Southern Mommas Chicken And Dumplins Food

SOUTHERN STYLE CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Heat a large dutch oven pot over medium high heat. Add in olive oil and heat through, 1 minute. Add onion and saute 5 minutes, or until onions are soft and translucent. Stir in garlic and cook 1 minute more.
• Add in chicken breasts and season with salt and pepper. Pour in chicken broth. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat to medium low, and simmer 15 to 20 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through and easily shreds with a fork.
• Meanwhile, make the dumpling dough. Mix flour, baking powder, and salt in a mixing bowl. Cut in the cold shortening using a pastry cutter or food processor. Gradually pour in the buttermilk, stirring until the dough comes together. Turn the dough out on a floured surface and work it just until everything is well combined. The dough should not be sticky. Roll the dough out about 1/4-inch thick. Cut into 1 inch strips. Cut each of those strips into pieces that are approximately 2 inches in length.
• Remove chicken from soup pot and shred. Add in milk and bring to a simmer. Drop dumplings strips into soup and simmer 15-20 minutes until cooked through.
• In a small bowl, whisk together cornstarch and water. Pour into soup pot, stir, and return to a simmer. Simmer 2-3 minutes until broth is thickened. Return chicken to soup pot and serve hot.

SOUTHERN MOMMA'S CHICKEN AND DUMPLINS

Steps:

• 1. Boil a whole chicken in lots of water til falling apart. Take out of stock and debone. *Remember that you will need lots of chicken stock for the recipe. No one can make it better than if it is from scratch.
• 2. While the chicken is boiling but mostly done start the batter for the dumplins. You want a large mixing bowl dump 3 1/2 C of flour into the bowl and mix the baking powder and salt til blended.
• 3. Make a well in the middle of the flour and add the 5 T Crisco and 1 C buttermilk, save the rest for if you think you need it. With your hands mix the flour, starting at the sides, into the well until all is mixed and forms a ball. You can add crisco and buttermilk as you go if you think you need it, this recipe is not based on specifics.
• 4. Dust the counter top of your kitchen area with flour. Place a handful of the batter onto the flat surface. Roll to a thin layer adding flour as you need it to roll. A marble rolling pin is best. Then cut into squares and drop in boiling chicken stock. Stir as you go and with each layer sprinkle on some pepper. Repeat this until you are finished.
• 5. Put the deboned chicken back into the pot and turn to simmer. Chop hard boiled eggs and stir into pot. Let this cook for a hour or so stirring constantly at low heat.

MOMMA'S BEST CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Melt butter in a stock pot over medium-high heat. Add celery, carrot, onion, garlic, bay leaves, thyme, salt, pepper, and poultry seasoning; cook and stir until flavors combine, about 5 minutes. Push vegetable mixture to the sides and add chicken; cook until browned, 3 to 5 minutes per side.
• Pour enough water over the chicken to cover by 3 inches; bring to a boil. Stir, scraping the browned bits off of the bottom of the pot. Reduce heat; simmer until chicken is tender, about 1 hour. Transfer chicken and carrots to a serving plate with a large slotted spoon; let cool.
• Ladle 1/4 cup cooking liquid into a bowl; cool slightly, about 5 minutes. Mix in 2 tablespoons flour. Stir back into the pot.
• Place 2 cups flour in a large bowl; cut in shortening with 2 knives until mixture forms pea-sized bits. Mix in chilled chicken broth until dough is combined.
• Turn dough out onto a floured work surface. Knead 5 to 6 times; pat down to 1-inch thickness. Sprinkle lightly with flour; roll out to about 1/8-inch thickness. Cut dough into squares with a sharp knife.
• Drop squares, in batches, into simmering cooking liquid, moving squares to the side with each addition. Partially cover pot; simmer until dumplings are firm, about 12 minutes. Separate any dumplings that stick together. Remove from heat; keep covered.
• Bone chicken; cut into bite-sized pieces and return to the pot. Chop carrot; return to the pot. Cool chicken and dumplings, about 30 minutes, before serving.