Mom’s Chicken and Dumplings

You can get pretty creative with this adding in all kinds of veggies. I looove dumplings! Not much work, but a bit of time required.

Difficulty: Easy

Servings: 4

Prep Time: 1 hour   Cook Time: 1.5 hour  

Ingredients

1 stewing chicken
seasoning salt
onion powder
parsley
1 cup sifted flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons chilled vegetable shortening
1/2 cup milk

Directions

Cook the hen with seasoning salt, onion, and parsley. Simmer for about one hour. Save the broth. Cut off the meat and put back in the broth. Adjust seasonings. Prep for either stew or soup, but do not thicken. Make the dumplings: sift flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl; cut in shortening with a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add milk all at once and mix lightly until the dough just barely holds together. Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls on top of gently boiling soup/stew. Adjust burner so it is just simmering. Simmer 10 minutes uncovered, then 10 minutes tightly covered. If stew needs thickening, take out dumplings and then thicken. For variety, throw 2-3 tablespoons grated cheddar cheese into dumpling dough, or a bit of parsley or chives or poultry seasoning. Adding 1 tablespoon potato flakes is also a nice variance.

Categories: Budget, Main Dish, Old-Fashioned, One Dish Meal, Other Soups & Stews, Poultry

Submitted by: moopseemort on May 21, 2010