Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Chicken and Dumplings

Chicken and dumplings are a true comfort food....I have tried so many ways over the years to make dumplings and about 15yrs ago I came up with this recipe and it has been a favorite of the whole family....to me dumplings should have some substance to them and not melt away in the pot or be a gooey mess.....I hate dough that is dropped from the spoon onto the chicken broth and goodies to make dumplings....it is always yucky to me and that is why I love making mine like this.....they are tender yet hold together well....so very easy to make and yummy at the same time.....
Celery and onion cooking in butter.....
 Chicken and broth at boiling point......
 Flour waiting in bowl...this is probably 5cups of flour...
 Water added to flour to make dough......
 Dough rolled out and sliced with pizza cutter......
 Dumplings cooking away.........
 The final ingredient that makes these dumplings soooo good.....8 eggs......
 This is the final result.....yummy goodness!
 These are so good you will be glad you made them....
 Recipe: Wendy's Chicken and Dumplings 
1 whole roasting chicken, cooked and shredded
Broth from chicken or 2 large cans of broth
8 green onions, chopped
1 1/2 tbsp chopped garlic (we like a lot)
Morton's Season Salt to taste
Black pepper to taste
Garlic salt (just a smidgen)
8 eggs
5 cups self rising flour
water
2 sticks of butter


Method:
In a large stock pot or caldera (this is what I use) bring chicken broth and shredded chicken to a rolling boil...once it is boiling turn the heat down to med low....add 1 1/2 sticks of butter...


cut celery and onion and place in skillet with 1/2 stick of butter....cook until celery is tender crisp unless you like it softer....green onions will not get super soft so you may want to use regular onions...we just prefer the green onions...when ready put into the pot with broth and chicken.....


While chicken and celery/onion are blending make your dumplings....


Mix flour with enough water to make a dough....you can add herbs or seasonings to the mix now if you like...do not use any oil or other additions other than just the herbs, water and flour.....when dough is ready put out on a surface that is dusted with flour.....sprinkle flour on the top of the dough and knead five or six times adding flour as kneaded to keep it from sticking to your hands......once kneaded re-dust the surface with flour if needed and roll out with a rolling pin to about 1/4 thickness....cut into strips with a pizza cutter both horizontal and vertically......drop dumplings into broth mixture one at a time until you use up your dough.....stir every few minutes to make sure everything is moving around well.....lower the heat to med low and allow to cook for roughly 4min...


Beat the eggs while  dumplings cook.....do not add milk or water.....when dumplings are done slowing pour eggs into the pot stirring at the same time......remove from heat and enjoy! This recipe will serve a family of six......
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Enjoy,
Wendy

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Bread Cookbook Has Arrived

Yay! My bread cookbook that I won from here arrived in the mail on today.....I will be reading over it this week and collecting my supplies......next week starting on Monday I will be making homemade bread! I am going to work through the book and post about the results here.....if you have time you should pay a visit to David his site has some great recipes that he shares over there and you will find some new favorites.....


Until next time,
Wendy