CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS

This is what you need

2chicken breast 

2 thighs

8 cups of water

1 teaspoon black pepper 

2 teaspoons seasoning salt 

3 diced celery stalks

3 carrots chopped 

1 onion diced 

1 teaspoon paprika 

1 teaspoon thyme 

1 teaspoon garlic powder

 1 stick of butter plus 2 tablespoons 

2/3 cups of AP flour 

1/4 cup of heavy cream

2 diced carrots 

Directions 

DIRECTIONS

In a large pot add the chicken the water and the seasonings. Bring to a boil and cook for 45 minutes.while the chicken is cooking dice your vegetables. Sauté the vegetables in a tablespoon of vegetable oil until tender.

For the dumplings 

1 1/4 cups of AP flour 

2 teaspoon baking powder 

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 stick of butter 

1/2 cup of milk

In a glass cup heat the milk and add the 1/2 stick of butter. In a bowl add the flour, baking powder, and salt.  Add milk and butter mixture , stir with a fork until combined. Dough should be soft but not sticky.if sticky add a tiny bit more flour. Turn onto a floured surface and knead no more than 8 times. All you’re doing is mushing it together. Then flip. Roll it out with a rolling pin and cut into strips and then small squares.

Go back to your chicken and remove it from the pot and put it in a bowl to cool off. Save the broth.

Do not get rid of the broth, add the diced vegetables to the broth from the chicken and let them cook while you make the roux.

Get a small pan and add 2 tablespoons of butter and

 2/3 cups of flour and mix well until the butter melts then add two cups of the broth from the pot with the vegetables in it. Add 1/4 cup of heavy cream and mix well and now add this mixture to the pot with the vegetables.

Now go back to the dough squares and add them one at a time to the pot with the vegetables, add a lid and cook for 10 minutes.

Go back to the chicken and shred the chicken or you can dice it with a knife and add it to the pot, let it cook for another 10 20minutes with the lid on or until the dumplings are done and turn off the fire and let it sit for 5 minutes.

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