Chicken and Dumplings
"I got this recipe from my sister-in-law, a great cook, in Corpus Christi, TX."
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
- 1 stewing chicken or 1 fryer, cooked with 1 small onion, 1 rib of celery and 1 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 pinch baking powder
- 4 teaspoons Butter Flavor Crisco
- 2 eggs
directions
- When chicken is done cooking, remove from broth to cool.
- Debone and set aside.
- Strain broth.
- Sift flour with salt and baking powder.
- Mix in shortening with fingertips until blended.
- Beat eggs, and add about 1/2 cup chicken broth before adding to flour and shortening mixture.
- This should make a stiff dough, but if needed add a little more flour, or broth until the right consistency.
- Roll out until a little less than 1/4" thick.
- Cut into strips about 1" wide, then cut into 1" squares.
- Bring broth to fast boil and drop in one by one as quick as possible.
- Cover and boil 20 minutes.
- Fold in chicken.
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Reviews
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I made this as a food gift and everyone loved it! Thank you so much for the recipe. I'll certainly make it over and over again. Nancy -
Works perfectly! -
This dumpling recipe is THE BEST!! My husband usually asks for biscuit-style dumplings but the kids won' t touch them, so I tried this recipe and everyone asked for seconds! I asked my husband if they were good and he said I needed to open up a country restaurant! Thank you for the fantastic recipe! (BTW, I added carrots) -
Made this for supper last night, using boneless breasts, I chopped up a couple of celery stalks, a whole medium onion to cook the chicken in, I used better than broth chicken base to add additional flavor to the broth. We love the firmer type dumpling instead of the spooned type ones which sometimes have a tendency to melt or disappear into the cooking liquid. Thanks for the wonderful recipe!!!!! -
I followed this recipe to a T and it was terrific! Extra yummy! Thanks Bertha!
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Bertha C.
United States
I am married and have three children ages 9 to 16. I work full-time so between work and attending as many school functions as I can possibly fit in, I have little time to prepare "gourmet" type dishes which require a lot of preparation time. I like tasty, quick-fix meals that use ingredients that are usually in my house and don't require an extra trip to the store. When I'm not waiting on my family or working, I like to do counted cross-stitch and recently started a new hobby----quilting.
