Chicken and Dumplings

Chicken and Dumplings

3 cups Cooked Chicken - I cook this in a crock pot till almost done and shred to medium/large pieces

2 quarts Chicken Broth

1 can cream of chicken soup

1 -2 cups carrots, peas, corn, broccoli or any combo

In a large skillet bring veggies, broth, and soup to a boil,

Cook veggies till just tender/crisp and remove veggies to a bowl

While waiting to boil, make dumplings

For Dumplings:
2 cups Flour
2 Tablespoons Butter
½ teaspoons Baking Powder
1 pinch(es) Salt
1 cup Milk, A Bit Less Than A Full Cup

In a bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt. Cut the butter into the dry ingredients with a fork or pastry blender. Stir in the milk, mixing with a fork until the dough forms a ball.
Heavily flour a work surface. Roll the dough out thin with a heavily floured rolling pin.

Dip your cutter in flour and cut the dumplings in squares about 2″x2″.

Reduce broth to a simmer, add dumplings to broth spaced apart as much as possible. Cook for 5 minutes, add veggies back in, and cooked chicken ,stir lightly for 10 more minutes on warm. Add salt/pepper/ to taste.

Salt 1/4 tsp
Pepper 1/8 tsp

Lemon pepper 1/8 tsp
Red pepper flakes (pinch)

Serve in bowls. Serves 8.

I "threw" this together for my family last night, it's GREAT comfort food and a nice addition to a cool fall evening. Turned out to be a great success!