Just Like Grandmas Chicken And Dumplings Food

GRANDMA'S SOUTHERN-STYLE CHICKEN N' DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Put the chicken and the veggies (if using) in a large stockpot. Cover completely with water. Bring to a quick boil, then continue cooking chicken for one hour. When done, remove chicken to large bowl to cool. Strain broth to remove leftover veggies or other particles. Return broth to stockpot.
• Once chicken is cool, remove skin, then cut chicken into bite sized pieces. (At this point I divide the chicken pieces in half, and freeze half for use in another meal).
• Add chicken pieces (approx. 2 1/2 cups) back into chicken broth. Heat the chicken and broth back up to boiling. Add bouillon cubes, salt and pepper (to taste).
• While chicken is coming to a boil, make the dumplings. In a large bowl, using a pastry blender or two knives, cut the shortening and salt into the cup of flour, until shortening is the size of small peas. Add 1/2 cup HOT water and 1/2 cup, plus 2 Tablespoons of flour to the mixture. Stir and work the mixture until a soft dough ball forms (firm enough to roll out). Divide dough into 3 equal sized balls, then let the dough rest for 10 minutes.
• Generously flour a work surface. Roll each dough ball out (one at a time), sprinkling with flour (if necessary) to keep dough from sticking to work surface. Roll out to about the size of a large pie crust (roll out thin). Cut dough into strips about an inch wide using a pizza cutter or knife. Repeat process for remaining dough balls.
• Drop dumplings a couple at a time into hot boiling chicken/broth mixture until all have been added to pot; add butter, and continue cooking.
• Make a slurry by mixing 1/4 cup water with 2 large Tablespoons flour. Stir well to combine, then add to soup pot, and stir well. (this helps to thicken broth a bit). Cook an additional 10 minutes on high to fully cook dumplings. Taste test broth, and add additional salt and pepper, if desired. Ladle hot soup into bowls, serve, and enjoy (especially with crusty french bread on the side!)

CHICKEN & DUMPLINGS LIKE GRANDMA'S (CROCK-POT)

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients except biscuits in the Crockpot.
• Cut biscuits into quarters and gently stir into mixture.
• Cover; cook on low for 4 to 6 hours.

LIKE GRANDMA'S CHICKEN 'N' DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• 1. Mix all ingredients, except biscuits, in 4 1/2-quart CROCK-POT slow cooker
• 2. Cut biscuits into quarters and gently stir into mixture. Cover; cook on LOW 4 to 6 hours

GRANDMA'S CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Mix flour and shortening together in a bowl until it resembles cornmeal.
• Slightly beat egg and milk together in a separate bowl. Add to flour mixture and stir to form a ball of dough. Place onto a floured surface; knead and roll as thin as possible using a floured rolling pin. Let dough stand for 2 hours.
• Place chicken into a large pot and add water to just cover. Bring to a boil over high heat and continue to boil until chicken is no longer pink in the center and meat falls off of the bone, about 1 hour. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh, near the bone, should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).
• Remove chicken from the pot; strain broth and return to the pot. Add 2 cups water and bouillon. Remove meat from bones and return to broth. Add celery, carrots, and onion. Bring to a boil; continue to boil for 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, cut dough into strips, approximately 1-inch wide. Tear strips and drop into boiling broth. Continue to boil for 10 minutes more. Season with salt and pepper and serve.

CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS, GRANDMA STYLE

Steps:

• For the chicken: Heat oil in a large Dutch oven or large covered skillet.
• Add the chicken and brown for 2 minutes on each side.
• Stir in onion and celery, sauté for a few minutes, and add 3 cups of the water, bay leaf, bouillon, salt and pepper.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes, covered.
• Then remove the chicken and add the carrots, cover and simmer until carrots are tender, about 10 minutes.
• While carrots are cooking, remove the chicken from the bones.
• Whisk together the 1/3 cup of flour and the remaining 1/2 cup water until smooth.
• Add flour/water mixture and chicken meat back to the pan, cover and continue to simmer.
• For the dumplings: Combine flour, baking powder, salt and parsley in a large bowl.
• Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and add the milk, egg and oil.
• Stir quickly to make the batter.
• For each dumpling, spoon a rounded tbsp of batter into the simmering broth.
• Cover and simmer for another 13-15 minutes, but DO NOT STIR.
• Ladle servings into big bowls and eat up!

GRANDMA'S CHICKEN AND DUMPLING SOUP

Steps:

• Place chicken, water, bouillon, peppercorns, and cloves in kettle and bring to a boil.
• Later you must remove the cloves.
• Reduce heat; simmer until chicken is tender (about 1 hour).
• Cool chicken just slightly; cut into bite size pieces and set aside and look for the cloves.
• Strain and skim the chicken broth.
• Put the reserved chicken and strained broth in a large kettle; add cans of broth, chicken and mushroom soups, celery, carrots, onion, potatoes, bay leaf, peas, and one teaspoon of salt.
• Put cover onto kettle; simmer soup on low heat for 2-3 hours, or until the vegetables are tender.
• About 30 minutes before serving, mix up dumplings by putting flour, one teaspoon salt, baking powder, and pepper together in a medium bowl.
• Add egg, melted butter, and enough milk to make moist, stiff batter.
• Drop by teaspoons into boiling liquid.
• Cook, covered and without "peeking", for 18-20 minutes or until the dumplings are done.

BETTER THAN GRANNY'S AND EASY CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• In large pot, bring chicken, broth, soup, pepper and poultry seasoning to a boil.
• Then reduce heat and simmer 15 minutes.
• In the meantime, lightly flour a piece of waxed paper and a rolling pin (or a round drinking glass works). Also lay out a clean piece of waxed paper to put on after rolling.
• Take two biscuits and roll out in circle to 1/8 inch thickness. Lay them on the other piece of waxed paper.
• Repeat with all biscuits. Then take a knife and slice the circles into one inch strips.
• Bring pot back to a low boil. Pick up each strip and pull into 1 1/2 to 2 inch pieces and drop into broth on low boil.
• Stir gently to prevent them sticking together.
• Simmer for ten minutes.

JUST LIKE GRANDMA'S CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• In a pot bring water, bouillon cubes, and chicken meat to a boil.
• Flatten biscuits, coat with flour and cut in quarters. Drop biscuit pieces into pot.
• Cook until done (approx. 10 min) gradually adding flour until consistency of broth is to your liking.