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There is nothing more comforting than a bowl of homemade Chicken and Dumplings! Everyone makes dumplings differently and, although these are not up to the standard of my Tennessee family, we still enjoy them!
This can be refrigerated once cooled down, or frozen. It is even better as leftover so make sure to double the recipe if you are feeding a crowd!
A funny story is when I hid a portion of the soup to give to one of my friends who was under the weather. I thought I would pull out all the old jars of chutneys and mustards and hide it behind there in a ziplock bag. That evening when I was just about to deliver it to her, I couldn't find the portion! I thought, "I remember putting here... where could it be?" I went to the kitchen garbage and found the empty ziplock bag in there! My son had found it and eaten it! When I confronted him later, he said, "I didn't know it was being saved for someone else." I repeated to him that I hid it there thinking no-one would move those jars to find it. I was very apologetic to my friend...
To make the best Chicken and Dumplings follow this recipe. You can alter the amounts as you like. The result is the same!
— chopped celery leaves (I always freeze mine as soon as I buy the celery stalks)
— 1 Tablespoon olive oil
— 3 carrots chopped
— 2 onions chopped
— 2 chicken stock cubes
— chicken (I used 6 breasts but a whole chicken is best for flavor but a lot of work to pick out all the bones)
— 1 teaspoon celery seeds, optional (hard to find in Switzerland but you could add any other spice you associate with chicken)
— boiling water to cover chicken
Cover and let simmer about 20 minutes for chicken breasts or 30 minutes for a whole chicken.
Remove chicken and shred by pulling apart with 2 forks (for breasts); if using a whole chicken you can debone at this point and discard bones and skin. Set aside.
Make dumplings. Sift into bowl:
— 2 cups flour
— 1 teaspoon salt (more or less)
— 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
— 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
Add:
— 1 cup milk (or water if you prefer).
Stir together until just mixed. Tip out onto a floured board. Pat into shape with your hands. Don't over-mix or knead as this will make the dumplings tough.
Add some more boiled water to the stock and drop dumplings quickly into the pot. Simmer for about 10 minutes. Return the shredded chicken back to the pot and let simmer for a further minute.
Serve and enjoy!
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Video link: https://youtu.be/MQtaNUxD_-w
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