Best Chicken and Dumplings Ever

Chicken & Dumplings have to be one of my all time favorite foods. This recipe is from the website fooddownunder.com, it's good comfort food.

• Ready In: 35 mins
• Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 3 1⁄2 lbs chicken, cut-up
•  water
• 2  teaspoons salt
• 1  teaspoon pepper
• 2  cups flour, plus
• 2  tablespoons flour
• 2  tablespoons vegetable shortening
•  additional  salt & pepper

Directions

1. Place chicken in Dutch oven; add water until chicken is just covered. Add salt & pepper.
2. Bring to boil; reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes.
3. Remove chicken from liquid; skin, bone and return meat to broth. Remove 1-1/2 cups broth; chill.
4. In large mixing bowl, combine 2 cups flour, shortening and 1 cup chilled broth, mix together to form dough.
5. Turn onto well-floured surface and knead 10 times. Roll to 1/4 inch thickness; cut into 1 inch squares and set aside.
6. To remaining chilled broth, add the rest of the flour, dash salt & pepper; stir into chicken and remaining broth in Dutch oven.
7. Bring broth to boil, add dumpling squares, one at a time, stirring occasionally to seperate. Reduce heat to simmer and cook 10 minutes or until broth is thick and dumplings are cooked.