Chicken N Dumplings Old Style Recipes

OLD FASHIONED CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Combine chicken, onion, carrots and celery in a large pot. Season to taste.
• Add chicken broth. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer covered 45-60 minutes or until chicken is tender. While broth is simmering, prepare dumplings below.
• Remove chicken and vegetables from broth. Discard skin and bones and chop remaining chicken, set aside.
• Gently add dumplings to broth. Simmer 15-20 minutes or until tender.
• Stir chicken (and vegetables if desired) into broth and cook about 2-3 minutes or until heated through.

OLD-FASHIONED CHICKEN "N" DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• For the chicken: In a large pot, cover the chicken with water and add 1 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Bring to a boil and let simmer until cooked through, about 40 minutes. Let cool, then remove the chicken meat from the bones. Add the shredded chicken back to the broth and reserve.
• For the dumplings: Add the flour, baking powder and 1 teaspoon salt to a mixing bowl and mix well. Add the milk and egg and mix well with a fork. Bring the reserved chicken broth to a simmer. Drop the dough into the broth by the spoonful and simmer, covered, for 10 to 15 minutes. Add some roux and cook until the broth has thickened. Season with salt and pepper. Serve the chicken "n" dumplings covered with gravy.

OLD FASHIONED CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• In a large pot place chicken pieces and add the chicken stock, onion, celery and 2 teaspoons of the salt. Put heat on medium low and simmer, partially covered, 15 to 20 minutes or until chicken is tender.
• To Prepare Dumplings: In a large mixing bowl beat together the egg and milk. Add 1 cup flour, remaining salt and baking powder and mix all together. Cut the butter into the flour mixture until the mixture is crumbly. Add 1 tablespoon of the parsley and mix. In 6 large spoonfuls, drop dumpling mixture onto the top of the simmering chicken. Cover the pot and let all simmer for 10 minutes more.
• To Make Gravy: Remove chicken and dumplings to a large serving bowl. Cover and set aside, keeping warm. Strain the stock left in the pot, pressing out any 'veggie liquid'. Return stock to pot. Combine water with remaining flour, then stir into the strained stock. Bring all to a boil, stirring constantly, to thicken. Return chicken and dumplings to pot, combing all gently. Serve with remaining parsley.

OLD FASHION CHICKEN 'N DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Bring the water to a boil in a large pot.
• Add the chicken, 1tsp. salt, onion, celery, garlic, bay leaf, and parsley to the pot.
• Reduce the heat to simmer and cook the chicken, uncovered, for 2 hours.
• The liquid will reduce by about one third.
• When the chicken has cooked, remove it from the pot and set it aside.
• Strain the stock to remove all the vegetables and floating scum.
• you only want the stock and the chicken, so toss everything else out.
• Pour 1 1/2 quarts (6 cups) of the stock back into the pot (keep the leftover stock, if any for another recipe- it can be frozen).
• Use a smaller pot of a large saucepan for this.
• Add pepper, remaining 1/2 teaspoons salt, and lemon juice.
• Reheat stock over med. heat while preparing dumplings.
• For dumplings: Combine ingredients in bowl.
• Stir until smooth, let rest for 5-10 minute
• Roll out onto floured surface to 1/2 inch thickness.
• Cut into 1/2 inch squares and drop into the simmering stock.
• Use all of the dough.
• They will first swell and then shrink as they partially dissolve to thicken the stock into a white gravy.
• Simmer for 20-30 minute until desired thickness.
• Stir often.
• While stock is thickening, the chicken will have become cool enough to handle.
• tear the meat from bones and remove skin.
• Cut meat into bite-size or desired size pieces.
• Add to pot.
• Simmer till chicken heated (5-10 min.).

CHICKEN 'N DUMPLINGS - OLD STYLE

Steps:

• Cut chicken into serving pieces and place in a large pot.
• Cover chicken with water.
• Add the onion, celery and bay leaf.
• Cover and simmer for 3 hours or until tender.
• Remove chicken.
• Strain and measure broth.
• There should be approximately 4 cups of broth.
• If there is more, reduce by boiling; if less, add water.
• Mix flour with a little cold water to form a smooth paste.
• Stir into broth and heat until thickened.
• Add cream, salt, sage, thyme and pepper.
• Remove the chicken from bones and return meat to gravy.
• Prepare dumplings and drop by spoonfuls into hot gravy.
• Cover and simmer for 20 minutes with out removing lid.
• Serve chicken surrounded by dumplings on a large, deep platter.
• Dumplings: Sift flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl.
• Mix egg and milk and stir into the dry ingredients.
• Drop into hot gravy and simmer covered for 20 minutes.
• Serve with hearty root veggies on the side.

OLD-FASHIONED CHICKEN & DUMPLINGS RECIPE - (4.3/5)

Steps:

• BOIL CHICKEN ,veggies, IN WATER TIL DONE, REMOVE CHICKEN FROM POT AND REMOVE BONES. ADD BACK TO THE STOCK, ADD CREAM OF CHICKEN SOUP AND BROTH (MAY NEED TO ADD A BIT MORE WATER ) ADD SALT AND PEPPER TO TASTE DUMPLINGS MIX FLOUR, SEASONING, SODA,EGG, SALT AND BUTTERMILK TIL YOU GET YOUR DOUGH, DROP IN SPOONFULLS INTO THE BROTH, CONTINUE TO COOK UNTIL DUMPLINGS ARE DONE AND ENJOY.

OLD-FASHIONED CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, combine the first nine ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Discard bay leaf. , For dumplings, in a small bowl, combine the flour, parsley, baking powder, cloves and salt. Stir in milk just until moistened. Drop by heaping teaspoonfuls onto simmering chicken mixture. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in a dumpling comes out clean (do not lift the cover while simmering).

NOSTALGIC CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Place the chicken in a 5-qt. slow cooker. Insert cloves into one onion; add to slow cooker. Add bay leaf and remaining onions. Sprinkle mixture with the garlic, salt, thyme, marjoram and pepper. Add broth and wine if desired. Cover and cook on low for 4-1/2 to 5 hours or until meat is tender., Remove chicken to a serving platter and keep warm. Discard cloves and bay leaf. In a small bowl, combine the cornstarch, water and browning sauce if desired until smooth. Stir into slow cooker. Cover and cook on high until mixture reaches a simmer., Meanwhile, combine the biscuit mix, milk and parsley. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto simmering liquid. Reduce heat to low; cover and cook for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into dumplings comes out clean (do not lift cover while simmering). Serve with chicken and sauce.

OLD-FASHIONED CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Generously season chicken with salt. Cover, and refrigerate overnight.
• In a large Dutch oven, combine chicken stock, 4 cups water, onion, celery, and a pinch of salt. Bring to a boil over high heat Add the leg portions and the backbone of the chicken to the Dutch oven. Place the breasts, skin side down, on top of the legs. Reduce heat to just below a simmer. Cover partially, and cook, making sure the stock mixture does not come to a simmer, until breasts are cooked through, 20 to 30 minutes. Remove breasts, and set aside. Continue cooking legs until very tender and meat begins to pull away from the bone, 30 to 40 minutes more. Remove chicken and vegetables, reserving liquid. Discard vegetables and set chicken aside until cool enough to handle.
• Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, whisk together egg, oil, 3 tablespoons cold water, and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Stir in flour until well combined. Cover and refrigerate dough for at least 2 hours or up to overnight.
• When chicken has cooled, remove skin and discard. Remove meat from bones and tear into 1 1/2- to 2-inch pieces; set aside.
• Turn dough out onto a generously floured work surface. Roll out dough until it is about 1/16-inch thick. Cut dough into 1 1/2-by-2 1/2-inch rectangles. Bring reserved stock mixture to a boil over high heat, and season with salt. Add dough rectangles to boiling liquid, shaking pot as necessary, but not stirring. Cook until, dough is cooked through, 3 to 5 minutes. Add reserved chicken and reduce to a simmer. Add sliced egg, butter, and heavy cream; season with pepper. Continue cooking 2 to 3 minutes more; season with salt and pepper.
• Remove from heat and cover; let stand 10 to 15 minutes before serving in shallow bowl.

OLD-FASHIONED CHICKEN AND SLICK DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Place chicken in a large pot. Add salt and pepper, a dash of cayenne, a bay leaf, and a handful of celery tops. Cover with water, and cook until done. Discard bay leaf. Add vegetables, and continue cooking until vegetables are nearly done.
• Meanwhile, make the dumplings. Mix together flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt, baking powder, chicken fat. Mix in enough water to make a stiff dough. Divide dough into three parts. Roll out, and cut into squares.
• Add 1/3 dumplings to simmering chicken, and cook 5 minutes. Add another third, and cook 5 minutes more. Add the remaining third, and cook 5 minutes longer. Serve.