Best Ever Chicken And Dumplings Recipes

BEST EVER CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• For the Roasted chicken:.
• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Remove neck and giblets from cavity of chicken and discard them.
• Rinse the chicken and cavity with cold water inside and out.
• Pat dry with paper towels.
• Season body and cavity of chicken generously with salt and pepper.
• In small bowl mash together the lemon juice, chopped herbs, and butter.
• Rub the herbed butter all over the chicken as well as under the skin.
• Put the lemon halves, onion, garlic, and whole herbs inside the cavity of chicken.
• Tie the chicken legs with twine.
• Roast in oven breast side up for 1 hour or until done and no longer pink.
• Shred the meat when cool enough to handle.
• Discard the skin and SAVE the chicken bones for the stock.
• Chicken Stock:
• Coat a large stockpot with olive oil.
• Place over medium heat.
• Saute the veggies in pot for 3 minutes. Add the reserved chicken bones, herbs, and water.
• Simmer for 1 hour.
• Strain the stock to remove the solids and set aside.
• Dumplings:
• Sift the dry ingredients in a large bowl.
• In a small bowl lightly beat the eggs and milk together.
• Pour the liquid in the dry ingredients and gently fold.
• Mix just until the dough comes together.
• It should be thick and cake like.
• Cover and set aside while making sauce.
• Supreme Sauce:.
• Melt butter and heat the oil over medium heat in dutch oven.
• Add carrots, celery, garlic, and bay leaves.
• Saute until vegetables are soft (about 5 minutes or so).
• Stir in the flour to make a roux.
• Continue to stir and cook for about 2 min to coat the flour and get rid of the starchy taste.
• Slowly stir in chicken stock, one cup at a time.
• Stir well after each addition.
• Let sauce simmer until thick enough to coat back of a spoon, about 15 minute.
• Stir in heavy cream.
• Fold reserved shredded chicken in sauce and bring up to a simmer.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Dumplings:.
• Using 2 spoons, drop by heaping tablespoonfuls into hot mixture.
• The dumplings should cover the top of sauce but not be touching or overcrowded.
• Let the dumplings poach for 10 to 15 minutes until they are firm and puffy.

THE BEST CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• For the chicken: Heat the oil in a large Dutch oven or heavy-bottomed pot with a lid over medium-high heat until shimmering. Add the carrots, celery, onion, 1/2 teaspoon salt and about 10 grinds black pepper and cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables just begin to soften but don't take on any color, 4 to 5 minutes.
• Stir in the garlic and thyme and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add the wine and simmer until completely evaporated, 4 to 5 minutes. Stir in the butter until completely melted. Sprinkle the flour over the vegetables and stir until it is completely incorporated and a sandy paste forms. Pour in the milk and stir until the flour has been smoothly incorporated into the liquid.
• Add the chicken and the chicken stock to the pot and stir to combine. Bring the mixture to a boil then lower the heat to medium-low and simmer until the chicken is cooked through, 15 to 20 minutes. Stir in the parsley and peas and remove from the heat.
• For the dumplings: Whisk together the flour, baking powder, garlic salt, 1/2 teaspoon salt and about 10 grinds black pepper in a medium bowl. Stir in the melted butter until just combined, then add the milk and stir until a ball of dough forms.
• Use a small ice cream scoop or measuring cup to scoop 10 balls of dough into the pot (about 2 tablespoons each). Cover the pot and simmer over medium-low until the dumplings have puffed up and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 10 to 15 minutes. Divide among bowls and sprinkle with more parsley.

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.

WORLD'S BEST CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Combine chicken, celery, onions, carrots, salt, pepper, poultry seasoning, broth in large pot. Add enough water to cover chicken.
• Bring to a boil; reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1 hour or until chicken is tender.
• Remove chicken and let stand until cool enough to handle.
• Remove 1 cup of broth and strain.Set aside.
• Remove meat from bones and discard skin and bones; add meat back to broth.
• Return broth and chicken to simmer.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine reserved broth, 1 tablespoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon pepper, 2 chicken bullion cubes and approximately 3 cups of flour; mix well add enough flour to form stiff dough.
• Roll dough with rolling pin until approximately 1/8 inch thick or desired thickness thickness; cut into strips.
• Drop strips into soup; simmer for 20 minutes, stir occasionally.
• Mix corn starch with 2 tablespoons of water and add to soup. Add butter and cream, mix well.
• Bring to a simmer and then remove from heat; let stand 30 minutes (or as long as you stand to wait).

D' BEST CHICKEN N' DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, sift flour, baking soda and salt. Cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in water until mixture forms a ball. Divide dough in half and shape into balls. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate for 2 hours or overnight.
• Remove the skin from the breast, thigh and back of the chicken, but leave it on the legs and wings. Season chicken with seasoning salt, and place in a large stock pot. Pour in water. Add onion, celery and margarine. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to simmer. Cook for about 1 1/2 hours, until chicken falls off the bone.
• On a lightly floured surface, roll one ball of dough to about 1/8 inch thick. Cut into 2 inch squares. Drop into simmering broth, and let cook for about 2 minutes. Stir gently to prevent sticking; add more water if needed. Season broth while dumplings are cooking with salt, pepper and poultry seasoning. Simmer for about 15 minutes, or until dumplings are cooked through.