Chicken and Dumplings
The dark economical meat works well in this too.
Boneless chicken, skin removed 1 1/2 pounds
Butter or hard butter, 2 Tablespoons
Salt, 1 tsp.
Pepper, 1/4 tsp.
Water, 3 cups ( I use the low sodium chicken broth...the bigger carton, not the can)
Finely chopped onion....1/3 cup
Finely chopped celery 3 Tablespoons
Chicken bouillon powder ( 1 tsp. I use the low sodium)
Dumplings
All purpose flour........1 cup
Baking powder....2 tsp.
Granulated sugar.....1 tsp.
Salt........1/2 tsp.
Cold butter or hard margarine ........1 tablespoon
Milk.......1/2 cup
All pupose flour........3 Tablespoons
Water.....1/3 cup
Cut chicken into bite size pieces. Heat first amount of butter in fring pan. Add chicken. Brown
well over medium-high heat. Turn into large saucepan...( I use a big fring pan with high edges so I don't have to transfer)
Add Salt and Pepper to fring pan.. Stir in water, I use the low sodium broth, until it boils. Loosen all brown bits. Pour over chicken.
Add onion, celery and bouillon powder. If any pink is still in meat, cover and simmer until cooked. ( I simmered mine for almost an hour, so the meat is tender)
Dumplings
Measure first amount of flour, baking powder, sugar and salt into a bowl. Cut in butter until mealy. Add milk. Stir to form a dough. Have chicken mixture boiling. Drop dough by 6 or more spoonfuls over top. Cover. Cook over boiling mixture for 15 minutes without lifing lid. Remove dumplings to plate. ( I make the dumpling about the size of a walnut..they expand while cooking)
Mix remaining flour and water in small dish until smooth. Stir into boiling mixture to thicken...Put dumplings back in pan and serve....Serves 6