From Sweet Mama Janisse’s Kitchen
Bless My Soul Café
Chicken with Dumplings
(Makes 6 servings)
Ingredients:
3 to 3 1/2 pounds chicken pieces
3 Tablespoons butter or margarine
2 cans (14 1/2 ounces each) read-to-serve chicken broth
3-1/2 cups water
1-teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon white pepper
2 large carrots, cut into 1-inch slices
2 ribs celery, cut into 1-inch slices
8 to 10 small boiling onions
1/4 pound small mushrooms, cut into halves
1/2 cup frozen peas, thawed, drained
Parsley Dumplings (recipe follows)
Directions:
Brown chicken in melted butter in 6- to 8-quart saucepot over medium-high heat.
Add broth, water, salt & pepper. Bring to a boil over high heat; reduce heat to low. Cover; simmer 15 minutes.
Add carrots, celery, onions and mushrooms. Cover; simmer 40 minutes or until chicken and vegetables are tender.
Prepare Parsley Dumplings at this time.
When chicken is tender, skim fat from broth. Stir in peas.
Drop dumpling mixture onto chicken, making 6 large or 12 small dumplings. Cover; simmer 15-20 minutes or until dumplings are firm to the touch and wooden toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean.
Parsley Dumplings
Ingredients:
2 cups all purpose flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
5 Tablespoons cold butter or margarine
1-cup milk
2 Tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
Directions:
Sift flour, baking powder and salt into medium bowl.
Cut in butter or margarine until mixture resembles coarse meal.
Make a well in center; pour in milk, all at once.
Add chopped fresh parsley; stir with fork until dough cleans sides of bowl.
Makes 6 large or 12 small dumplings.
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