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Cracker Barrel Chicken And Dumplings Recipe Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Sandym204 / All my dishes 8 months ago Copycat Recipe from Cracker Barrel Restaurant. If you've ever had their chicken and dumplings, you know how good they taste. Prep:25m Cook:160m Servings:6	Sandym204
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Ingredients

Chicken and Broth

3 quarts water

1 3-4 pound chicken cut up

1 1/2 teaspoons salt

1 small onion sliced

2 stalks celery, chopped

1 clove garlic, peeled and quartered

1 bay leaf

4-6 whole parsley leaves

1 teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper

1 tablespoon lemon juice

Dumplings

2 cups all purpose flour

1 tablespoon baking powder

1 1/4 teaspoons of salt

1 cup plus 2 tablespoons milk

Directions

1. Bring the water to a boil in a large pot. Add the chicken, 1 teaspoon of salt, onion, celery, garlic, bay leaf, and parsley

to the pot. Reduce the heat to simmer and cook the chicken, uncovered, for 2 hours.

The liquid will reduce by about one third.

2. When the chicken has cooked, remove it from the pot and set it aside.

Strain the stock to remove all the vegetables and

floating scum. You only want the stock and the chicken, so toss everything else out.

3. Pour 1 1/2 quarts (6 cups) of the stock back into the pot (keep the leftover stock, if any, for another recipe-it can be frozen).

You may also want to use a smaller pot or a large saucepan for this. Add coarsely ground pepper, the remaining 1/2 teaspoon of

salt, and the lemon juice, then reheat the stock over medium heat while preparing the dumplings.

4. For dumplings, combine the flour, baking powder, 1 1/4 teaspoons salt, and milk in a medium bowl. Stir well until smooth,

then let the dough rest for 5-10 minutes. Roll the dough out onto a floured surface to about a 1/2 inch thickness.

5. Cut the dough into 1/2 inch squares and drop each square into the simmering stock.

Use all of the dough.

The dumplings will first swell and then slowly shrink as they partially dissolve to thicken the stock into a white gravy.

Simmer for 20-30 minutes until thick. Stir often.

6. While the stock is thickening, the chicken will have become cool enough to handle.

Tear all the meat from the bones and remove the skin. Cut the chicken meat into bite-size or a little bigger than bite-size pieces and drop them into the pot. Discard the skin and bones.

Continue to simmer the chicken and dumplings for another 5-10 minutes, but don't stir too vigorously or the chicken will shred and fall apart. You want big chunks of chicken in the end.

7. When the gravy has reached the desired consistency, ladle four portions onto plates and serve hot.

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Comments

mikeandcourtneyw 2 months, 4 weeks ago said:
Your recipe looks great and I'm sure delish! We all have a chicken and dumpling recipe that we love i'm sure. I watched unwrapped and cracker barrel actually uses chicken tenderloins not whole chickens in their recipe. Also, they had no veggies in the stock, though I personal love that part. Happy cooking! :)

sarahnae 1 month, 2 weeks ago said:
I LOVE YOU!!!! I only go there for the corn bread and Chicken and Dumplins!!!! THANKS SO MUCH

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