Chicken And Dumplings
Chicken and Dumplings, the comfort food of the South. A creamy soup-like dish that will definitely have you going back for a second bowl.
Ingredients
- 1 Rotisserie Chicken
- 8 cups Chicken Broth (2 - 32oz cartons)
- 1 can Peas and Carrots - drained (the small 8.5oz can)
- 1 tsp Minced Onion
- 1 tsp Seasoned Salt
- ½ tsp Black Pepper
- 2½ cups All Purpose Flour
- ¾ tsp Baking Soda
- ¾ tsp Salt
- 4 tbsp Crisco
- 1¼ cups Buttermilk
Instructions
- In a large pot bring to a boil chicken broth, minced onion, seasoned salt, and pepper.
- While that is coming to a boil, in a medium-sized bowl mix flour, baking soda, and salt. Then with a fork cut in crisco.
- Add buttermilk and stir with a fork until moistened and mixed together.
- Sprinkle flour all over either your clean counter or some wax paper. Then turn dough out and begin kneading it 4 or 5 times.You may add just a little bit more flour as you go but do NOT get carried away.
- Roll your dough out into about ½" thickness and cut into 1" squares.
- Drop your cut dumplings into the boiling chicken broth. Cover with a lid and let simmer on low for 10-15 minutes.
- While your dumplings are boiling start pulling all of the meat from your rotisserie chicken and break apart.
- Once the timer goes off for the dumplings, leave the stove on low. Add the chicken along with the peas and carrots. Stir gently together.Let simmer for about 5 extra minutes to warm up the chicken and veggies.
- Enjoy!