Chicken & Dumplings

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 chicken breasts, with skin on
• 1/2 teaspoon poultry seasoning
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• black pepper
• 1 medium onion, whole
• 1 whole carrot
• 1 stalk celery, whole
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 3 -4 tablespoons shortening
• 3/4 cup milk

Recipe

• 1 put chicken, poultry seasoning, salt, pepper, onion, carrot,.
• 2 and celery into a large heavy kettle.
• 3 put enough water into the pot to cover these ingredients.
• 4 the water should come up about 3 inches above the ingredients.
• 5 bring to a boil, turn the heat down and simmer until the chicken is tender and the vegetables are soft.
• 6 remove from heat source.
• 7 remove the chicken and vegetables from the broth with a slotted spoon.
• 8 remove skin from chicken.
• 9 shred the chicken.
• 10 discard the vegetables and add the shredded chicken back into the broth.
• 11 dumplings.
• 12 mix flour, baking powder and salt.
• 13 cut in shortening.
• 14 add milk and mix.
• 15 bring the broth and chicken mixture to a boil.
• 16 drop the dumpling mix into the boiling chicken and broth by the tablespoonful.
• 17 cook uncovered for 10 minutes.
• 18 cover and continue cooking for 10 more minutes.
• 19 you might have to turn the heat down to keep the dumplings from boiling over, but do not remove the lid.