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Chicken and Dumplings

Southern Living
Chicken and Dumplings
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Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour(s) 30 minutes
Yield: 8 servings

Ingredients

  • 1  (2 1/2-pound) whole chicken, cut up
  • 2 1/2  teaspoons  salt, divided
  • 3/4  teaspoon  pepper, divided
  • 1/2  teaspoon  garlic powder
  • 1/2  teaspoon  dried thyme
  • 1/4  teaspoon  ground red pepper
  • 1  teaspoon  chicken bouillon granules
  • 3  cups  self-rising flour
  • 1/2  teaspoon  poultry seasoning
  • 1/3  cup  shortening
  • 2  teaspoons  bacon drippings
  • 1  cup  milk

Preparation

Cover chicken with water, and bring to a boil in a large Dutch oven. Add 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, 1/2 teaspoon pepper, and next 3 ingredients; cover, reduce heat, and simmer 1 hour. Remove chicken, reserving broth in Dutch oven; cool chicken. Skim fat from broth; bring to a simmer.

Skin, bone, and coarsely chop chicken. Add chicken, bouillon, and remaining salt and pepper to broth. Return to simmer.

Combine flour and poultry seasoning in a bowl. Cut in shortening and bacon drippings with a pastry blender until mixture is crumbly. Add milk, stirring until dry ingredients are moistened.

Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Roll out to 1/8-inch thickness; cut into 1-inch pieces.

Bring broth mixture to a boil. Drop dumplings, a few at a time, into boiling broth, stirring gently. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer, stirring often, for 25 minutes.

Southern Living, NOVEMBER 2001

Member Ratings and Reviews

5 stars
hotmomma_to_2
This was AMAZING! I have never in my life tried to make chicken & dumplings from scratch, and I was VERY pleased with the outcome! It was a huge hit with the entire family. I will definatly make this meal again. I used chicken breast instead of a whole chicken, and it was wonderful. Had a lot of flavor, and goes in our top 3 favorites now! YUM!01/01/10

5 stars
Erin
I have made this several times with Chicken, but this time made it by boiling my leftover Turkey carcus from Christmas and used better than turkey buillion from the grocery jar as my chicken buillon! My family loved it.12/27/09