Hello everybody, it’s Brad, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, chicken and dumplings. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have chicken and dumplings using 21 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken and Dumplings:
- Get Chicken
- Prepare 2 tbsp butter
- Take 2 tbsp olive oil
- Prepare 1 whole medium chicken, cut into pieces
- Take to taste Salt
- Make ready to taste Ground black pepper
- Prepare 1/2 cup carrots, finely diced
- Make ready 1/2 cup celery, finely diced
- Take 1 large onion, finely diced
- Make ready 1/2 tsp ground turmeric
- Get 1/2 tsp ground thyme
- Make ready 1.5 L/6 cups chicken broth
- Get 1/2 half and half (see step 3 for substitute)
- Prepare 2 tbsp all-purpose flour/plain flour
- Prepare Dumplings
- Prepare 1 1/2 all-purpose flour/plain flour
- Take 1/2 cup yellow cornmeal/fine polenta
- Get 1 heaped tbsp baking powder
- Get 1 tsp salt
- Get 1 1/2 cups half and half (see step 3 for substitute)
- Prepare 2 tbsp minced parsley
Combine flour, broth, baking powder and eggs; mix well to form a stiff batter. Drop by tablespoonfuls into simmering soup. Stir in broth, chicken and seasonings. Bring to a boil; reduce heat to a gentle simmer.
Steps to make Chicken and Dumplings:
- Melt the butter with the olive oil over a medium/high heat. Season the chicken with a little salt and pepper. Over 2 batches brown the chicken on all sides and transfer to a clean plant and set aside.
- Using the same pot add the carrots, onions and celery. Stir and fry for 3-4 minutes over a low/medium heat. Add in the turmeric and thyme, then pour in the broth. Stir and add the chicken back into the pot. Cover with a lid and simmer for around 20 minutes.
- In the meantime while the chicken is simmering prepare the dumpling batter. Sift together into a bowl the flour, cornmeal, salt and baking powder. Then add the half and half and gently stir together until combined. Set aside. (Substitute for half and half: Mix 1 tsp of melted butter per 1/4 cup of milk)
- Remove the chicken pieces from the pot and set aside on a plate. Using two forks remove the chicken from the bones and shred it. Remove most of the chicken skin aswell. Return the shredded chicken to the pot. Mix together the half and half and flour and then add it into the pot and stir to combine. Check seasoning, add more salt and pepper if needed.
- Using a tablespoon drop the dumpling batter into the pot one by one. Sprinkle with the parsley. Cover again with the lid and allow to simmer for another 15 minutes. Allow to rest for 10-15 minutes before serving.
Stir in broth, chicken and seasonings. Bring to a boil; reduce heat to a gentle simmer. For dumplings, mix biscuit mix and milk until a soft dough forms. Remove chicken from stockpot; cool slightly. Discard bay leaves and skim fat from soup.
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