Chicken & Dumplings (My sister Edith’s recipe)

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A wonderful recipe for home made chicken & dumplings, just like my sister Edith made!

Ingredients

  • ▢ — 1 hen (or 4 large chicken breasts – do not remove skin)
  • ▢ — 1 stick butter
  • ▢ — 4 cups plain flour (sifted)
  • ▢ — salt & pepper

Instructions

  • ▢ — Cook chicken in large pot (cover chicken with water) until well done. Let cool.
  • ▢ — Remove chicken from pot. Shred and save until later.
  • ▢ — Pour 2 cups cooled broth into bed of flour to form dough.
  • ▢ — Divide dough into several pieces and roll out with rolling pin.
  • ▢ — Cut dough into strips.
  • ▢ — Reheat broth in pot to rolling boil.
  • ▢ — Add butter and allow to melt.
  • ▢ — Drop dumplings into boiling broth. Let boil 5 to 10 minutes.
  • ▢ — Put shredded chicken back into pot and boil 5 minutes more.
  • ▢ — Salt and pepper to taste.

Comments


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    Lisa
    June 24, 2015 3:54 pm

    How do you use the butter?

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