Hearty Chicken And Dumplings Southern Style Easy Food

EASY SOUTHERN CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Add water to a large stock pot, salt and bring to a boil over high heat on the stove top. Add chicken breasts and allow to boil until chicken is cooked. Remove chicken from broth and set aside to cool while allowing the broth to continue to boil at a low boil.
• Add butter, cream of chicken soup and a generous amount of cracked black pepper to the boiling broth an let melt while occasionally stirring.
• In a medium bowl, stir together flour and salt. Make a little well in the flour and add the oil and egg. Mix together. Dough should be a slight bit sticky. Add 1-2 Tbsp water if needed. Form dough into a ball and turn out onto a well floured surface. Roll out the dough to 1/4 inch or less thickness, and cut into squares. Toss the squares in the extra flour from the floured surface. This will keep the dumplings from dissolving as they cook and thicken your stew base at the same time.
• Add floured dumpling squares a few a time + flour from the floured surface to the boiling broth until all dumplings have been added. Stirring in between. As dumplings begin to cook and soak up the broth, they will sink to the bottom. So stir frequently. Shred cooled chicken breasts and add. When dumplings turn white and begin to float, they are done. This usually takes about 20-30 minutes.
• Add more pepper as desired. Serve.

SOUTHERN STYLE CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• In a heavy pot with a lid place the chicken, onion, lemon, salt, pepper, water, bay leaf and thyme. Simmer all over low heat until tender, about 1 hour.
• Let chicken cool slightly in pot, then remove and take the meat off of the bones. Discard the bones and skin and skim excess fat off the broth if desired. Discard the onion, lemon and bay leaf. If desired, wash out pot well. Return broth and chicken pieces to the pot. Simmer over low heat while making the dumplings.
• To Make Dumplings: In a medium mixing bowl, cut shortening into the flour and salt. Stir in 1/4 cup water (more if needed) to form a soft dough. Roll out dough on a floured surface, with a rolling pin, until very thin. Cut into 1 inch wide strips using a pizza cutter or knife. Tear off 1 inch long pieces from these strips and drop into simmering broth and chicken meat. Simmer for 10 minutes with the lid off, then 10 minutes more with the lid on. Serve immediately.

CHICKEN & DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Chicken:
• Cut up chicken, but do not remove skin. The skin and bones can be removed later. Place chicken, celery, onion, bay leaves, bouillon and House Seasoning in water and cook at a low boil for 30 to 45 minutes, until meat begins to fall off the bones. Remove skin and bones at this point, along with bay leaves. Return chicken to pan. Prepare dumplings and set them aside for a few minutes. Add cream soup to chicken and continue to boil. If desired, you can thicken the stock at little by mixing 2 tablespoons cornstarch with 1/4 cup of water and adding it to the stock. Drop dumplings into boiling stock. Never stir dumplings. Shake the pot gently in a circular motion to submerge dumplings in stock. Cook until the dumplings float and are no longer doughy, 3 to 4 minutes. Do not overcook.
• Dumplings:
• Put flour/salt mixture in a mixing bowl. Beginning in center of flour, dribble a small amount of ice water. Work mixture with fingers from center of bowl to sides of bowl, incorporating small amounts of water at a time. Continue until all flour is used up. Batter will feel as if it is going to be tough. Knead dough and form into ball. Dust a good amount of flour onto dough board and rolling pin. Roll out dough, working from center. Dough will be firm. Roll to 1/8 inch thinness. Let it air-dry for a minute or two while you return your attention to the boiling pot at the point at which you add the canned soup to the chicken mixture. Cut dumplings into 1-inch strips. Working with one strip at a time, hold strip over pot, pull it in half, and drop into the boiling stock. Remember, do not stir after dumplings have been added to pot.
• Note: Frozen dumplings are available in most supermarkets if you don't have time to make them.

HEARTY CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS LIGHTENED-UP

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a medium Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add the celery, carrots, garliconions and cook, stirring, until the vegetables are softened, 5 minutes. Add the broth and bring to a simmer. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are tender, about 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, grind the oats in a food processor until fine. Combine with the flour, baking powder, zest, 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper in a medium bowl. Work in the butter with your fingers until only very small pieces remain. Stir in 1/2 cup ice water, a bit at a time, until a soft dough is formed. Let rest 10 minutes.
• Drop cherry-size bits of the dumpling dough into the soup. Add the green beans and stir gently. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the dumplings are floating and cooked through and the beans are bright green and crisp-tender, about 12 minutes. Add the chicken and continue to cook until it is just cooked through, about 3 minutes. Remove from the heat, stir in the dill and season with salt and pepper.
• Per Serving: Calories: 376; Total Fat; 10 grams; Saturated Fat: 3 grams; Protein: 37 grams; Total carbohydrates: 34 grams; Sugar: 4 grams Fiber: 5 grams; Cholesterol: 73 milligrams; Sodium: 360 milligrams

CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS, SOUTHERN STYLE

Steps:

• Place chicken in a heavy 5 quart stockpot with water to cover.
• Add the onion, carrot, celery, bay, peppercorns, salt, thyme and rosemary.
• Bring to a boil, reduce and simmer for 1 1/2 hours.
• Skim scum if needed.
• Remove chicken and set aside to cool.
• Remove meat and return bones to pot.
• Simmer for 1 hour more.
• Strain well and remove any fat you can.
• Dumplings------------------.
• Combine flour, soda, salt.
• Cut in shortening until flour resembles coarse crumbs.
• Add the stock, buttermilk and thyme.
• Stir to make a stiff dough-and it will be stiff.
• Turn out onto a floured board and knead gently 6 times.
• Wrap in plastic and chill 1 hour.
• Bring strained broth to a boil, reduce to a simmer.
• Roll out the chilled dough to 1/8 inch thick, and cut into 4x1 inch pieces.
• Drop them into simmering stock and stir gently.
• Cook for 10 minutes, add the chicken and cook for 5 min more.
• Season with salt and lots of pepper.

SOUTHERN STYLE CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS FOR BEGINNERS

Steps:

• Chicken Stock:.
• Wash chicken well.
• Place in large stockpot, cover with water and cook until tender.
• Remove chicken, celery and onion saving chicken stock and chicken.
• Discard onion and celery.
• Cool and debone chicken and return to stock.
• Heat to boil.
• Dumplings:.
• Mix all ing. except milk, as you would for pie crust.
• Add milk slowly until dough is soft enough to handle.
• Roll as thin as possible on floured board.
• Slice in 1&1/2 to 3 inch strips.
• Carefully drop dumplings in boiling broth.
• Cook 15 minutes They will plump up nicely.
• Do not half or double this recipe.
• This recipe is for those who can't make chicken and dumplings.

SOUTHERN-STYLE OLD FASHIONED CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS RECIPE - (4.3/5)

Steps:

• Place chicken breasts and butter in large stock pot. Salt and pepper to taste. Fill stock pot with chicken broth until chicken is covered by an inch or so. Slowly simmer chicken until falling off bone. Remove chicken and place in refrigerator or freezer to cool rapidly for handling later. Add more chicken broth and cover stock pot and keep at simmering temp. On large flat surface for rolling out dumplings, make circle with 4 cups of plain flour, leaving center open. In the center add egg, salt, 1 cup of hot chicken broth from pot. Slowly incorporate with flour with hands. Be careful though. The dough will be very hot at first and stick to you like napalm! But tough it out! Once well kneaded, pinch off thirds and roll out with rolling pin using extra flour on pin and on dough so it won't stick. Roll out approximately 1/16 inch thick. Roll it thin. Score into 1"x2" strips. Lift and place on separate plate, flouring both sides of dumplings so they won't stick to one another. Repeat until all dough is used. Next steps must be followed exactly: uncover broth. Bring it to a high rolling boil. Add all dumplings at one time, give it a quick stir to separate dumplings. Cover with lid, turn heat down to medium-low or lower if it starts to boil over. Cook for 20 minutes, but do not remove lid during cooking. Do not peek, do not stir! While dumplings are cooking: skin and de-bone chicken then shred into bite sized pieces. After dumplings are done, fold in chicken; being careful not to tear the dumplings apart. Also you can use the spoon to separate any dumplings that may have stuck together during cooking. They readily come apart. Enjoy! Like any kind of stew or soup, they are much better the next day! Keep some broth on hand to help stretch the dish out.

SOUTHERN CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large pot over medium heat. Stir in the onion, and cook until the onion has softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes. Place the chicken breasts into the pot, skin-side-down. Pour in the chicken broth, and enough water to just cover the breasts. Bring to a simmer over high heat, then reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until the chicken begins to fall off the bone, about 1 hour. Once cooked, remove the chicken breasts from the pot. Remove and discard the skin and bone; allow the meat to cool, then tear apart into bite sized chunks.
• While the chicken breast are simmering, prepare the dumpling dough by whisking the flour, baking powder, and 1 1/2 teaspoons of salt together in a mixing bowl. Work the vegetable shortening in with your fingers until the mixture resembles coarse cornmeal. Make a well in the middle and pour in the milk. Stir together until a stiff dough forms. Turn out onto a floured surface, and knead until smooth. Form the dough into 12 pieces, and set aside.
• After you've shredded the chicken, stir the cream of chicken soup, 2 cups water, salt, pepper, and shredded chicken back into the pot. Return to a simmer over medium-high heat. Drop the dumplings into the simmering broth one at a time to keep them from sticking together. Cover, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer until the dumplings have puffed and are no longer doughy in the center, 10 to 20 minutes.