Homemade Chicken and Dumplings
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.