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Chicken and Dumplings, Southern Style
photo by Linajjac
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 18
- Serves:
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8
ingredients
- 1 (3 lb) chicken
- 2 quarts water
- 1 large onion, quartered
- 2 carrots, quartered
- 1 stalk celery, quartered
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 teaspoon peppercorn
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 sprig thyme
- 1 sprig rosemary
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Dumplings
- 3 cups flour
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 5 tablespoons shortening
- 1⁄4 cup chicken stock
- 2⁄3 cup buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme
- salt and pepper
directions
- Place chicken in a heavy 5 quart stockpot with water to cover.
- Add the onion, carrot, celery, bay, peppercorns, salt, thyme and rosemary.
- Bring to a boil, reduce and simmer for 1 1/2 hours.
- Skim scum if needed.
- Remove chicken and set aside to cool.
- Remove meat and return bones to pot.
- Simmer for 1 hour more.
- Strain well and remove any fat you can.
- Dumplings------------------.
- Combine flour, soda, salt.
- Cut in shortening until flour resembles coarse crumbs.
- Add the stock, buttermilk and thyme.
- Stir to make a stiff dough-and it will be stiff.
- Turn out onto a floured board and knead gently 6 times.
- Wrap in plastic and chill 1 hour.
- Bring strained broth to a boil, reduce to a simmer.
- Roll out the chilled dough to 1/8 inch thick, and cut into 4x1 inch pieces.
- Drop them into simmering stock and stir gently.
- Cook for 10 minutes, add the chicken and cook for 5 min more.
- Season with salt and lots of pepper.
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Reviews
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see my posted comments, it's a meal in itself, this is my favorite childhood recipe that I finally rediscovered. The combined prep and cooking time is more like 3.5-4 hours depending how attentive you are to it. It's a great pot of soup to make on the woodstove and make the house smell so good. It's definitely worth the time to make! Thanks again, Di!
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Awesome recipe! So cozy & the best comfort food! I did change a couple things, I already had my homemade chicken stock in the freezer. So this recipe went together in no time. I used my roasted chicken. But I did use all of the fresh herbs in my stock. I also added carrots, celery & peas. These dumplings were amazing! I loved the thyme in them. One of my grandsons ate a giant bowl. That’s a compliment. He can be pretty picky. This will get made again & again. Thanks!
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OMG! This was SO good! The best chicken and dumplings I have ever had. And boiling the whole chicken sure makes a difference. The only change I had to do was to mix some cornstarch with cooled broth to thicken it up a bit for my taste. Other than that...Holy cow this stuff was great! Comfort food at its finest! A little time consuming to make but so worth it! Just a note that the dumplings look almost too dry when your rolling them out but they turn out awesome once in the pot!
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Diana Adcock
Geneseo, Illinois