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Chicken And Dumplings Recipe


Chicken And Dumplings Recipe
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1 year, 7 months ago
Nothin' like down home cookin'!
Prep:15m Cook:80m Servings:6

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Ingredients
  • 1 3 lb chicken
  • 4 cups water
  • 2 cups chicken broth
  • 1 carrot, roughly chopped
  • 1 med onion, cut into quarters
  • 1 stalk of celery, roughly chopped
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp freshly ground pepper
  • Dumplings:
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 3 Tbsp shortening
  • 1 cup buttermilk (or skimmed or 2% milk if you wish to reduce the fat)

Directions
  1. Place chicken in a large pot. (Turn chicken upside down; cook it with the breast side down to prevent drying. )
  2. Add the water, broth, carrot, onion, celery and salt.
  3. Bring to a boil.
  4. Cover and lower heat.
  5. Simmer for 60 to 70 minutes, or until tender and chicken is done. Remove chicken and let it cool enough to handle.
  6. Remove the carrot, onion and celery from the broth and set aside. Leave the broth in the pot.
  7. Bone chicken.
  8. Discard all skin, bones and cartilage.
  9. Tear meat into bite sized pieces.
  10. Set aside.
  11. For dumplings:
  12. Mix flour, baking soda and 1/2 tsp salt in bowl.
  13. Cut in the shortening with pastry blender or two knives until mixture is consistency of cornmeal.
  14. Add the buttermilk, (or milk).
  15. Stir just until dry ingredients are moistened.
  16. Turn dough onto a floured surface and ONLY knead 4 or 5 times.
  17. For drop dumplings:
  18. Pat dough down to a 1/4-inch thickness.
  19. Pinch off 1 1/2 inch pieces.
  20. For rolled dumplings:
  21. Roll dough to 1/4 inch thickness.
  22. Cut into strips, about 2 x 2 inches.
  23. Bring broth to a boil.
  24. With the chicken broth at a low rolling boil, drop in the dumplings, one or two at a time, and reduce heat to medium.
  25. Stir from time to time to make sure dumplings do not stick together. Cook dumplings 10 minutes.
  26. Return chicken and vegetables to the mixture.
  27. Simmer until heated through.
  28. Add freshly ground black pepper and remove from heat.
  29. Serve in low, flat bowls.

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Comments

jett2whit 1 year, 7 months ago said:
Hi there!!!! Hope you had a great trip. Miss our late night chats. This does sound great!
jett

lunasea 1 year, 7 months ago said:
Wonderful recipe - count me in! Thanks so much...

theiris 1 year, 7 months ago said:
You make me wish we were neighbors! We always share what we cook. Love it. Mare

bluewaterandsand 1 year, 7 months ago said:
You got that right,Nothin' like down home cookin'!This sounds delicious!

hayleesgrandma 1 year, 7 months ago said:
I love this ;)

theiris 1 year, 3 months ago said:
Oh you know how to cook! Mare

daking 1 year, 2 months ago said:
Yummy !! great post thanks

leebear 1 year ago said:
ONE OF MY FAVORITE DISHES - THANK YOU - LEEBEAR


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