down home chicken and dumplings
(4 ratings)
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This was my Mother's recipe. She made the best Chicken and Dumplings. I thought the recipe was lost until I asked a family member who tracked it down for me. Hang onto your loved ones recipes cause once they are gone, they may be hard to find.
(4 ratings)
yield
6 -8
Ingredients For down home chicken and dumplings
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3 lbchicken fryer
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2 qtcold water or chicken stock
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1 Tbspsalt
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1 tsppepper
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6 cflour
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1/2 tspbaking powder
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1 tspsalt
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2 Tbspshortening
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1/4 cmilk
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3/4-1 cwater
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1egg, slightly beaten
How To Make down home chicken and dumplings
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1cook chicken in water or broth with the 1 tablespoon of salt and 1 teaspoon of pepper until tender. Remove from stove and let cool. Remove meat from bones and cut into 2-3 inch pieces. Save stock.
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2mix 3 cups flour, baking powder, salt and shortening together, add milk,water and egg. this will make a sticky paste. turn out on remaining 3 cups of flour on a board until it becomes a large ball. Roll out to 1/8 inch thickness. cut into strips 3 inches long then tear each strip into pieces.Heat stock to a rolling boil and drop dough pieces into stock. cover for 25 minutes. Add chicken pieces to pot. Do not Stir, but shake the pot.
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