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Chicken In White Sauce With Herb Dumplings Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Midgelet / All my dishes 3 months, 2 weeks ago This is down home comfort food. Easy to make, delicious and it can be served with additional rice or noodles. My dad used to love this recipe Prep:20m Cook:40m Servings:4	Midgelet
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Ingredients

1 3 lb chicken or 3 lb chicken breast with bone in

( bones give the broth some flavor )

1 /2 bunch celery sliced

1/2 lb carrots cut thick sliced

2 large onions coarse sliced

2 cloves garlic chopped

1 bay leaf

1 cup of frozen green peas

1 cup of sauteed mushrooms or reconstituted dried

Or use a small can of drained mushrooms if desired

4 cups water

salt and pepper

Sauce:

1/2 cup flour

1/2 stick butter, margarine or equivalent in olive oil

reserved chicken broth

Herb Dumplings:

2 cups biscuit mix

1 tsp poultry seasoning

1 tsp dried parsley

1 tsp celery seed

3/4 cup milk or reserved chicken broth

Directions

In a pot place chicken ( skin and excess fat removed ) , vegetables ( expect mushrooms and peas ), and water with bay leaf , salt and pepper.

Bring to a boil and cover and simmer until chicken and vegetables are tender.

Drain liquid and reserve chicken and vegetables.

Meanwhile make sauce. In a saucepot melt fat of choice and stir in flour and cook and stir ( use whisk ) until flour becomes paste like.

Cook and stir constantly for a few minutes.

Gradually ladle in reserved broth and whisk constantly until mixture thickens, adding more broth gradually ( you may not use all ) until mixture is a medium thick consistency and comes to a bubble.

One may add a bit of half and half to the sauce if desired or even a bit of cooking sherry to taste.

Cook and stir a few minutes longer and remove from heat.

Cut or dice up chicken and place in a pot with reserved vegetables, peas and mushrooms.

Add white sauce and mix well.

Return to heat to a gentle simmer. Make dumplings: combine all ingredients with a fork into a soft dough and drop from heaping spoonfuls into chicken mixture.

Cover pot and cook at a gentle bubble for 20 minutes.

Dumplings will firm up and absorb some of the sauce.

Serve in bowls and sprinkle on a bit more parsley and a dash of paprika if desired.

Serves 4 to 6.

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Comments

hot_it_up 3 months, 2 weeks ago said:
Nice kick to a true southern comfort food. ^5

Jeff

notyourmomma 3 months, 2 weeks ago said:
Very nice. I usually add a bit of dill and chicken base to my dumpling mix to pump up the flavor. This is comfort food at its finest.

chichimonkeyface 3 months, 2 weeks ago said:
Comfort recipe at it's best!

fishtrippin 3 months, 2 weeks ago said:
Really close to mine. Great post!

herby 3 months, 1 week ago said:
Fabulous for sure!