Simply Delicious Chicken And Dumplings Food

DELICIOUS CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Heat oil in Dutch oven (or a nice big pt that you have a lid for) on medium high heat, add cubed chicken and garlic. Stir; cooking until chicken is white.
• Add broth, bouillon, salt, pepper, bay leaf, and fresh vegetables to create a stew. Bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat on stew; simmer on low, covered, 30 minutes, or until chicken and vegetables are tender.
• While stew simmers, open biscuits and set out on a plate (to rise) or make your own biscuits.
• In separate container, mix flour and milk. After 30 minutes of simmering, remove bay leaf from broth, then whisk flour and milk into broth on stove. Stir well.
• Add biscuits to top of stew. Cover and continue cooking on low heat 15 minutes.
• Let stand a few minutes before serving.
• VARIATION: Make homemade or Biquick biscuits instead of canned.

SIMPLY DELICIOUS CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• In a large stock pot over medium heat, melt the two tablespoons of butter and add the carrots, celery, onion, parsley and all the seasonings, salt through pepper. Cook until the vegetables are starting to soften, about 5 - 8 minutes.
• Add the cream of onion soup, chicken stock and shredded rotisserie chicken. Stir well. Bring to a low boil and reduce heat to a gentle simmer.
• To make the dumplings, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt. Whisk together the milk and melted butter. Pour the milk mixture into the flour mixture and stir together with a spatula until a smooth ball of dough forms.
• Using a 1.5 tablespoon capacity cookie scoop, drop the dumpling batter balls into the simmering stew one at a time until all the dough has been used. The dough should make 15 dumplings.
• Cover the pot and allow to cook (without uncovering) on a low simmer for 25 minutes.
• Serve immediately.