Chicken and Dumpling Recipes

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Ingredients

Chicken

  • 1 fryer or stewing hen
  • 1/2 onion, chopped
  • 2 stalks celery, rough chopped
  • 4 carrots, sliced 1/2 inch thick
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Dumplings

  • 3 tablespoons shortening
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt
  • 3/4 cup milk

Instructions

Chicken

  1. Put the chicken and giblets, if desired, into a large pot. Add water to cover. Bring to a boil, and lower heat to keep chicken at a low boil.
  2. Add the onion.
  3. Stew chicken for 1 1/2 to 2 hours, until done, adding more water as needed.
  4. Remove chicken to platter and let cool.
  5. Add the other vegetables to the broth and maintain at a low boil.
  6. When chicken is cool, bone and skin it. Tear or cut the chicken into bite-size pieces and add to the stew.
  7. Raise heat to bring a high boil while you prepare the dumplings.

Dumplings

  1. Mix flour, baking powder and salt.
  2. Cut the shortening into this mixture until it resembles fine crumbs.
  3. Tir in milk to make a very soft dough.
  4. Drop the dough by spoonsful into the boiling stew, taking care to drop it on the meat or the vegetables - not directly into the broth.
  5. Cook uncovered for 10 minutes, then cover and cook 10 minutes longer.


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