Grandma's Old Fashioned Chicken and Dumplings
Grandma's Old Fashioned Chicken and Dumplings

Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, grandma's old fashioned chicken and dumplings. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Place chicken into a large pot and add water to just cover. Place the chicken breast in the chicken broth and cook the chicken. While the chicken is cooking make the dumplings dough. Mix all of the dough ingredients together and roll into balls.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have grandma's old fashioned chicken and dumplings using 13 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Grandma's Old Fashioned Chicken and Dumplings:
  1. Get 1 whole chicken ( 4 to 5 pound )
  2. Take 1 medium onion, chopped
  3. Take 5 bay leafs
  4. Make ready 5 tbsp salted butter
  5. Get 1 1/2 tbsp table salt, plus more to taste if desired
  6. Make ready 1/2 tsp ground black pepper or to taste
  7. Take 3 cup all-purpose flour
  8. Make ready 1 1/2 tbsp baking powder
  9. Make ready 2 large eggs, beaten
  10. Get 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons water
  11. Take 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  12. Get 1/2 tsp table salt
  13. Get 1 minced parsley or dried parsley flakes to garnish

She said this kept them from sticking together in the end. Add enough water in stock pot to cover chicken. Add chicken, onions, bay leaves, butter, salt and pepper. When the chicken is cooked, remove from stock and put on cutting board or large bowl to cool. or quick cook your chicken in the instant pot, shred it, put it in the dutch oven with broth, water, and herbs, bring it to a boil, reduce the heat and add the dumplings; use TWO quarts of chicken broth and forgo making a semi-homemade broth; Other Old Fashioned Recipes You Might Want to Make.

Instructions to make Grandma's Old Fashioned Chicken and Dumplings:
  1. Add enough water in stock pot to cover chicken.
  2. Add chicken, onions, bay leaves, butter, salt and pepper.
  3. Bring to a boil then reduce heat to medium low heat, cover and simmer for 1 hour or until cooked fully and tender.
  4. When the chicken is cooked, remove from stock and put on cutting board or large bowl to cool. Leave stock in the pot.
  5. When chicken is cool enough to handle, pull chicken off the bone and discard the bones and skin.
  6. Cut the chicken into desired size and set aside.
  7. FOR THE DUMPLINGS:
  8. Put the flour, baking powder and salt in a large mixing bowl whisk together until well combined.
  9. Add the oil to the flour mixture and stir o coat flour slightly, then add eggs and water. Mix just until combined.
  10. Turn dough out onto floured surface and knead until well mixed.
  11. Divide the dough in half. Roll the dough into a thin rectangle and cut into 1/2 inch strips. Repeat cross wise cutting to make squares. Repeat with remaining dough.
  12. Toss squares in flour to keep from sticking together.
  13. Bring the broth back to a rolling boil and shake off excess flour on the dumplings. Drop into boiling broth and reduce heat to a simmer, uncovered.
  14. Stir occasionally to keep from sticking and cook until dumpling are fully cooked. They will fluff up some, cook for about 20-25 minutes.
  15. Add the chicken to the pot about last 5 minutes of cooking. Serve hot with garnish of the parsley. Add more salt and pepper if needed.

Add chicken, onions, bay leaves, butter, salt and pepper. When the chicken is cooked, remove from stock and put on cutting board or large bowl to cool. or quick cook your chicken in the instant pot, shred it, put it in the dutch oven with broth, water, and herbs, bring it to a boil, reduce the heat and add the dumplings; use TWO quarts of chicken broth and forgo making a semi-homemade broth; Other Old Fashioned Recipes You Might Want to Make. Old Fashioned Homemade Beef and Noodles Pillowy soft homemade dumplings, rich and hearty chicken soup make up my Grandma's Famous Chicken and Dumplings recipe! So as many of you long time TKW Family members know, my Grandma was one amazing woman. I know a lot of people make big puffy biscuit-like "dumplings", but this is how my Grandma made Southern-style chicken n' dumplings, and that is why they look like large noodles.

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