Category: Poultry - Fresh

Grandma's Chicken and Dumplings     

Ingredients:
CHICKEN:
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
3-4 pounds chicken pieces (legs, breasts, thighs)
1 small onion, chopped
2 ribs celery, thinly sliced
2 cans chicken broth
1 bay leaf
1 Tbsp. chicken bouillon
Black pepper, to taste
5 medium-size carrots, peeled and thinly sliced
1/3 cup flour
1/2 cup water

DUMPLINGS:
2 cups Bisquick
1 tsp. dried parsley flakes
3/4 cup milk

Preparation:
For the chicken, heat the oil in a large Dutch oven or other large covered saucepan. Add the chicken pieces and brown them on each side for 2 minutes. Stir in the onion and celery. Sauté briefly. Add broth, bay leaf, bouillon, and pepper. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer covered, for 30 minutes.

Remove the chicken, add the carrots to the pot, cover, and simmer for 10 minutes or until the carrots are tender.

Meanwhile, remove the chicken meat from the bones.

Whisk together flour and 1/2 cup water in a medium bowl until smooth. Add the mixture and the chicken meat to the simmering saucepan. Cover and continue to simmer.

For dumplings, combine biscuit mix and parsley. Add milk, stirring with a fork just until dry ingredients are moistened. Return broth mixture to a boil. Drop dough by spoonfuls into boiling broth; reduce heat to medium. Cover and cook 10 minutes, stirring once. Cook, uncovered, 5 additional minutes.

Date added: 2012-11-19
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