Knoephla

Knoephla, also spelled knephla /ˈnɛflə/, is a type of dumpling, commonly used in soups in the United States. The word is related to the modern German dialect word Knöpfle, meaning little knob/button. Traditional knoephla soup is a thick chicken and potato soup, almost to the point of being a stew. It is particularly common in the U.S. states of Minnesota, South Dakota, and North Dakota, 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.

Knoephla

Type	Dumpling
Main ingredients	Potatoes

Knoephla / Knöpfle

Knoephla soup

See also

• Gnocchi, similar Italian pasta/dumplings
• Halušky, eastern European equivalent of spätzle
• Klöße, larger dumplings
• Passatelli, similar Italian pasta made with bread crumbs in place of flour
• Schupfnudel
• Spätzle

External links

• 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: Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine