Yosemite Chicken Stew With Cornmeal Dumplings Low Fat Food

YOSEMITE CHICKEN STEW WITH CORNMEAL DUMPLINGS (LOW FAT)

Steps:

• Place chicken, onion, carrot, celery, salt, pepper, cloves, bay leaf, and water in a large saucepan. Heat to boiling; cover and reduce heat to simmer. Cook about 1/2 hour or until chicken is tender.
• Remove chicken and vegetables from broth. Strain broth.
• Skim fat from broth; measure and, if necessary, add water to make 3 cups liquid.
• Mix cornstarch with 1 cup cooled broth.
• Pour into saucepan with remaining broth; cook, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a boil and is thickened.
• Add basil, peas, and reserved vegetables to sauce; stir to combine.
• Add chicken and heat slowly to boiling while preparing cornmeal dumplings.
• For the dumplings:.
• Sift together cornmeal, flour, baking powder, and salt into a large mixing bowl.
• Mix together milk and oil. Add milk mixture all at once to dry ingredients; stir just enough to moisten flour and evenly distribute liquid. Dough will be soft.
• Drop by full tablespoons on top of braised meat or stew. Cover tightly; heat to boiling. Reduce heat (do not lift cover) to simmering and steam about 20 minutes.

CHICKEN AND CORNMEAL DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Saute the onion in the olive oil for 2 minutes. Add the garlic; cook 2.
• minutes longer. Stir in the carrots, parsnip, turnips, thyme, and stock.
• Heat to boiling. Reduce the heat, add the chicken to the pan, cover and cook.
• over medium-low heat 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, make the dumplings. Combine the cornmeal, flour, baking powder.
• and salt in a large bowl. Mix well and stir in the egg, milk and mustard.
• Mix well.
• After the chicken has cooked for 15 minutes, spoon the dumpling batter over.
• the stew in large spoonfuls. Cook, covered, until just firm, about 15.
• minutes.

CHUCK WAGON STEW WITH CORNMEAL DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• FOR THE STEW: Cut beef into 1 inch pieces. In paper bag, combine 1/4 cup flour, chili powder, cayenne and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Add meat a few pieces at a time; close bag and shake to coat. Repeat with remaining meat. Reserve remaining flour mixture in bag.
• In 5 quart Dutch oven over medium heat, cook bacon until crisp; remove bacon, reserving drippings in pan. Drain bacon on paper towels; crumble and set aside.
• Over medium high heat in bacon drippings, cook meat until browned on all sides. With slotted spoon, remove meat to bowl, reserving drippings. In drippings, cook onion, green pepper, celery and garlic until tender. Stir in reserved flour mixture.
• Gradually stir in tomatoes, water, oregano and sugar. Over medium heat, cook until mixture boils, stirring constantly. Return meat to Dutch oven. Reduce heat to low. Cover; simmer 2 hours, stirring occasionally.
• FOR THE CORNMEAL DUMPLINGS: In medium bowl, stir together cornmeal, baking powder, 1/8 teaspoon salt and 1/4 cup flour. Add milk, egg and butter; stir just until smooth. Stir in reserved bacon. Drop batter by rounded tablespoonfuls onto simmering stew. Cover; simmer 15 minutes more without lifting lid. Yields 6 cups.
• Great American Cookbook.