The Best Chicken and Dumplings
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
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10
ingredients
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For the soup
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 3⁄4 cup carrot, chopped
- 3 stalks celery, chopped
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 chicken breasts
- 64 ounces chicken stock
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For the dumplings
- 2 cups flour
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon powdered thyme
- 1⁄4 cup shortening
- 1⁄2 - 2⁄3 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon seasoning salt
directions
- Start with the soup. Chop all the veggies.
- In the biggest pot you have, saute the veggies in olive oil until the onions are soft.
- Add the chicken broth, the seasoning salt (I like Morton's Nature's Seasoning best) and the chicken breasts.
- Cook for about 30 minutes, until the chicken is done.
- Take the chicken out, shred it, and return it to the soup.
- Now for the good part: the dumplings. Mix all the dry ingredients.
- Add the milk, and cut it into the dough until it forms a kind of dry, crumbly texture.
- Now knead it until it forms a nice dough-y texture.
- Put some flour down on the counter, and roll the dough until it is really, really thin. This'll take some work. It's fun though. If you're making a lot, or if you're short for room, or if you did as I advised and doubled the dumplings, you'll need to do this in a few batches.
- With a pizza cutter, cut the dough into little rectangular dumplings about the size of those gummy erasers we used in elementary school. If they don't come out even, you'll live.
- Drop the dumplings one by one into the soup. Don't stir it for a few minutes.
- The dumplings will float to the top in a few minutes. If they don't, you probably did something wrong.
- Simmer at least another 45 minutes, or as long as you like.
- Put on your fat pants and go to town.
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Reviews
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You are so right-put on your fat pants. WOW! was this great. I made half a recipe for the two of us and only had a little bit left over. I had roasted a chicken the day before so used one breast and one leg for the meat. Added a little half and half at the end as DH was late getting home. I'm sure we will have this one many times again. Loved the dumplings and all the flavors.
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Even though I'd made another chicken dish to take to some neighbors, I HAD to share this with them as well, 'cause IT IS SUCH AN AWSOME COMFORT FOOD, & it's amazing how far you can stretch 3 chicken breasts! VERY, VERY TASTY DISH, & a definite keeper of a recipe! [Tagged, made & reviewed for one of my adoptees in the current Pick-A-Chef]
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