- 1 (4 pound) chicken
- 1 onion, chopped
- 4 quarts water
- 1 (10 ounce) package frozen whole kernel corn
- 1/2 cup chopped celery
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup milk
- 2 hard-cooked eggs, chopped
- In a large stock pot cover chicken and onion with water. Cook slowly until tender, approximately 1 hour. Remove chicken, let cool and remove meat from bones. Cut meat into 1 inch pieces, discard skin and bones.
- Cut corn from cobs if using fresh corn.
- Add corn, cut up chicken, celery to stock pot and season with salt and pepper. Simmer soup for 10 minutes.
- In a separate bowl make rivels by mixing together flour, salt, egg, and enough milk to form small crumbs.
- Drop rivels into soup and add hard boiled eggs. Simmer for 15 minutes and serve hot.