$25,000 Casserole

This is a recipe that my mother got from some cooking contest in the '50s. It is delicious and filling on a cold night. We all loved it so much that we would call it the 25 BILLION dollar casserole! Unfortunately, my family isn't big on dumplings, so I can't make this as often as I would like.

• Ready In: 2 hrs 5 mins
• Serves: 4-6

Ingredients

• 2  lbs beef or 2  lbs  veal, cut up
• 2 1⁄2 cups flour
• 1  teaspoon paprika
• 1  can onion (1 lb.)
• 2  cans  cream of chicken soup
• 4  teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1  teaspoon poultry seasoning
• 1  teaspoon celery seed
• 1  teaspoon  dry onion flakes
• 1  tablespoon poppy seed
• 1⁄4 cup  vegetable oil
• 1  cup milk
• 1  cup sour cream
• 1⁄4 cup butter
• 1  cup  breadcrumbs

Directions

1. Coat the meat with 1/2 c of flour and the paprika.
2. Brown in vegetable oil; transfer to a casserole dish.
3. Add can of onions.
4. Combine one can of the chicken soup and one can water; pour over meat and onions.
5. Bake at 350 for 45 minutes.
6. While the meat is baking-- Combine 2 c flour, the baking powder, salt, poultry seasoning, celery seed, onion flakes and poppy seeds.
7. Mix well, and add 1/4 c oil and 1 c milk.
8. Drop tablespoons of dough into breadcrumbs which you have mixed with melted butter.
9. Put dumplings on top of the meat; increase heat to 425 and bake for another 20 minutes.
10. Make sauce; combine one can of cream of chicken soup and sour cream.
11. Heat sauce and serve over meat and dumplings.