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Chicken and Dumplings

12/11/2009

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Tis the season for warm things for dinner!  And chicken and dumplings is just what Boy 2 ordered!   When ever I make chicken and dumplings Boy 2 always wants me to make extra so he can have leftovers for his lunch the next day!
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I tried getting this recipe from my mom because she made the best chicken and dumplings EVER, but she is the type of person that throws a little of this and a little of that in and I could never mimic her recipe.  So one day when I was at a friends house and she was throwing out a ton of cookbooks, I noticed this cookbook ~ Old Fashioned Country Cooking and it has the "Cracker Barrel" name and logo on it, so I saved it from being sent to the dump (she really wasn't throwing them in the trash, she was taking them to the thrift store or somewhere like that).  I adapted the recipe a little and it is pretty close to how my mom used to make them!

Old-Fashioned Chicken and Dumplings

1 3-pound chicken
2 quarts of water 
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
3 TBL shortening
3/4 cup buttermilk

salt and pepper to taste

Boil chicken in 2 quarts of water.  Once boiling reduce heat and simmer for about 1 hour, our till tender and chicken is easily coming off the bone. Remove chicken from broth to cool, de-bone chicken and cut or shred into bite size pieces. Put chicken back in the broth, and bring broth to a boil. 

While waiting for broth to boil, combine flour, baking soda & salt.  Cut in the shortening.  Add buttermilk and stir with a fork until moistened.  Knead the dough 4 or 5 times then flatten till about 1/2 inch thick.  Pinch off dough into 1 1/2-inch pieces and drop into boiling broth.  Reduce to medium heat and cook for about 8-10 minutes.  Stir occasionally.  Add salt and pepper to taste.

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4 Comments
kathie
12/13/2009 10:35:25 pm

I don't know if I told you Mom made dumplings a couple of weeks ago. She added milk to the broth, I did not remember that part. We had leftovers, that part I love. lee does not like chicken and dumplings.

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trish
12/14/2009 05:23:57 am

She actually made them? Wow! Good for her!

Lee is odd.

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kathie
12/15/2009 01:06:28 am

yes he is!!

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Tammy
1/9/2010 01:34:24 pm

This looks great but I still can't find the potato soup recipe. Is it on here?

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