Spicy Mexican Chili With Chicken Finger Dumplings Food

SPICY MEXICAN CHILI

Steps:

• Place beans and water in a large pot. Bring to a boil, cover, reduce heat and simmer for an hour. Add remaining ingredients except for green onions, cilantro and lime juice and cook an additional 2 hours. Then add green onions and cilantro and cook an additional hour. Stir in lime juice. Check seasoning and stir in some Tabasco sauce, if desired.
• Serve over rice. Make extra for next day's breakfast.

SPICY CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Slice the chicken and potatoes into 2 inch chunks. Combine the chicken, potatoes, cream of chicken, chicken broth, and both seasonings in a large pan. Judge by the size of your pan how much more water need be added. Set stove top burner to medium and let it cook for about 30 minutes. Check on softness of potatoes. Once the potatoes are close to soft or are soft turn the heat up to high. In a bowl combine the bisquick and milk. Stir to doughy ball forms. When the soup pan is boiling spoon small eat spoon sizes of the Dumplings into the pot. Cook for 10 to 15 minutes. Continuosly stirring and dunking the dumplings under the broth. Dumplings when done will have a fluffy, doughy outer edge but the center will look like a cooked biscuit. Turn off heat and let set for 5 to 10 minutes for the soup to thicken. Then serve.

MEXICAN CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Pour oil into a 5- to 6-quart pan over medium-high heat; when hot, add onion, bell pepper, and garlic and stir often until limp, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Rinse chicken. Add broth, tomatoes, enchilada sauce, and chicken to pan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer, stirring occasionally, until chicken is no longer pink at the bone (cut to test), about 40 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in a bowl, mix flour, cornmeal, baking powder, salt, and jalapeños. In a small bowl, whisk butter into milk; stir into flour mixture until well blended. Drop batter in tablespoon portions into simmering chicken mixture; cover and simmer gently until dumplings are cooked all the way through (cut to test), 10 to 12 minutes.
• Ladle chicken, dumplings, and sauce equally into wide, shallow bowls and serve immediately.