Old Fashioned Chicken And Dumplings
From elgourmand2 8 years ago
- 1 Hr. to make
- Serves 4-6
Got this recipe from my great aunt Pearl while visiting family in West Virginia. Aunt Pearl (never used the great part) was my dad’s mom’s sister in law and a dab hand in the kitchen. She said this is the way Mary (my grandma) would have made this dish. Read more Aunt Pearl made this one chilly evening in late fall. Nothing I can think of says you are home and you are welcome here than Chicken and Dumplings. Servings 4-6. Try this with good sausage for a different, but delicious, meal. See less
Ingredients
- For the chicken: shopping list
- • 1 large broiler or roasting chicken (about 4-plus lbs.), cut up. Can sub chicken pieces. shopping list
- • 2 celery ribs, sliced. shopping list
- • 1 medium onion, diced. shopping list
- • 3½ - 4 Cups homemade chicken broth. shopping list
- • 2 Tbs. dried parsley. shopping list
- • ½ tsp. dried sage. shopping list
- • ½ cup diced bell pepper. shopping list
- • 1 1⁄2 tsp. salt. shopping list
- • 1⁄2-1 tsp. pepper. shopping list
- For the Dumplings: shopping list
- • 2 cups flour. shopping list
- • 4 tsp. baking powder. shopping list
- • 1 tsp. salt. shopping list
- • 3⁄4 cup milk. shopping list
- • 4 tsp. oil. Aunt Pearl said bacon drippings. shopping list
How to make it
- For the chicken:
- 1. Combine chicken, celery, onion, parsley, sage, bell pepper, salt and pepper in a large pan or dutch oven; add enough chicken broth, to cover chicken.
- 2. Bring to a boil; reduce heat to a simmer, cover and simmer for 1-1½ hours or until chicken is almost done. Don’t overcook. Some birds are tougher than others but it’s going to cook a bit longer with the dumplings.
- 3. **Remove chicken and let stand until cool enough to handle.
- 4. **Remove skin from chicken and remove the meat from the bones in the largest pieces possible.
- 5. **Return meat to soup; discard skin and bones.
- 6. Add more salt and pepper if needed.
- 7. Return soup to a simmer.
- For the Dumplings:
- 8. In a mixing bowl, combine dumpling ingredients and mix well to form a stiff dough.
- 9. Drop by Tbs. full into simmering soup.
- 10. Cover and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes.
- 11. Serve immediately.
- As I recall. We had this with Poke Salad and rich homemade bread.
- **The absolute traditional, old timy, country way to do this is to skip steps #3 - #4 and #5. Just drop the dumplings on the chicken pieces, as is. Chicken skin is food and the bones went to the dogs. Aunt Perl said you do that other stuff if preacher Williams is coming to dinner.
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