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Chicken and Dumplings

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Chicken and dumplings is a traditional American comfort food.

Ingredients

  • Approximately 2 liters (2 quarts) chicken stock
  • Approximately 1 kilogram (2 pounds) cooked boneless chicken meat, cut into bite-sized pieces
  • 1 carrot, sliced into rounds
  • 1 celery rib or ¼ celeriac, chopped
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 1 teaspoon dried thyme
  • Salt, pepper, and liquid seasoning to taste
  • 150 grams (1¼ U.S. cups) all-purpose flour
  • 1½ teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 20 grams (1½ tablespoons) solid fat (such as vegetable shortening, lard or butter)
  • 150 milliliters (5 U.S. fluid ounces) milk

Instructions

  1. 1
    Combine all the stew ingredients in a large pot and bring to a boil.
  2. 2
    Reduce heat and allow to simmer while you make the dumplings.
  3. 3
    For the dumplings, mix the dry ingredients together and cut in the shortening until the mixture is coarse and grainy.
  4. 4
    Add milk and mix just until combined into a dough.
  5. 5
    Drop dough by spoonfuls onto the stew.
  6. 6
    Simmer 5 minutes with the lid off and 15–20 minutes longer with the lid on.
Category
Soups
Method
Baking

Dietary Information

Kosher

Recipe Attribution

Wikibooks Cookbook
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Chicken_and_Dumplings