Chicken and Dumplings
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Serves: Serves 6
 
Chicken and Dumplings have chunk of chickens in creamy gravy with tender flat dumplings. Pure comfort food!
Ingredients
  • 1 chicken
  • 5 - 6 cups water
  • celery
  • carrot
  • onion
  • 1 - 2 chicken bouillon cube
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • Dumplings
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon poultry seasoning - optional
  • 1/4 cup cold butter
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • Thickening
  • 1/4 cup flour
  • 3/4 cup water
Instructions
  1. Cut chicken into pieces. Add water, vegetables and seasonings to a large pot with the chicken. Bring to a boil. Cover and turn down heat to low. Simmer chicken until done, about 45 minutes on low. Cool in broth.
  2. Bone chicken and add to a bowl. Refrigerate until ready to use.
  3. Strain broth and discard vegetables. Bring broth to a boil. Taste and adjust seasoning. Lower to a simmer while you make the dumplings.
  4. To make dumplings add all of the ingredients except buttermilk to a mixing bowl. Cut in the butter until it is in small crumbs. Add the buttermilk, adding a little more buttermilk if needed. Dump dough out on a heavily floured surface. Roll out dough very thin about 1/4 inch thick. Cut into 1 inch squares with a pizza cutter.
  5. Bring broth to a boil. Add dumplings a handful at a time until they are all in the broth. Cover and cook over medium heat 10 minutes. Remove lid and continue to cook another 10 minutes. Add chicken back into dumplings. Bring back to a boil.
  6. Mix the flour and water together. Add the thickening to the pan. (you may not need it all) Cook another 10 minutes over low heat, stirring several times. Taste to adjust seasoning.
Recipe by Recipes Food and Cooking at https://recipesfoodandcooking.com/2013/09/01/chicken-and-dumplings/