White Flour Dumplings Little House Food

CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• pour the broth and water in a 7 quart or larger dutch oven set over medium heat
• add the Italian Seasonings, the bay leaf, and the chicken breasts
• cook covered over medium heat until cooked through and tender, about 60-90 minutes
• remove the meat from the pan, set aside to cool
• skim any foam from the broth, if you lose seasonings you can add fresh
• when the meat is cool to touch roughly shred it, you don't want a lot of little shreddy pieces but bigger pieces work great
• add the chicken back to the pot, bring the soup to a simmer
• taste for salt and pepper and add as needed
• make the dumplings by mixing the flour with the baking powder in a mixing bowl
• then mix the milk and oil together
• pour over the flour mixture and use a fork to lightly mix it in
• once the dough comes together stop mixing,over-mixing causes hard lumpy dumplings, you want soft and pillowy
• use the fork to pull off a golf ball size piece of dough, drop it in the simmering soup
• work quickly to make 12 dumplings, dropping them in the soup next to each other, not on top of each other
• once they're in the soup sprinkle with the salt and pepper
• reduce heat to just keep it simmering cover the pan
• leave covered and cook for 10-12 minutes in the bubbling soup
• when it's been 10 minutes pull a dumpling out, and use a fork to pull it open, it should be cooked in the middle but soft and soupy on the outside
• if they need more time cook two more minutes
• serve hot

WHITE FLOUR DUMPLINGS (LITTLE HOUSE)

Steps:

• Have a kettle of stew or a skillet of broth simmering on the stove.
• In a bowl, mix dry ingredients well. Pour in 3/4 cup of buttermilk and mix quickly with a fork. Your dough should be soft but too moist for rolling; add remaining milk if needed.
• With a soup spoon drop the dough onto the bubbling liquid, covering the surface. Let simmer on medium low heat until the dumplings puff and lose their gloss (8 to 10 minutes). Cover with a lid, reduce heat to low, and simmer another 8 to 10 minutes until dumplings are cooked through.
• Dumplings in a skillet an be cooked uncovered by turning them halfway through.