Chili With Tortilla Dumplings Food

CROCK POT CHICKEN - TORTILLA DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Before going to bed, put chicken in crock pot with 2 cups of water; salt and pepper to taste. Set crockpot to low.
• Go to bed!
• In the morning, put the crock bowl of chicken in fridge.
• Go to work!
• After work remove crock from fridge. Remove skin and bones from chicken.
• Set meat from chicken aside.
• Pour juices from crock pot into a large pot.
• Add the 4 cans of chicken broth (or bouillon broth).
• Bring to a full boil.
• Add butter.
• Cut flour tortillas into your favorite dumpling size.
• Shake in a large bag with 1/2 cup to 1 cup of flour.
• Drop into pan of boiling juice one or two at a time, pushing other aside as you continue adding tortillas and adding as many dumplings as the broth will allow.
• Cover and continue to boil without stirring on very low heat so as not to boil over.
• Cook for 15 to 20 minutes or till done to your satisfaction.
• Add chicken and cook till chicken is hot.

CHICKEN AND FLOUR TORTILLA DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Fill 4-quart pot half full with water.
• Boil chicken until tender.
• While chicken is cooking, slice tortillas with a sharp knife 5 slices across and one slice through the middle.
• Remove cooked chicken and shred with a fork or cut into cubes.
• Place chicken, cream of chicken soup, butter, salt and pepper into boiling chicken broth.
• Bring to a rolling boil.
• Drop individual tortillas into pot one piece at a time.
• Do not stir, you can pat the top of the dumplings and move them around slightly with a wooden spoon.
• Boil medium/high heat for 12 minutes.
• Remove from heat.
• Add 1 cup of milk and move the dumplings around gently to mix the milk.

LAMB CHILI WITH MASA HARINA DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Make chili:
• Simmer dried chiles in 2 cups water, covered, in a 2-quart heavy saucepan until very soft, about 20 minutes. Reserve 3/4 cup cooking liquid, then drain in a colander. Stem chiles (do not remove seeds), then purée in a blender with reserved cooking liquid until smooth (use caution when blending hot liquids). Force purée through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl. Reserve purée.
• Pat lamb dry, then sprinkle with pepper and 1 teaspoon salt. Heat 2 tablespoons lard in a 6-quart wide heavy pot or a 3-inch-deep straight-sided skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then brown lamb in 4 batches (without crowding), turning occasionally, about 5 minutes per batch. Transfer to a bowl.
• Add remaining tablespoon lard to pot, then cook onion, garlic, bay leaves, and remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until softened, 4 to 5 minutes. Add cumin and oregano and cook, stirring frequently, 1 minute. Stir in reserved chile purée and chipotles and simmer, stirring frequently and scraping up brown bits from bottom of pot, 5 minutes. Add lamb along with any juices accumulated in bowl and remaining 3 cups water, then bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, until lamb is tender, about 2 1/2 hours.
• Make dumplings:
• Stir together masa harina, flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl. Blend in lard pieces with a pastry blender or your fingertips until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add buttermilk, stirring just until dough is moistened (do not overmix).
• Skim fat off chili and discard bay leaves, then drop 8 or 9 heaping tablespoons of dough onto simmering chili, about 2 inches apart. Reduce heat to low and gently simmer, covered, until tops of dumplings are dry to the touch, 15 to 20 minutes. Sprinkle with cilantro.

CHICKEN AND TORTILLA DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• In a very large kettle, or roaster, place chicken breasts, water, celery, and onion. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and cook for about 30 minutes or until chicken is tender. Remove and set aside to cool.
• Reserve broth in roaster(you should have about 9 cups of broth>).
• Add chicken bouillon and taste to make sure it is tasty.
• Add more bouillon if needed and more water if you do not have 9 cups of broth.
• When chicken is cool enough, cut into bite-size pieces and set aside.
• Add chicken soup to broth and bring to a boil.
• Cut tortillas into 2x1 inch strips. Add strips, one at a time, to briskly boiling broth mixture and stir constantly.
• When all strips have been added, spoon in chicken, reduce heat to low and simmer 5-10 minutes, stirring well but gently, to prevent dumplings from sticking.
• When done, kettle of chicken and dumplings will be very thick.
• Pour into very large serving bowl, and serve hot.