Mamas Chicken N Dumplings Recipes

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.

MOM'S CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Place flour in a large resealable plastic bag; add chicken pieces, a few at a time and shake to coat. In a large skillet, brown chicken in batches in oil; drain. , Place chicken in an 8-qt. stockpot. Add the celery, carrots, parsley and seasonings. Add enough water to cover chicken; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer chicken for 45-50 minutes or until no longer pink. , Remove 1 cup broth to use for dumplings; cool. Stir in the flour, baking powder and eggs to form a stiff batter; drop by tablespoonfuls onto simmering broth. Cover and simmer for 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in a dumpling comes out clean (do not lift the cover while simmering). Remove chicken and dumplings to a serving dish and keep warm. , For gravy, remove 4 cups broth and vegetables to a large saucepan; bring to a boil. Combine flour and water until smooth. Gradually stir into vegetable mixture. Bring to a boil. Cook and stir over medium heat for 2 minutes or until thickened and bubbly. Serve with chicken and dumplings.

MAMA'S CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Boil chicken in broth and water until fully cooked, remove chicken from pot and chop in to bite size pieces and return to the pot. Add Carrots, potatoes, onion, garlic, celery, peas to the pot bring to a boil and simmer until veggies are tender.
• Meanwhile in a bowl combine dumpling flour, baking powder, salt , cut into this mixture the shortening until crumbly then add milk. Mix until you get a good dough, if it's too sticky add a pinch more or flour, too dry add a drop more of milk.
• When veggies are just going tender drop the dumplings into pot (we make balls and toss em in but by the spoonful works too) Let suimmer for 20 mins until dumplings are cooked through.
• Take about 1 cup of broth from the pot and wisk it with the remaining flour then return to pot bring back to boil, stir until it thickens and serve.
• Makes about 12 - 1 cup servings (actually a bit more so don't feel bad when you sneek a little more from the pot :)

MOM'S CHICKEN 'N' BUTTERMILK DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• In a stockpot or Dutch oven, combine first seven ingredients. Bring to a boil; skim foam from broth. Reduce heat; cover and simmer until chicken is tender, about 1-1/2 hours. Remove chicken; when cool enough to handle, debone and dice. Strain broth, reserving broth and vegetables. , In the same pot, melt butter. Stir in flour, paprika and pepper until smooth. Gradually stir in 6 cups reserved broth (save remaining broth for another use). Bring to a boil; boil and stir for 2 minutes. Reduce heat; stir in the cream, reserved vegetables and chicken. Cover and bring to a boil; reduce the heat to simmer. , For dumplings, combine flour, baking powder, sugar and salt in a bowl. Combine eggs, buttermilk and butter; stir into dry ingredients to form a stiff batter. , Drop by tablespoonfuls onto simmering mixture. Cover and simmer until a toothpick inserted in a dumpling comes out clean (do not lift cover while simmering), about 20 minutes. Serve immediately.

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 AND DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• For the chicken: Heat a large braiser or Dutch oven over medium-high heat and add 4 tablespoons butter. Sprinkle the chicken thighs with salt and pepper and add to the pan. Cook until golden, turning once, about 3 minutes per side. Remove to a plate.
• Add the remaining 2 tablespoons butter, the onion, celery and carrots and season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring frequently and scraping up the brown bits that cling to the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon, until the vegetables are coated in fat and slightly golden, about 3 minutes. Add the flour and stir until the vegetables are coated. Add the garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add the chicken stock, bay leaf and browned chicken, along with any chicken juices at the bottom of the plate. Bring to a boil, lower to a simmer, cover and simmer until the chicken is tender and cooked through, about 45 minutes.
• For the dumplings: Whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. Using a fork, cut the shortening into the flour mixture. Slowly add the buttermilk, gently mixing to incorporate. Fold in the chives.
• Use 2 forks to shred the chicken. When the chicken is ready, use 2 spoons sprayed with cooking spray if desired to add scoops of dumpling dough over the top of the stew, about 1 tablespoon each. Cover and simmer until the dumplings double in size, about 15 minutes. Remove from the heat, discard the bay leaf and garnish with parsley.

CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS, OVEN BAKED

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• FILLING.
• Steam vegetables until just tender. Set aside.
• My favorite vegetable combinations are broccoli, cauliflower and carrots or potatoes, corn, and carrots.
• Melt butter in large frying pan over medium heat.
• Add onion and saute for approximately 8 minutes.
• Stir in flour and cook for an additional 2 minutes.
• Add broth and milk. Stir until sauce has thickened.
• Remove from heat and stir in parmesan cheese. It will become a nice creamy sauce!
• Stir in vegetables and shredded chicken.
• Pour filling into a 9 inch square casserole pan.
• DUMPLINGS:.
• Mix together dry ingredients.
• Cut in shortening with pastry knife until mixture resembles coarse cornmeal.
• Lightly mix in milk until forms a soft dough.
• Drop by tablespoons onto filling.
• Bake for 20 - 25 minutes.