Instructions
- Step 1: Simmer chicken Place the chicken in a large pot with celery, onion, garlic, bay leaf, parsley, a pinch of poultry seasoning, and water filled to cover. Simmer for one hour.
- Step 2: Debone chicken Remove the chicken from the pot. Let it cool, debone it, tear it into smaller pieces and put it back in the pot.
- Step 3: Add soup Add cream of chicken soup and simmer.
- TIP: Substitute homemade for canned cream of chicken soup.
- Step 4: Mix dumplings Mix the flour, baking powder, and salt. Work the butter in with your fingers while gradually adding milk.
- Step 5: Form dumplings Let the dough rest for five minutes and then roll it onto a flat, floured surface to about one-half inch thick. Cut it into one-half inch squares and drop each square into the simmering stock.
- Step 6: Cook dumplings Allow dumplings to simmer for 10 to 15 minutes. When it’s thick enough, serve up your delicious meal.
- FACT: Did you know? Chicken and dumplings was first introduced in the early 17th century.
You Will Need
- 1 whole chicken
- 2 celery stalks
- 1 onion
- 1 garlic clove
- 1 bay leaf
- 4 parsley sprigs
- Poultry seasoning
- 1 10 3/4-ounce can cream of chicken soup
- 2.0 c flour
- 1.0 tbsp baking powder
- 0.5 tsp salt
- 3.0 tbsp butter
- 1.0 c milk
