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Chicken & Dumplings

Kay's Little Kitchen
This hearty dish will completely satisfy and give you all the comfort you want! It also works well for meal prep and freezing.
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Prep Time 6 hours
Cook Time 30 minutes
Course Main Course, Soup
Cuisine Southern
Servings 7

Equipment

Ingredients
  

Chicken Stock

  • 2 cups chunked celery I like using the leafy insides
  • 1 large yellow onion you can use less if you prefer
  • 2 whole carrots leave the skin on for extra flavor
  • 6 bone-in chicken thighs
  • greek seasoning
  • salt & pepper

Chicken Broth

Dumplings

  • 3 cups flour
  • 1/2 tsp poultry seasoning
  • 1/3 cup shortening
  • 2 tsp bacon drippings
  • 1 cup milk

Instructions
 

Making Chicken Stock

  • Cut the celery, onion, and carrots into large chunks. Place veggies at the bottom of the slow cooker. Sprinkle veggies with greek seasoning.
  • Layer the bone-in chicken on top of the veggies, sprinkling skin with salt and pepper
  • Cook on low for 6-8 hours

Making Chicken Broth

  • Using a spider or large slotted spoon, carefully remove all the chicken onto a plate to cool.
  • Scoop the boiled veggies into a blender and blend well so that no pieces exist
  • Pour the blended veggie broth into a large stock pot over medium heat to boil
  • Once it is boiling, lower the heat to simmer and begin making the dumplings

Dumplings

  • Measure flour and poultry seasoning into a mixing bowl or stand mixer, whisk them together.
  • Add shortening and bacon drippings, mix on low till flour resembles course sand.
  • Add milk and stir on low until dough comes together, feeling like playdough.
  • Roll dough onto floured surface to desired depth and cut into preferred dumpling shape. Using a spatula, transfer dumplings into simmering chicken broth. Give them a stir to avoid them sticking together
  • Cover and simmer the dumplings for 20 minutes.
  • Once dumplings have cooked and are puffed up, de-bone chicken and drop chicken into the pot.
  • Give the pot a stir, cover, and let chicken warm back up. Serve chicken and dumplings warm.
Keyword chicken, freezer meal, mealprep
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