Chicken & Dumplings
"My grandmother used to make this dish for me as a child. I would love to help her roll out the dough and put it in the pan... definitely my favorite comfort food."
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
- 1 1⁄4 lbs broiler-fryer chickens
- 2 quarts water
- 1 carrot, halved
- 1 stalk celery, halved
- 1 medium onion, quartered
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 1 (10 1/2 ounce) can chicken broth
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1⁄3 cup shortening
directions
- Combine first 7 ingredients in large pot. Once you bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer for 1 hour, until chicken is tender. Remove chicken and vegetables from broth. Vegetables can be discarded. Allow chicken to cool, then skin, bone, and chop chicken to desired size. Return to broth.
- Combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Cut in shortening until mixture is crumbly. Add 2/3 cup broth, stirring with a fork until dry ingredients are moistened. Place dough on lightly floured surface, and knead lightly for 1-2 minutes. Roll dough out and cut into 2 inch squares.
- Bring broth mixture to a boil. Drop dumplings, one at a time, into boiling broth. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer for 30 minutes. Add additional broth if needed while cooking.
- Great served with mashed potatoes! Enjoy! Can also be made ahead and frozen.
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<p>Hello everyone! My name is Lori Pedroncelli. I am from Ohio originally, but lived in New Mexico for 3 years, before moving back several years ago. <br /><br />Like everyone here, I LOVE to cook. I used to feel that I didn't have time, but now I am learning to make time. It's so important to me to sit down to dinner together as a family. My favorite part of the day. <br /><br />Since I started working from home four years ago, it really has assisted in my flexibility to prepare a healthy, delicious dinner every night. <br /><br />I feel like I still have alot I can learn, especially when it comes to baking. <br /><br />I was married in September, 2006 to my best friend, Estevan. My husband and I share a love of cooking together. I really enjoy planning out the week and deciding what we will try next, and it takes the panic out of what's for dinner? <br /><br />I also try to do OAMC (once a month cooking) method when I can. <br /><br />I love the food netork, and I really love Rachel Ray and her cookbooks. I have recently been cooking alot out of her big orange book. It is my newest favorite. I am abit of a cookbook collector, and recently purchased a larger bookcase to store all of them in my kitchen. However, I tend to rely on recipezaar first now when I am looking for something in particular. I love this site and it's community of users! <br /><br />In my free time, I enjoy scrapbooking and would love to devote more time to it as a hobby. It is a great creative release for me. Estevan and I love to travel as much as we can as well. We were blessed with our first son 2 years ago (Grayson), and are enjoying being parents. We also have 3 furry kids, Bailey, (german shepard/ blue heeler) and 2 bichons - Bella and Jack. <br /><br />We love to entertain and typically host Thanksgiving and Christmas at our house for family. I enjoy putting the menus together and my husband is a huge help in the preparation! Couldn't do it without him.</p>
