Chicken And Dumplings From Scratch Recipes

EASY CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS FROM SCRATCH

Steps:

• Sauté the carrots, celery, and onions in 2 tablespoons of the butter in a large pot over medium high heat until softened a bit and beginning to brown (about 3 minutes).
• Add 1/4 cup flour, stir to coat.
• Add chicken broth (4 cups) and bring to a boil.
• Turn the heat down to simmer and add 1/2 cup milk and the chicken. Season with salt and pepper.
• Meanwhile, to make the dumplings, mix together the remaining 1 cup of flour, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon baking powder, and 1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves. Stir in the remaining 2 tablespoons of butter, melted, until flour mixture is crumbly looking. Add the remaining 1/2 cup of milk and stir until JUST combined. Do NOT over mix, or your dumplings may be dense.
• Add spoonfuls of the dumpling mixture to the simmering pot- I recommend using a small cookie scoop for this (a tablespoon can also be used).
• Cover and simmer on low for 15 minutes, or until dumplings are fluffy, cooked, and float to the top. No peeking!
• Serve garnished with extra fresh thyme and fresh ground pepper, if desired.

DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Stir together flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt in medium size bowl. Cut in butter until crumbly. Stir in milk to make a soft dough.
• Drop by spoonfuls into boiling stew. Cover and simmer 15 minutes without lifting lid. Serve.
• To make parsley dumplings, add 1 tablespoon parsley flakes to the dry ingredients.

OLD FASHIONED CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Combine chicken, onion, carrots and celery in a large pot. Season to taste.
• Add chicken broth. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer covered 45-60 minutes or until chicken is tender. While broth is simmering, prepare dumplings below.
• Remove chicken and vegetables from broth. Discard skin and bones and chop remaining chicken, set aside.
• Gently add dumplings to broth. Simmer 15-20 minutes or until tender.
• Stir chicken (and vegetables if desired) into broth and cook about 2-3 minutes or until heated through.

CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS RECIPE

Steps:

• Place a large stockpot or Dutch oven over medium heat, add butter. Once melted add celery and saute for 4 minutes. Add onion and carrot, continue cooking for an additional 3 minutes. Add garlic and saute for 1 minute.
• Add flour and whisk until thickened and lightly golden in color. Slowly pour in chicken broth, whisking constantly. Slowly add in milk, whisking constantly. Add salt, pepper, garlic powder and thyme. Bring mixture to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, to make the dumplings, in a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Pour in the milk and melted butter, using a spatula fold until a soft, clumpy dough forms. Do not over-mix.
• After simmering for 20 minutes, stir in the chicken.
• Using a standard or large size cookie scoop, scoop biscuit dough over top of soup. Gently press the dumplings into the liquid, submerging them slightly, then let them pop back up to the surface. Note: some of the dumplings will be overlapping, that's ok.
• Cover and cook for 15-20 minutes or until the dumplings are cooked through.
• Serve immediately.

CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven (or a 5- to 6-quart heavy pot with a tight-fitting lid), heat butter over medium. Add onion, carrots, and thyme. Cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until onion is soft, about 5 minutes.
• Add 1/4 cup flour and cook, stirring, 30 seconds. Add broth and bring to a boil, stirring constantly; season with salt and pepper. Nestle chicken in pot; reduce heat to medium-low. Cover and cook, stirring occasionally, 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, make dumplings: In a medium bowl, whisk together remaining 3/4 cup flour, dill, baking powder, and 1/2 teaspoon salt. With a fork, gradually stir in 1/2 cup milk to form a moist and soft batter. It should be just a little thicker than pancake batter and should easily drop from the tip of a spoon. (Add additional 2 tablespoons milk if too thick.) Set aside.
• Stir peas into pot. Drop batter in simmering liquid in 10 heaping tablespoonfuls, keeping them spaced apart (dumplings will swell as they cook). Cover, and simmer until chicken is tender and dumplings are firm, 20 minutes. Serve.

PAULA DEEN CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a 2-quart saucepan over medium-high heat. Saute the onion, celery, and carrot, stirring often, for about 6 minutes, or until tender.
• Add the flour and stir constantly for 2 minutes. Pour the chicken broth in and bring to a boil.
• Stir in the dumplings in three batches, stirring regularly to prevent them from sticking to the bottom of the pan.
• Bring the soup to a boil and reduce heat to medium-low. Cover the pan and let the mixture simmer, stirring occasionally. Cook for 30 minutes or until the dumplings are tender.
• Mix in the chicken, thyme, and parsley and continue to cook for 10 more minutes. Serve hot, and enjoy!

CHICKEN WITH FLUFFY DROP DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Melt the butter with the olive oil in a Dutch oven or stockpot over medium heat.
• Pat the chicken pieces dry with a paper towel.
• Sear chicken pieces in the butter and olive oil mixture until they are just brown on all sides, about 4 to 5 minutes.
• Add the water, celery, onion, garlic, thyme, parsley, bay leaf, seasoned salt, and pepper. Cover and bring to a boil; then simmer for 1 to 2 hours, or until the chicken is cooked and tender.
• Remove the chicken meat from the bones, chop meat, and return to the pot.
• Stir the flour in a small bowl with just enough cold water to make a smooth paste.
• Add the flour paste to the hot stew, stirring until thickened over medium heat.
• Gather the ingredients.
• In a bowl, whisk together the 1 cup of flour, baking powder, poultry seasoning and salt; blend well.
• Cut the shortening into the flour mixture using a fork, and add the fresh parsley.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together the egg and milk.
• Add to the dry mixture and stir with a fork until well blended into a sticky, shaggy dough.
• Drop dumplings by teaspoonfuls onto chicken soup. Cover, and steam for 10 minutes, or until dumplings are fluffy and cooked through inside.

CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS (FROM SCRATCH)

Steps:

• FOR THE STEW: Remove and discard giblets and neck from chicken. Rinse chicken with cold water, and place chicken in an 8-quart stockpot. Add 3 quarts water and next 8 ingredients (through bay leaves); bring to a simmer.
• Reduce heat and simmer 45 minutes; skim surface occasionally, discarding solids.
• Remove chicken from pot; cool. Strain stock through a sieve into a large and discard solids. Remove chicken meat from bones; tear chicken meat into 2-inch pieces, and store in refrigerator. Let stock cool to room temperature.
• Pour stock into zip lock bags. Let stand 15 minutes. Working with one bag at a time, snip off a corner of bag; drain liquid into stockpot stopping before fat layer reaches opening. Discard fat Repeat procedure with remaining bag.
• Bring stock to a boil over medium-high heat; reduce heat, and simmer until reduced to about 8 cups (about 15 minutes).
• Heat a cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat for 5 minutes. Lightly spoon 1/4 cup flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife. Add flour to pan; cook 1 minute or until lightly browned, stirring constantly.
• Combine browned flour and cornstarch in a large bowl; add 2/3 cup of the stock to flour mixture, stirring with a whisk until smooth. Add flour mixture to remaining stock in pan; bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Cook 2 minutes or until slightly thickened. Reduce heat; stir in cream. Add chicken; keep warm over low heat.
• FOR THE DUMPLINGS: Combine milk and egg in a medium bowl Lightly spoon 1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour into dry measuring cup and level with a knife. Combine the flour, baking powder, cornmeal and 1/2 teaspoons salt.
• Add flour mixture to milk mixture, stirring with a fork just until dry ingredients are moistened. Drop one-third of dumpling batter by 8 heaping teaspoonfuls onto chicken mixture. Cover and cook for 3 minutes or until the dumplings are done (do not allow chicken mixture to boil) Remove dumpling with a slotted spoon; place in a large serving bowl or on a deep serving platter; keep warm. Repeat procedure with remaining dumpling batter.
• Remove pan from heat; slowly pour stew over dumplings, Sprinkle with chopped parsley and freshly ground black pepper. Serve immediately.

CHICKEN DUMPLING SOUP

Steps:

• In a small amount of cooking oil sweat the onion, carrots and celery. Add chicken, broth, green beans, barley, celery salt, parsley and bay leaves. Simmer until the barley is tender, about 30 minutes.
• Bring the milk and butter to a boil, add salt and nutmeg. Remove from heat and immediately add flour stirring until dough leaves the sides of the pan. Incorporate the eggs, 1 at a time, forming a sticky dough.
• Season the soup, to taste, with salt and pepper. Add spoon sized balls of dumpling dough and simmer until dumplings rise.