Chicken And Dumplings

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 broiler-fryer chicken
• 2 yellow onions (quartered)
• 4 -5 carrots
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons shortening
• 3/4 cup milk

Recipe

• 1 wash chicken and remove giblets.
• 2 half fill large pot with water.
• 3 add whole.
• 4 salt and pepper the water.
• 5 bring to boil.
• 6 simmer for 45 minutes.
• 7 ladle out of water.
• 8 let it cool.
• 9 de-bone chicken.
• 10 drain water through cheese cloth.
• 11 cool liquid in fridge, let fat rise.
• 12 scoop fat off top.
• 13 reheat, and add vegetables.
• 14 let cook for 20-30 mins (gentle rolling boil, covered).
• 15 re-add chicken, bring back to boil.
• 16 dumplings: mix dry ingredients, then add shortening and cut until it looks like meal. then stir in milk. then you are ready to drop them.
• 17 drop dumplings in water and cook uncovered for 10 minutes.
• 18 then cover and cook 10 minutes.