Chicken And Noodles With Dumplings

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 6 quarts water
• 1 whole roasting chicken (small)
• 1 cup diced onion
• 3/4 cup chopped celery
• 1 tablespoon minced garlic
• 1/4 teaspoon thyme
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 teaspoon season-all salt
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 2 tablespoons wine vinegar
• 2 tablespoons worcestershire sauce
• 1 (12 ounce) package egg noodles
• 1 (10 ounce) package mixed vegetables, thawed and drained
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1/3 cup flour
• 1 (10 3/4 ounce) can campbell's cream of chicken soup
• 3 1/2-4 cups chicken broth
• dumplings (see my dumpling dumplings)

Recipe

• 1 bring to a boil in a large kettle 6 qts water, add salt and spices.
• 2 when the water is boiling add chicken, celery, onion, garlic and vinegar and worcestershire.
• 3 cover and cook at least 1 hour.
• 4 remove chicken and set aside to cool.
• 5 remove broth from heat.
• 6 cooke noodles in a pot of boiling, lightly salted water. cook according to package instructions. drain and set aside.
• 7 when the chicken is cool, clean off skin and bones and shred meat.
• 8 salt and pepper meat and set it aside.
• 9 when broth is cool, skim off fat and discard.
• 10 in a dutch oven or deep skillet, heat butter.
• 11 add flour and stir, adding small amounts of chicken broth to thicken.
• 12 add soup and 1 cup of chicken broth. make your dumplings now.
• 13 add noodles, chicken and vegies.
• 14 cover and lower heat to simmer approximately 20-25 minutes.
• 15 add dumplings to the top of the dish and cover.
• 16 simmer for approximately 10 minutes.
• 17 if you don't have enough broth to cook dumplings add more broth.
• 18 put the remaining broth into freezer containers and freeze for use later.