Southern Chicken Pastry

"I got this recipe from a dear friend. It is an example of good old Southern cooking!"
 
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Ready In:
1hr 45mins
Ingredients:
6
Serves:
4
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ingredients

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directions

  • Place hen or chicken in a large pot with enough water to cover. (You could also use several chicken breasts instead of whole chicken.).
  • Cook on low-medium heat until done. Remove the chicken from the pot. Keep the broth in the pot. You will cook the dumplings in this broth.
  • Cool the chicken until you can remove the skin and bones. (I usually shred the chicken, but you can cube it if you wish.).
  • Meanwhile, mix the flour, salt and shortening with a fork until it resembles crumbs.
  • Add milk and mix well.
  • Roll out to about 1/8 inch on floured waxed paper or on a floured counter.
  • Let set for about 30 minutes while you debone and shred cooked chicken.
  • Cut the dough into strips. (I usually use a pizza cutter for this & cut the strips about 1"x2 or 3" wide.).
  • Put the chicken and 1/3 cup butter into the broth in the pot.
  • Bring the broth to a boil.
  • Drop the dough strips into the boiling broth, one at a time.
  • Simmer for 30 minutes, then serve in bowls.
  • NOTE: I usually double the amount of dumpling dough. My family likes lots of dumplings. I have made this ahead by freezing the cut dumplings on a cookie sheet, then transferring to a zip-lock bag. Freeze the broth with shredded chicken in a separate container. When you're ready to eat them, just heat the broth & chicken to a boil (thaw dumplings while heating broth) and drop in the dumplings & cook according to directions.

Questions & Replies

  1. Why was the name of the recipe changed from Chicken and Dumplings to what it is now ?
     
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Reviews

  1. This was just the recipe I've been looking for! I've tried others, but they didn't have the right taste and dumplings I was looking for - this recipe has it. It's the addition of the butter to the broth that takes it over the top. I made the following 3 changes in the recipe: first, I increased the butter to 1/2 cup (1 stick); second, I doubled the dumpling ingredients (GLAD I did!), and third, I used 6 lbs. chicken breasts (about 6 chicken breast halves with bones and skin). My family loves how it turned out. This recipe will now go into my file of favorites and I will be making it a lot. Thanks for posting a wonderful recipe!!
     
  2. I was wanting chicken and dumplings,but I didn't want any that had vegetables in it.Then I came across this one, and decided to try it.And I'm so glad I did, it reminded me and my SO of the kind that our Moms used to make.The recipe was made exactly as written, except for the part on doubling the dumplings. Which now I realize I should have, since they were so good.The only thing that we both thought that this needed was to have the broth a little thicker, so I might add a bit of flour the next time this is made.And this sure will be made again. Thank you so much for posting and, "Keep Smiling :)"
     
  3. I just had to rate this mainly on the dumpling recipe. I looked through almost all of the recipe's for dumplings on the zaar and found this one to be the one more like the southern dumpling that I grew up on. I just don't care for the light fluffy kind of dumpling..it's a totally different food from the one's that don't have baking powder in them. This is the kind I grew up on and loved. The only difference is, ours were not rolled out..they were drop dumplings. A thick dense true old-fashion southern dumpling. Doesn't get any better than this to me and my family. Thanks for posting CaramelPie.
     
  4. I used this recipe because of the rolled dumplings. Would have gave it 5 stars but there was no veggies or spices included. I get that plain is best but for more flavor and health benefits I added garlic, pepper, thyme, parsley, white wine vinegar and poultry seasoning along with an onion, two carrots and two ribs of celery, came out delicious! The milk in the dumplings makes the broth nice and creamy, everybody loved it! Thanks for sharing!
     
  5. I'm excited to try this, i'm just wondering if the chicken stock is the broth, and if so do you reduce or add to it in any way? great recipe, jen
     
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I'm a stay-at-home mom, school volunteer, church volunteer, etc., and I live in Middle Tennessee. I like to read, visit the mountains, crochet, cook, etc. My favorite cookbook at this time is Recipe Hall of Fame Quick & Easy Cookbook. My passions are raising children with good moral character, being a good Christian, and food! My pet peeves are recipe instructions that leave out what to do with one of the ingredients, and people who won't put their shopping carts in the cart corrals! I have twin daughters who are in their second year of college and a son who is 16. My girls' college is close enough that I can come by every couple of weeks or so. When I tell them I'm coming, they ask Are you bearing baked goods?. Usually, I am, to the excitement of their suitemates!
 
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