Who out there have a good old fashion recipe for chicken and dumpling?

I used to stay with a lady from Detroit when i was around 13yrs old and she used to start from scratch boiling the whole chicken then stripping it and doing the dumplings with veggies ooohhhh it was so goodWho out there have a good old fashion recipe for chicken and dumpling?
OLD FASHIONED CHICKEN AND


DUMPLINGS





one cut up chicken


salt


black pepper


butter


plain flour


ice water








You will need a rolling pin and a floured surface.





Broth:





Wash and place the cut up chicken in Dutch Oven with pleanty of water to boil. Add salt to boiling chicken (to taste), black pepper and a stick of butter. Make sure there is enough water in pot to create ample broth for dumplings.


When chicken is tender and well done, remove from bone. Remove bones from broth leaving chicken meat in broth; turn onto simmer while you prepare dumplings.








Dumplings:





2 1/2 cups plain flour


1 teaspoon salt mixed into flour


Ice water (stir enough into flour mixture to make a stiff dough)





Place on the floured surface and knead, making sure the dough is stiff. Roll out with floured rolling pin until very thin, about 1/8 inch. It make take some elbow grease, but the results are well worth it!


Cut into 1 inch strips and let it dry for a few minutes. It should be partially covered with flour.





Meanwhile, turn up the chicken and broth; slowly drop the long dumplings into the boiling broth. As they cook they will become somewhat stiff; that's what you want.





When enough dumplings have been added to broth, (you may not need them all) and don't add too many because they have to boil and cook.





It's ok if some flour drops into pot with dumplings. The temperature should not be any higher than medium and as dumplings cook it will need to be turned down more. Place lid on pot and cook until dumplings began to change and become somewhat translucent. You will know when they are done because they will thicken.





Stir and enjoy...Practice and you will be in great demand at get togethers. This was taught to me by my now deceased Mother-in-law who was an excellent cook.





Enjoy!Who out there have a good old fashion recipe for chicken and dumpling?
I tried to make it like my mom did but mined sucked!


The trick is the dumplings!!!!


Good luck
Get a deep pot and put some water in it, and a can of chicken broth or a buillion cube or two, some salt pepper and Italian herbs, add the whole chicken, chop up an onion, a couple carrots and some celery, put in pot, cover and boil til chicken is falling off the bone. Take the chicken out of the pot, remove skin and bones, then chop up the chunks into nice bit size pieces. Remove vegetables and strain the stock into a bowl. Put stock back in pot. Bring back up to a boil. Now make the dumplings, use a box of Jiffy - the directions are right on the box, or you can just get buttermilk bisuits, the kind in the roll, separate them and cut them in half. Throw the dumplings in the boiling stock, pretty much when they float, they are done. Check for doneness. When they are done, add back in the veggies or make new ones in a separate pot when you first start making the chicken and throw out the old (cross contamination and all, etc, etc) and the chicken. Throw in a pat of butter and a can of evaporated milk if you want the ';cream of'; version. Adjust seasoning to taste. If its a little too running thicken it up with a little instant mashed potatoes, but really the biscuits should do all the thickening. Enjoy.
My Mom has the recipe.





She won't tell me what it is.
Have you tried looking on recipezaar.com or allrecipes.com?


That's where lots of people gather and put their recipes online. I've gotten several good recipes off both sites. My chicken and dumpling recipe doesn't have veggies in it, but I'll tell ya how I make them, they're big, fluffy dumplings:





1 chicken, boiled and deboned


flour


milk


1 can chicken broth


1 can cream of chicken soup





After boiling chicken, debone, tear into strips and add back to water; add chicken broth and soup. Mix flour and milk (amount of flour depending on how many dumplings you want--I start with 1 1/2 cups flour). Add enough milk to make sticky dough. After liquid is boiling, drop flour mixture by teaspoonful into boiling liquid. Let boil, stirring now and then, until dumplings are done, (about 15-20 minutes).
Boil a chicken with carrots, celery and onions. When chicken starts to fall apart remove the chicken from the stock and debone. Put the chicken back in the pot and bring to boil (I add a cube of chicken bullion for some flavor at this point.)





As it is coming to a boil, put a cup and a half of Bisquik in and bowl, drizzle cold water and stir until stiff but a little damp. You can also stir in herbs or cheese at this point. Drop by large tablespoons on boiling soup ... allow to boil for ten minutes uncovered and then cover and turn down heat for ten more minutes.





This makes your whole house smell good and fogs up the windows in your kitchen when it's cold and rainy outside ... I'm ready for fall! Enjoy!!