Chicken And Dumplings

Chicken dumplings Recipe
 

3 legs and 3 thighs put the chicken in a 5 quart Dutch oven

Fill the pot with water to 1 1/4 inches from the top of the pan. Add
1/2 teaspoon salt, boil chicken about 35 to 40 min. Until very tender. Cook the chicken covered and on med. After it starts to boil. While the chicken is boiling make the dumplings.

Dough for the Dumplings
2 cups self-rising flour
2 level Tablespoons melted shortening
Just enough water to make the dough. Don’t put to much water you can always add more but you can’t take it out.
And just enough flour to roll the dough with so it won’t be sticky.

Roll out dough to about 1/16 thickness, about like pie crust or 1/8
inch thick no thicker than that., also when your getting you dough ready for rolling out you want it to be a little tough not soft, this is so your dumplings stay together when boiling.

Divide you dough in half so you can roll it out better. After you
roll out the dough cut it in strips about 1 1/4 inch wide strips.
After the chicken is done dip the chicken out with a slotted spoon
onto a plate to cool.

When it has cooled remove all the bones an pull it into pieces. Put
the chicken pieces back in the pot of broth and bring it to a boil on high heat. Add one stick of margarine 1/2 teaspoon black pepper , 1/4 teaspoon salt or to your taste.

Get 4 of the strips and tear off 1 1/2 inch pieces and drop the
pieces into the boiling broth on high heat . After you finish that hand full turn heat to med.  and cover. After one minute turn the heat back to high, remove the lid and do 4 more strips just like before then turn
heat to med.  and cover. After another minute drop more dumplings and stir.

Keep repeating this with the heat on high while dropping the dumplings and on medium heat when you cover them  ,stir. Keep repeating steps  until all but 5 strips are left,  (don’t use the last 5 strips it will make the dumplings dry. Freeze them  and save to drop in boiled potatoes for potatoes or to drop into a peach cobbler.)

After you have the dumplings all in the pot , stir let boil for 6
min. on med heat  covered. Turn the heat off and leave covered.
After 10 min. stir and cover. The longer they set covered the better the dumplings are. These are great!

They are not hard to make. Don’t be afraid to make them. You and your family will be glad you did.

You can taste them and see if they need a little more pepper or salt.
Enjoy!

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