Granny's Chicken & Dumplings
Ready In: 50 mins
Serves: 8
Ingredients
- 1 large whole chicken
- 2 cups flour
- 1⁄4 cup shortening
- 3⁄4 cup boiling water
- salt
Directions
- Cook chicken in boiling salted water until tender.
- Remove chicken from broth. Cool chicken, cut from bone, & set aside.
- Measure 1 qt broth into large saucepan. Bring to a boil.
- Put flour in large bowl; cut in shortening with pastry blender or fork.
- Add boiling water a small amount at a time.
- Shape mixture into a ball & roll to a thickness of 1/8" in a lightly floured board.
- Cut into strips. Drop strips into boiling broth and cook for 8-10 minutes.
- Add salt & pepper to taste. (Granny doesn't use pepper in her dumplings).
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