meat dishes with sauce. Commonly associated with Swabia (hence Swabian spaetzle) and Alsace, it is als ...
External links
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Knoephla Soup Recipe By Mike Tifft
*The Taste of Home online recipe:
*The Dakota Memories Heritage Tour listing knoephla as one of the ethnic foods to be served:
Dumplings
Cuisine of the Midwestern United States
German-American cuisine
German-Russian culture in the United States
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