Homemade Chicken and Dumplings
Recipes Chicken Holidays Main Dish Meal ideas Seasonal cooking
Description
Make the best chicken and dumplings with this recipe and don't wait for holidays or special occasions. Serve it with a vegetable and a side salad.
Ingredients
3 -6 lb. of frying chickens
2 qt. water
2 t. salt
1/2 t. freshly ground pepper
2 c. all-purpose flour
1/2 t. baking soda
1/2 t. salt
3 T. shortening (Crisco sticks work well)
3/4 c. buttermilk (or add 1 T. vinegar to 1 c. milk, let sit 5 minutes, then measure 3/4 c.)
Directions
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Place chicken in a Dutch oven; add water and salt; bring to a boil. Cover; reduce heat; simmer for 1 hour or until tender and meat almost falls off the bone. Remove chicken from broth; cool. Remove meat from the bones; cut meat into bite-sized pieces.
Bring broth to a boil; add pepper.
Combine flour, baking soda and salt; cut in the shortening; add buttermilk, stirring with a fork until moistened.
Knead dough 4 to 5 times (never done); pat to 1/2-inch pieces; drop into boiling broth (do not pat dough out, just pinch off pieces). Reduce heat to medium-low; cook for 8 - 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Stir in the chicken.
Serve.
6-8 servings.
*If making in the pressure cooker, much quicker and easier, about 30 minutes.