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Chicken and Dumplings Recipe

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Chicken
Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 5lb chicken
1 tbsp. salt
1 tsp pepper

Dumplings
2 C flour
salt and pepper
Directions:
Directions:
place chicken in stockpot and add water to 2 in from top of pan. Add salt and pepper . Cook for 2 hours. Allow chicken to cool in broth then remove.

Strain the broth into a large bowl. Cover the broth and put in refrigerator . Remove grease from the top of the broth and discard.
Shred chicken and set aside 2 cups of broth.
 

Dumpling
Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
2 C flour
salt and pepper
3/4 C water
Directions:
Directions:
Heat chicken broth in sauce pan While it heats, put flour in a bowl and disolve 1 tsp salt in 3/4 C water and stir into the flour to make a stiff dough. Turn dough out only a heavily floured surface and knead until smooth.

Heavily flour a rolling pin divide dough in quarter. roll each portion separately, With a sharp knife or pizza cutter cut the tough into 2 by 4 inch strips,

When the broth comes to a boil add some of the strip of dough. Reduce the heat to simmer, cover the pot and bring back to boil. Continue to add strips in batches, always raising the heat to bring the broth back to a boil before dropping in more strips and then reducing he to a simmer before covering. the pot again . Add 2 cups of cooked chicken heat and served,
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
6 to 8

 

 

 

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