Southern Style Chicken and Dumplings for Beginners
- Ready In:
- 1hr 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Yields:
-
8-10 cups
- Serves:
- 4-6
ingredients
-
Chicken Stock
- 1 very fat 5 lb. stewing chicken
- 1 medium whole onion
- 2 stalks celery
- 2 tablespoons salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper
-
DUMPLINGS
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 eggs
- 1 tablespoon shortening
- 3⁄4 cup milk
directions
- Chicken Stock:.
- Wash chicken well.
- Place in large stockpot, cover with water and cook until tender.
- Remove chicken, celery and onion saving chicken stock and chicken.
- Discard onion and celery.
- Cool and debone chicken and return to stock.
- Heat to boil.
- Dumplings:.
- Mix all ing. except milk, as you would for pie crust.
- Add milk slowly until dough is soft enough to handle.
- Roll as thin as possible on floured board.
- Slice in 1&1/2 to 3 inch strips.
- Carefully drop dumplings in boiling broth.
- Cook 15 minutes They will plump up nicely.
- Do not half or double this recipe.
- This recipe is for those who can't make chicken and dumplings.
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