Chicken N Dumplings

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1/4 cup shortening
• 1 egg, slightly beaten
• 1/2 cup milk
• 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 8 cups chicken broth
• 1 cup celery, sliced
• 1/2 cup onion, diced
• 1/4 cup parsley, chopped, fresh

Recipe

• 1 for dumplings:.
• 2 mix flour, baking powder, salt and pepper together.
• 3 mix shortening in flour with fingers until well mixed.
• 4 add the beaten egg and milk.
• 5 stir until it forms a soft dough.
• 6 on a floured surface, knead the dough for about a minute until smooth. cut in half.
• 7 on a floured surface, roll each half as thin as you wish.
• 8 cut with a about 1 inch wide.
• 9 cut the dough again into 2 inch pieces.
• 10 let dry for 30 minutes to 8 hours. i like 3 hours.
• 11 for chicken:.
• 12 put chicken breast in a stock pot.
• 13 add chicken broth.
• 14 bring to a boil, cover and simmer 30 - 40 minutes, until done.
• 15 remove chicken and set aside. dice the chicken once its warm enough to handle.
• 16 to broth, add parsley and bring broth to a boil.
• 17 add dumplings one at a time.
• 18 cover and simmer 10 minutes.
• 19 after 10 minutes add chicken.
• 20 cook a little longer to thicken and it will also continue to thicken a little as they cool.
• 21 remove them from heat once it is at the desired thickness.