Sunday, 9 March 2014

How to make Southern Chicken and Dumplings


Ingredients:


2 cups all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup ice water
1 fryer (whole chicken), cut into
 pieces
salt and pepper, to taste
3 chicken bouillon cubes
1 can cream of chicken soup
2-3 tablespoons butter or
 margarine, optional

Instructions:
Dumplings

Combine flour and salt in a medium bowl, blending together.
Add ice water and stir to form a soft dough, adding additional ice water if needed to make a soft dough that can be rolled into a ball.
Place dough on a floured surface, and roll to coat in flour. Place on freezer paper or floured surface. Roll dough very thin, 1/8- to1/16-inch thickness.
Let dough rest 30 minutes; cut into 1-inch strips.
Place dough strips on wax paper-lined cookie sheet in layers. Freeze. (If freezing longer than a couple of days, store in plastic freezer bags.)
Chicken and Dumplings
Fill a 6- to 8-quart pot two-thirds full with water. Bring to a boil over high heat.
Sprinkle each piece of chicken with salt and pepper to taste. Add chicken one piece at a time to the boiling water. Return to a boil; reduce heat and simmer 45-60 minutes, or until chicken is tender.
Remove chicken from broth, reserving broth.
Cool chicken; remove skin and bones, and cut into bite-size pieces. Return chopped chicken to broth, along with bouillon cubes and cream of chicken soup, stirring until blended.
Add enough hot water to fill the pot back to two-thirds full. Bring to a boil over medium heat, adding butter or margarine if needed to make a rich broth.
Break frozen dumplings into pieces about 4 inches long and drop into boiling broth a few at a time, not stirring but gently moving dumplings with a slotted spoon to make room for all.
Cover and cook over medium heat for 7-10 minutes. Turn off heat, and let pot sit with lid on about 10 minutes before serving.

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