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We made something similar to this while I was growing up in my Swedish Family. My maternal gramma was German, however, and she taught us to make what we kids called "fat noodles" which sound similar to the rivals or spaetzle. My Mom used a big heavy kettle to make her soup and she just cooked/fried the bacon right in that same pan and then added the rest of the ingredients a few at a time, noodles last. No need to mess up two pans, she said. ;-)

This soup is absolutely delicious and has become a "go to" when cold weather hits! I use chicken stock in place of the water, and papardelle instead of the rivels. Yummy!!

This is delicious I used gluten free flour to make the spaetzle. Just added a little water to the dough. What a treat.

That’s my mom’s recipe but she called the rivels, “spetzles”

Has anyone tried this with sweet potatoes or yams?

Shortcuts? I wonder if you can use pre-cooked real bacon. I usually buy the little bags without nitrites sold at Whole Foods and other stores. For Summer picnics and holidays, I make vegetarian baked beans but keep the bacon on the side for those who want to stir it into their beans. I was thinking that you could use the bacon in this recipe as well. I will try it and report back.

I just made this recipe and my entire family loved it. My family make rivals too but my grandma always called them ripples. It smelled delicious while cooking and was even better while eating. Great recipe!! Thank you for sharing.

My Rivals, 1 cup flour 1 egg slightly beaten sift salt in flour I usually add a pinch, in bowl add egg stir then mix until little rivals form continue with fingers until are small cook until tender 7/10 minutes, my yankee mother in law taught me

When my Mom made potatoe soup she made a rou from the flour butter and milk 1st, than added the boiled potatoes and liquid and cooked a little longer stirring tilk

Made this for the first time but also added some diced pork chop. Everyone loved it. Next time I will use evaporated milk and some carrots too.