Chicken Fricassee With Bisquick Dumplings Food

CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS WITH BISQUICK®

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook chicken thighs in the hot butter until no longer pink in the centers, 5 to 7 minutes per side. Remove chicken and let cool, about 5 minutes. Shred or cut into small pieces and set aside.
• Place bacon in a medium skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Drain bacon slices on paper towels, reserving 1 tablespoon bacon grease in the skillet. Let bacon cool slightly, about 5 minutes; crumble and set aside.
• Scrape chicken drippings from the the skillet into a stockpot or Dutch oven. Cook potatoes, carrots, celery, red onion, and garlic in the pot over medium heat until onion is soft and transparent, about 5 minutes. Stir in chicken, reserved bacon grease, broth, 1 cup milk, mushroom soup, corn, paprika, salt, and pepper. Reduce heat and let stew simmer for 20 minutes.
• Mix baking mix and milk for dumplings together to form a sticky dough. Drop by spoonfuls into stew. Cook, uncovered, for 10 minutes. Cover and continue to cook until dumplings are set, about 10 minutes more. Serve stew with a garnish of crumbled bacon.

CHICKEN FRICASSEE WITH DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Place the bay leaf, peppercorns and cloves on a double thickness of cheesecloth; bring up corners of cloth and tie with string to form a bag. Set aside. In a large resealable bag, combine flour, salt and marjoram. Add chicken, a few pieces at a time, and shake to coat., In a Dutch oven, brown chicken in butter in batches. Remove and keep warm. In the drippings, saute the carrots, onions and celery for 5-6 minutes or until onions begin to brown. , Stir in the broth, water and spice bag. Bring to a boil; add chicken. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 40 minutes or until chicken juices run clear. Discard spice bag., For dumplings, in a small bowl, combine biscuit mix and chives. Combine egg and milk; add to biscuit mix just until moistened. Drop by heaping tablespoonfuls onto simmering chicken mixture. Cook, uncovered, for 10 minutes. Cover and cook 10 minutes longer or until a toothpick inserted into dumplings comes out clean., Using a slotted spoon, carefully remove chicken and dumplings; keep warm. Combine flour and cream until smooth; stir into cooking juices. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Serve with chicken and dumplings.

CHICKEN FRICASSEE WITH DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Put the chicken in a large pot with broth, onion, celery, bay leaf, seasoned salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 40 to 45 minutes or until chicken is tender. Thicken liquid in pot with flour mixed with 3 tablespoons water. Simmer for a few minutes more. Add a few drops of yellow food coloring.
• Dumpling Batter: Into a large bowl sift together the cake flour, baking powder and salt, and using a fork or pastry blender cut in vegetable shortening. Add parsley and green onion tops. In a separate bowl beat egg with milk. Stir wet ingredients into dry and blend together into a drop biscuit batter. Drop batter by teaspoonful onto simmering chicken. Cover pot and steam for 10 minutes, or until dumplings test clean with a toothpick. Garnish with parsley.

CHICKEN FRICASSEE AND DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Sprinkle the chicken parts with 3/4 tsp salt and 1/2 tsp pepper.
• Place the flour in a resealable bag with the flour and 1 tsp poultry seasoning; add about two pieces of chicken at a time and shake the bag to thoroughly coat the chicken, placing the coated chicken on a rack, repeating until all the pieces are coated with flour.
• Heat one half of the oil in a large deep chicken fryer skillet, and add the chicken parts; brown for a few minutes on each side until a nicely golden brown color (depending on the size of the skillet, it might take two batches), and set chicken aside.
• Add the rest of the oil to the skillet, heat, and add the onion, and carrot; saute until lightly browned and tender.
• Add the chicken broth, water, browned chicken, celery, the remaining salt, pepper and poultry seasoning; cover and simmer 30 minutes.
• Make the white sauce: Whisk 2 T flour in a saucepan with melted butter for about a minute, then add 1 cup milk, heating until thickened.
• Add the white sauce (or can of cream of chicken soup) and frozen peas.
• Make the dumplings, mixing all ingredients together and stirring until the dry ingredients are moistened.
• Drop heaping tablespoon portions of the dumplings into the simmering chicken/liquid.
• Cover and continue to simmer for 12 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the dumpling comes out clean.
• Serve while hot.

CHICKEN FRICASSEE WITH DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Cut chicken into pieces such as legs, thighs, wings, breast etc -- Chop onions, celery and thinly slice carrot.
• In sturdy plastic bag mix first 5 ingredients flour, salt, paprika, pepper and garlic.
• Drop chicken pieces in one or two at a time and shake to coat.
• Heat to medium hot heavy skillet with oil, add chicken and brown on all sides, turning as needed.
• As chicken browns remove and put into a large soup pot, layering if necessary. Continue until all chicken has been browned.
• Toss onions, celery and carrots in bag with left over flour. Add vegetables and any left over flour with spices to heavy skillet with chicken drippings and saute for 5 minutes
• Add thyme and bay leaf saute for another 5 minutes. (I usually add more garlic, personal preference.).
• Add flour'd vegies to soup pot with chicken.
• Pour milk and soup into skillet, heat. Scrappin up any excess flour or chicken drippings.
• Pour soup mix into soup pot. Stir all ingredients together except the 1/3 cup milk and bisquick.
• Turn burner to medium low and cook being careful not to burn, approxmately 45-60 minutes, until chicken is done.
• Mix together 1/3 cup milk and bisquick.
• The last 10 minutes of cooking drop dumpling dough into simmering pot by tablespoon fulls.
• Cover and cook for 10 minutes or until dumplings have set.

CHICKEN FRICASSEE AND DUMPLINGS (LIGHTER VERSION)

Steps:

• Combine 1 cup Bisquick, salt, pepper, and paprika in a gallon-size ziplock bag. Add chicken pieces, seal, and shake to coat.
• In a very large, deep skillet or saute pan (one that has a lid), heat about 1/4-inch oil over medium-high heat. Add chicken pieces and cook until golden brown, turning at least once. Remove chicken to a paper-towel lined dish.
• Drain fat from skillet. Add soup to skillet and gradually stir in 1 1/2 cups milk until smooth. Replace chicken, cover skillet, and bring just to boiling. Reduce heat and simmer gently over low heat for 45 minutes or until chicken is tender.
• Blend together 2 cups Bisquick, 2/3 cup milk, parsley, and poultry seasoning.
• Remove lid and drop dough by spoonfuls onto hot gravy (try not to overlap spoonfuls of dough).
• Cook uncovered for about 10 minutes, or until top of dumplings looks set (not wet and doughy). Replace lid and cook an additional 10 minutes or until dumplings are cooked through.

CHICKEN FRICASSEE WITH HERB DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Blend 1 cup baking mix, salt, pepper, and paprika; coat chicken pieces.
• Cook chicken in shortening and butter in skillet until light brown. Remove chicken and drain fat.
• Mix soup and 1 1/2 cups milk in skillet; add chicken pieces. Cover and heat to boiling. Cook over low heat about 45 minutes or until chicken is tender.
• Stir 2 cups baking mix, 2/3 cup milk, parsley flakes and poultry seasoning to a soft dough.
• Drop dough by spoonfuls onto hot soup mixture. Cook uncovered over low heat 10 minutes; cover and cook 10 minutes longer.
• Serve with tossed salad and apple pandowdy.

CHICKEN FRICASSEE WITH CHIVE DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Wash chicken pieces and pat dry. Mix 1 cup flour, the salt, pepper and paprika. Coat chicken with flour mixture. Heat thin layer of salad oil in large skillet; brown chicken on all sides. Drain off fat; reserve.
• To skillet, add water and, if desired, chopped onion, lemon juice or herbs, such as rosemary or thyme leaves. Cover tightly; cook chicken slowly 2 1/2 - 3 1/2 hours or until fork-tender, adding water if necessary. Remove chicken to warm platter; keep warm. Pour off liquid in skillet; reserve.
• To make gravy, heat 3 tablespoons reserved fat in skillet. Blend in 3 tablespoons flour. Cook over low heat, stirring until mixture is smooth and bubbly. Remove from heat. Add enough milk to reserved liquid to measure 3 cups; pour into skillet. Heat to boiling, stirring constantly. Boil and stir 1 minute. Return chicken to gravy. Prepare dough for Dumplings, drop by spoonfuls onto hot chicken. Cook uncovered 10 minutes; cover and cook 20 minutes longer.
• For Dumplings: Measure flour, baking powder, chives and salt into bowl. Cut in shortening thoroughly until mixture looks like meal. Stir in milk.