Smoky Chicken Stew With Dumplings Food

CHICKEN STEW WITH DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• De-bone chicken and cut into chunks or shred. Set aside.
• Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a large Dutch oven over medium heat; cook and stir onion and celery until soft, about 10 minutes. Sprinkle in 2 tablespoons flour and whisk continuously to make a thick roux, about 2 minutes. Slowly pour in chicken broth, whisking to remove any lumps. Add 1 teaspoon salt, black pepper, basil, thyme, potatoes, and mixed vegetable. Cover and cook the stew over medium heat until vegetables are tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Stir in chicken meat and continue to simmer.
• Meanwhile, combine 1 1/2 cups flour, baking powder, and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a large bowl; cut in 3 tablespoons butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in milk and dill. Drop rounded tablespoonfuls of dough into the simmering stew. Cook, uncovered, for 10 minutes. Cover and cook until the dumplings are tender, 8 to 10 minutes more.

SMOKED CHICKEN STEW WITH HERB DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Prepare a campfire or wood-fired grill for cooking with indirect heat.
• Bring the stock to a simmer in a large stockpot. Keep warm on the fire.
• Brown the bacon in a Dutch oven until lightly crisp. Remove the bacon and one-third of the fat. Add the leeks and sauté for 5 minutes. Add the celery and carrots and sauté for 5 minutes. Add the potatoes, celery root, and warm stock and bring to a boil. Cook for 10 minutes, then add the smoked chicken, salt, tarragon, and thyme. Return to a simmer. Cover and cook at a low boil until the potatoes are tender, about 20 minutes. Stir in the parsley, bacon, and cream. Add the white pepper and additional salt to taste.
• To make the dumplings, stir the flour and baking powder together in a bowl. Stir in the salt and herbs. Beat the milk, butter, and eggs together in a bowl. Stir into the dry ingredients until just combined. Stir in the cheese.
• Place the dumplings by spoonfuls on the top of the stew, cover, and cook for 10 to 12 minutes, until the dumplings are plump but firm. Take the cover off for the last 5 minutes if a smokier flavor is desired from the fire.
• Serve in bowls with one or two dumplings per serving.

SMOKY SIRLOIN STEW WITH WATERCRESS DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Heat a heavy bottomed large, wide pot or pan over high heat. Cut the sirloin into large cubes. Add oil to the pan and heat. Add meat and caramelize for 2 minutes on each side; remove from pan to a shallow dish and cover loosely with foil. Reduce heat to medium high. Add bacon to the pan and brown bacon at edges, rendering fat. Add onions and celery to the pan, bay and thyme. Stir and cook vegetables 5 minutes. Add flour to the pan, stir and cook another minute. Whisk in wine and mustard and scrape up pan drippings. Add stock. Cover and bring liquid to a boil, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Mix watercress with biscuit mix and add beef stock, (instead of water), according to directions on box. Add meat back to the pan and settle it in so that it is covered with sauce. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Drop large spoonfuls of watercress biscuit mix into the pan onto the surface of the stew and cover the pan. Cook 8 minutes until dumplings plump. Serve stew with dumplings.

CHICKEN CASSEROLE WITH HERBY DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Toss the chicken pieces with the flour and some salt and pepper, to coat them - it's easy to do this in a plastic food bag.
• Heat the oil in a casserole with a lid. Brown the chicken pieces well on all sides - you'll need to do this in batches. Remove all the pieces to a plate, and tip the onions, carrot, lardons, bay and thyme into the pan. Cook gently for 10 mins until the onion is softened.
• Return the chicken pieces, with any juices that have collected on the plate. Then pour in the red wine, 250ml water and tomato paste and crumble in the stock cube. Add a splash more of water if you need, until the chicken is almost covered. Bring to the boil, then cover with a lid and bake in the oven for 20 mins. Remove the lid and bake for another 10 mins while you make the dumplings.
• Rub the butter into the flour with your fingertips until it feels like fine breadcrumbs. Stir in the herbs with ½ tsp salt and some pepper. Drizzle over 150ml water, and stir in quickly with a cutlery knife to form a light dough. Use floured hands to shape into ping pong sized balls.
• Place the dumplings on top of the stew and bake for 20 mins more until the dumplings are cooked through.

CHICKEN STEW WITH CLASSIC DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• In Dutch oven or large saucepan, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add celery, carrots and onion; cook, stirring frequently, until tender. Stir in chicken, pepper and 6 cups broth. Heat to boiling. Reduce heat to medium-low; simmer 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, place flour in medium bowl. Cut in shortening, using pastry blender (or pulling 2 table knives through ingredients in opposite directions), until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in parsley. Add 1/2 cup broth; stir just until dry ingredients are moistened.
• Drop dough by tablespoonfuls onto chicken or vegetables in simmering stew. Cover; cook over medium-low heat 10 to 15 minutes or until dumplings are firm.

CHICKEN STEW WITH DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Place chicken and water in a 5-qt. Dutch oven. Cover and cook over medium heat for 1 to 1-1/2 hours or until chicken is tender. , Skim fat. Remove chicken from broth; allow to cool. Debone chicken and cut into chunks; return to broth. Add next nine ingredients. Cover and cook over medium heat for 15-20 minutes or until vegetables are tender. , Meanwhile, combine the flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl; cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in milk and parsley. Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls into simmering stew. Cook, uncovered, for 10 minutes. Cover and cook for 8-10 minutes or until the dumplings are tender.

SMOKED CHICKEN STEW WITH HERB DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• 1. Bring the stock to a simmer in a large stockpot. Brown the bacon in a Dutch oven until lightly crisp.
• 2. Remove the bacon, but keep some of the fat; add the leeks and sauté for 5 minutes. Add the celery and the carrots and sauté for 5 minutes. Add the potatoes, turnip, and warm stock and bring to a boil; cook for 10 minutes.
• 3. Add the chicken, salt, tarragon, and thyme; return to a simmer.
• 4. Cover and cook at a low boil until the potatoes are tender. Stir in the parsley, bacon, and cream; add the white pepper.
• 5. **FOR DUMPLINGS**
• 6. Stir the flour and baking powder together in a bowl Stir in the salt and herbs. Beat the milk, butter, and eggs together in another bowl. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients; mix well. Stir in the cheese.
• 7. Place the dumplings by spoonfuls on the top of the stew Cover and cook for 10 minutes; dumplings are done when they are plump and firm.

SMOKY CHICKEN STEW WITH DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Heat a heavy bottomed large, wide pot or pan over high heat.
• Cut the chicken into bite size pieces.
• Add oil to the pan and heat.
• Add chicken and caramelize for 2 minutes on each side.
• Remove chicken from pan to a shallow dish and cover loosely with foil.
• Reduce heat to medium high.
• Add bacon to the pan and brown bacon at edges, rendering fat.
• Add carrots and celery to the pan, bay leaf and thyme.
• Stir and cook vegetables 4 minutes.
• Add flour to the pan, stir and cook another minute.
• Whisk in wine and mustard and scrape up pan drippings and burned bottom.
• Add broth.
• Cover and bring liquid to a boil, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Mix biscuit mix.
• Add chicken back to the pan and settle it in so that it is covered with sauce.
• Use salt and pepper to season according to individual tastes.
• Drop large spoonfuls of biscuit mix into the pan onto the surface of the stew, leaving room for the dumplings to puff up, and cover the pan.
• Cook 8 minutes until dumplings plump.
• Serve stew with dumplings.