Super Simple Chicken & Dumplings Recipe
Ingredients
- 3-4 chicken breasts (you can do whole chicken as well)
- 4 cubes of chicken stock (or 1½ c liquid chicken stock)
- 6-8 cups water
- 2 bay leaves (optional)
- 2 cups chunk celery
- 2 cups chunk onion
- 2 cups chunk carrots Do not dice as they will turn mushy and not crunchy.
Dumplings
- 3 cups cake flour
- 3/4 tsp. baking soda
- 3/4 tsp. salt
- 4 1/2 tbsp. shortening
- 1 cup milk
Instructions
- In a large pot add 2 tablespoons of butter and let melt. Brown the chicken with a generous amount of salt and pepper. Once the chicken has a skin on it, add in the vegetables. Gently pour 2-3 cups of water at a time until all the ingredients are bathing in the water. Gently boil for 1 hour.
- About a half hour before serving make your dumplings in a bowl. Sprinkle your work surface and rolling pin with cake flour. Roll the dough out until it's about ½" think. Using a pizza cutter (or sharp knife) cut 2" diamond shapes (just got diagonally). Add the dumplings into the pot and let cook for 10-15 minutes.
Notes
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