Grandma's Old Fashioned Chicken and Dumplings
Grandma's Old Fashioned Chicken and Dumplings

Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a Best dish, grandma's old fashioned chicken and dumplings. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

My Grandma's Old-Fashioned Chicken & Dumplings with my own little twist on it. Shirley Wollard Woodlock of Texas learned to make chicken and dumplings while watching her mother, Jennie Wollard Nunn. Now Shirley always makes her mother's chicken and dumplings to bring to Wollard family reunions.

Grandma's Old Fashioned Chicken and Dumplings is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. Grandma's Old Fashioned Chicken and Dumplings is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have grandma's old fashioned chicken and dumplings using 13 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Grandma's Old Fashioned Chicken and Dumplings:
  1. Take whole chicken ( 4 to 5 pound )
  2. Make ready onion, chopped
  3. Take bay leafs
  4. Get salted butter
  5. Get table salt, plus more to taste if desired
  6. Take ground black pepper or to taste
  7. Take all-purpose flour
  8. Prepare baking powder
  9. Make ready eggs, beaten
  10. Make ready plus 2 tablespoons water
  11. Make ready vegetable oil
  12. Take table salt
  13. Get minced parsley or dried parsley flakes to garnish

I'm also posting her dessert dumplings recipe using. Pillowy soft homemade dumplings, rich and hearty chicken soup make up my Grandma's Famous Chicken and Dumplings recipe! So as many of you long time TKW Family members know, my Grandma was one amazing woman. Frankly, chicken and dumplings was never meant to be a diet dish of any kind, just enjoy a bowl in moderation and then go outside and enjoy the fresh air.

Steps to make Grandma's Old Fashioned Chicken and Dumplings:
  1. Add enough water in stock pot to cover chicken.
  2. Add chicken, onions, bay leaves, butter, salt and pepper.
  3. Bring to a boil then reduce heat to medium low heat, cover and simmer for 1 hour or until cooked fully and tender.
  4. When the chicken is cooked, remove from stock and put on cutting board or large bowl to cool. Leave stock in the pot.
  5. When chicken is cool enough to handle, pull chicken off the bone and discard the bones and skin.
  6. Cut the chicken into desired size and set aside.
  7. FOR THE DUMPLINGS:
  8. Put the flour, baking powder and salt in a large mixing bowl whisk together until well combined.
  9. Add the oil to the flour mixture and stir o coat flour slightly, then add eggs and water. Mix just until combined.
  10. Turn dough out onto floured surface and knead until well mixed.
  11. Divide the dough in half. Roll the dough into a thin rectangle and cut into 1/2 inch strips. Repeat cross wise cutting to make squares. Repeat with remaining dough.
  12. Toss squares in flour to keep from sticking together.
  13. Bring the broth back to a rolling boil and shake off excess flour on the dumplings. Drop into boiling broth and reduce heat to a simmer, uncovered.
  14. Stir occasionally to keep from sticking and cook until dumpling are fully cooked. They will fluff up some, cook for about 20-25 minutes.
  15. Add the chicken to the pot about last 5 minutes of cooking. Serve hot with garnish of the parsley. Add more salt and pepper if needed.

Chicken and dumplings makes the most of chicken in scarcity, when a single bird must feed a multitude. Although it gets top billing, the meat itself isn't the star of the meal. The dumplings hold sway, and people are particular about how they're made. Some like small strips of pastry dropped into. Old-Fashioned Chicken and Dumplings made from scratch is pure southern comfort food and it is not at all difficult to make.

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