Southern Chicken And Dumpling Soup Food

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.

SOUTHERN CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Combine chicken, salt and pepper in a large pot and cover with water. Cook until chicken is tender.
• Remove chicken from water.
• Remove bone and skin.
• Set chicken aside (while chicken is cooking, prepare dumplings.).
• Dumplings: In a large bowl, mix flour, salt, baking powder and shortening with a fork.
• Add egg and 1/2 cup milk; mix to form dough.
• Roll dough to 1/4-inch thickness on floured surface.
• Cut into four-inch strips with sharp knife.
• Drop dumplings into simmering chicken broth.
• Cover and simmer until dumplings are done.
• Add chicken to dumplings and 1 cup milk.
• Cook slowly for 10 minutes.

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.