Chicken and Cracker Dumplings (Czech)
- Ready In:
- 1hr 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
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CHICKEN
- 6 -8 chicken thighs
- 2 -3 cups chicken broth
- 1 stalk celery, sliced
- 1 carrot, sliced
- 1 medium onion, sliced
- 5 sprigs fresh parsley, finely chopped
- 1⁄8 teaspoon mace
- 1 (12 ounce) can evaporated milk
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DUMPLINGS
- 1⁄2 lb saltine crackers (2 Sleeves)
- 1⁄2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 3 sprigs fresh parsley
- 1 tablespoon butter, melted
- 3 eggs
- 1⁄4 cup milk
directions
- Brown chicken parts in small amount of butter or oil in deep skillet.
- Add sliced celery, carrot and onion. Pour chicken broth over to barely cover chicken pieces.
- Cover and simmer until chicken is cooked through (about 35 to 45 minutes).
- While chicken is cooking, make dumplings (see instructions below).
- Remove chicken when cooked and tent with foil.
- Pour off broth and vegetables from skillet into blender or food processor, pulse until smooth.
- Return broth to skillet. Add parsley, mace, and evaporated milk. Bring to boil.
- Add dumplings and cook for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to low. Taste broth and season with salt and pepper to taste.
- HINT: if you would like your sauce a bit thicker, finely crush 5-6 saltine crackers and stir into the broth.
- Add chicken back in to warm through. Cover and keep warm until serving.
- DUMPLINGS:.
- To make in food processor:.
- Whisk together melted 1 tablespoons butter, 3 eggs and 1/4 Cup milk.
- Using the dough blade for your food processor, finely chop crackers with the parsley and garlic powder in processor.
- Add liquid to crackers with processor running until all ingredients come together in a dough like mixture (don't overprocess, just process until it comes together).
- Form into small balls about size of unshelled walnuts, add to broth as directed above.
- To make W/O food processor:.
- Finely crush crackers with rolling pin, add to bowl with garlic powder and finely chopped parsley.
- Whisk together melted butter, eggs and milk.
- Add to crackers, mix well, and form into balls about size of unshelled walnuts. Add to broth as directed above.
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