Melissas Southern Style Slow Cooked Chicken And Dumplings Recipe 465 Food

MELISSA'S EASY CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Put chicken and celery in a large pot and cover with water. Bring to a boil. Cook chicken thoroughly.
• Once chicken is done remove chicken from pot and let cool on a plate. Set aside. Do not throw away broth--it will be used later.
• Add cream of chicken soup, chicken broth, salt and pepper to pot; stir. Cook on medium-high heat.
• Slice chicken breasts like you would a turkey (thinly). It will come apart once it's added back to the pot. Add back to pot. Bring to boil.
• With a rolling pin, roll out each biscuit and cut into fourths. (For smaller dumplings, cut them smaller). I like mine medium size, so fourths work for me. Once you're done, it's time to add them to the pot.
• Just drop them in one at a time, make sure to stir often. They tend to stick if they aren't stirred. They will swell after they are first added, but they will go back down to normal size after a few minutes. Let them boil for 10 minutes, then simmer on medium-low for about 15 minutes; cover. Continue to stir often. Dumplings are done when the center of the dumpling is slightly darker than the outside.

MELISSA'S SOUTHERN STYLE SLOW COOKED CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS RECIPE - (4.6/5)

Steps:

• Spray the inside of your slow cooker with cooking spray and set it on the low setting. Cut the chicken breasts once through the middle, then into large chunks and arrange in the bottom of your slow cooker. In a mixing bowl, whisk together the soups, broth, melted margarine/butter, onion and seasonings. Pour this over the chicken chunks. Cook the chicken on low for 5 hours. After 5 hours, remove the lid, stir and increase the temperature to the high setting. Cut the thawed biscuits into quarters then drop them into the slow cooker and stir into the broth. Place the cover back onto the slow cooker and cook for another 1-1 1/2 hours. Yield: 6 servings OPTIONAL VEGGIES: In a stove top pan saute 1/2 cup each of chopped celery and onion with one cup of carrots in 2 Tbsp margarine or butter until cooked and golden. Season with salt and black pepper to your taste. Remove the lid and test the dumplings to be certain they're completely cooked. Stir the sauteed vegetables into the chicken and dumplings and serve immediately.

SLOW COOKER CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Place the chicken, butter, soup, and onion in a slow cooker, and fill with enough water to cover.
• Cover, and cook for 5 to 6 hours on High. About 30 minutes before serving, place the torn biscuit dough in the slow cooker. Cook until the dough is no longer raw in the center.

SOUTHERN-STYLE SLOW COOKER CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Clean and chop carrots, celery and onion. Add to slow cooker.
• Add cream of chicken soup and chicken broth, stir to combine. Add chicken pieces, parsley, salt and pepper.
• Cover and cook on HIGH for 5 hours.
• Add torn biscuit dough pieces and continue to cook on HIGH for 1 hour.
• Stir before serving. Remove any chicken bones.

SOUTHERN CHICKEN & DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• House Seasoning is wonderful to spice up any recipe so keep some in your pantry; Mix ingredients together and store in an airtight container for up to 6 months; Yield 1 1/2 cups.
• To start the chicken: Place the chicken, celery, onion, bay leaves, bouillon, and 1 tsp.
• House Seasoning in a large pot.
• Add 4 quarts of water and in water and bring to a simmer over medium heat.
• Simmer the chicken until it is tender and the thigh juices run clear, about 40 minutes.
• Remove the chicken from the pot and, when it is cool enough to handle, remove the skin and separate the meat from the bones.
• Return the chicken meat to the pot.
• Keep warm over low heat.
• To prepare the dumplings: Mix the flour with the salt and mound together in a mixing bowl.
• Beginning at the center of the mound, drizzle a small amount of ice water over the flour.
• Using your fingers, and moving from the center to the sides of the bowl, gradually incorporate about 3/4 cup of ice water.
• Knead the dough and form it into ball.
• Dust a good amount of flour onto a clean work surface.
• Roll out the dough (it will be firm), working from center to 1/8-inch thick.
• Let the dough relax for several minutes.
• Add the cream of celery soup to the pot with the chicken and simmer gently over medium-low heat.
• Cut the dough into 1-inch pieces.
• Pull a piece in half and drop the halves into the simmering soup.
• Repeat.
• Do not stir the chicken once the dumplings have been added.
• Gently move the pot in a circular motion so the dumplings become submerged and cook evenly.
• Cook until the dumplings float and are no longer doughy, 3 to 4 minutes.
• To serve, ladle chicken, gravy, and dumplings into warm bowls.
• Cook's Note: If the chicken stew is too thin it can be thickened before the dumplings are added.
• Simply mix together 2 tablespoons cornstarch and 1/4 cup of water then whisk this mixture into the stew.