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To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have chicken and dumplings using 21 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken and Dumplings:
- Prepare Chicken
- Take 2 tbsp butter
- Take 2 tbsp olive oil
- Take 1 whole medium chicken, cut into pieces
- Prepare to taste Salt
- Prepare to taste Ground black pepper
- Take 1/2 cup carrots, finely diced
- Prepare 1/2 cup celery, finely diced
- Make ready 1 large onion, finely diced
- Prepare 1/2 tsp ground turmeric
- Prepare 1/2 tsp ground thyme
- Make ready 1.5 L/6 cups chicken broth
- Prepare 1/2 half and half (see step 3 for substitute)
- Prepare 2 tbsp all-purpose flour/plain flour
- Get Dumplings
- Get 1 1/2 all-purpose flour/plain flour
- Take 1/2 cup yellow cornmeal/fine polenta
- Make ready 1 heaped tbsp baking powder
- Take 1 tsp salt
- Prepare 1 1/2 cups half and half (see step 3 for substitute)
- Make ready 2 tbsp minced parsley
Remove chicken from stockpot; cool slightly. Discard bay leaves and skim fat from soup. Remove skin and bones from chicken and discard. Cook, covered, on high until mixture reaches a simmer.
Instructions to make Chicken and Dumplings:
- Melt the butter with the olive oil over a medium/high heat. Season the chicken with a little salt and pepper. Over 2 batches brown the chicken on all sides and transfer to a clean plant and set aside.
- Using the same pot add the carrots, onions and celery. Stir and fry for 3-4 minutes over a low/medium heat. Add in the turmeric and thyme, then pour in the broth. Stir and add the chicken back into the pot. Cover with a lid and simmer for around 20 minutes.
- In the meantime while the chicken is simmering prepare the dumpling batter. Sift together into a bowl the flour, cornmeal, salt and baking powder. Then add the half and half and gently stir together until combined. Set aside. (Substitute for half and half: Mix 1 tsp of melted butter per 1/4 cup of milk)
- Remove the chicken pieces from the pot and set aside on a plate. Using two forks remove the chicken from the bones and shred it. Remove most of the chicken skin aswell. Return the shredded chicken to the pot. Mix together the half and half and flour and then add it into the pot and stir to combine. Check seasoning, add more salt and pepper if needed.
- Using a tablespoon drop the dumpling batter into the pot one by one. Sprinkle with the parsley. Cover again with the lid and allow to simmer for another 15 minutes. Allow to rest for 10-15 minutes before serving.
Drop dumplings on top of simmering soup, a few at a time. Bring chicken and dumplings back to your dinner table with easy to prepare recipes and helpful tips from the expert chefs at Food Network. Brown the chicken: To coax more flavor into the stew base, we brown the chicken pieces before cooking them in the stew. Make a roux: Browning the flour in a roux with rendered chicken fat will give the base more flavor, while thickening the stew. What to Serve with Chicken and Dumplings.
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