Gramma's Chicken and Dumplings Recipe

This chicken and dumplings recipe is one of my family's favorite meals. It is adapted from one my mother cooked when I was growing up. I prefer white meat, so most of the time, it is made with chicken breasts, though using the whole chicken (deboned) like my mother did works, too.

I like to use a large stock pot like the one here. I can make more dumplings, and it doesn't boil over as much as a smaller pot would.

When all the dumplings are gone, the left-over soup makes a wonderful base for chicken pot pie. Just add some cooked veggies, pour it into a pie crust, top with a top crust, pierce the top crust to allow venting, and then bake until top crust is golden brown.
 

Gramma's Chicken and Dumplings Recipe

Soup:

 

4-5 large skinless chicken breasts (or a 3 lb. chicken)

8 cups of water

1 can chicken broth

1/2 to 1 tsp. poultry seasoning
2 tsp. minced garlic

Salt and pepper to taste

 

Dumplings:

 

4 cups all-purpose flour

2 tbsp. baking powder

2 tsp. salt

1/2 cup oil

1 1/2 cups milk
 

Instructions:

1. In a large soup kettle (mine is 8 quarts), cook chicken in water and broth until done.
2. Remove chicken from broth, cut into bite-size pieces, return to broth and simmer. If using a whole chicken, debone the chicken and cut into bite-size pieces.
3. Stir in salt, pepper, and poultry seasoning. If necessary, add water
4. In a large mixing bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, and salt.
5. In a 2-cup measuring cup, measure the 1/2 cup oil, then fill to the 2 cup mark with milk.
6. Pour the oil/milk mixture into the flour mixture and stir with a fork until dough forms a ball.
7. Drop dough in approximately 1/4 cup amounts into the chicken/broth. Be sure each dough ball submerges completely before rising back to the top.
8. Cover with a tight-fitting lid. Watch closely to make sure the heat is low enough to prevent boil-overs. If necessary, lift the lid and lower heat, then replace lid.
9. Simmer for 20 minutes or until dumplings are done.

Over the next couple of weeks, I will be posting more of my family's favorite chicken recipes.

Recipe Books for Chicken

 

Grocery List for Gramma's Chicken & Dumpling Recipe

• Chicken Breasts or 3 lb. chicken
• Poultry Seasoning
• Chicken Broth
• Minced Garlic
• Flour
• Oil
• Milk
• Baking Powder
• Salt
• Pepper

Let me know if you try this chicken and dumplings recipe.