For those lazy weekend days when you have the time to make chicken and dumplings from scratch, this is your go-to recipe. It’s not a difficult recipe, you just have to be able to multi task.
Southern Style Chicken and Dumplings
Ingredients
- 3 lbs Chicken pieces bone in, skin on
- 2 stalks Celery chopped
- 2 Carrots peeled and sliced
- 1 small Onion chopped
- 2 qts Water
- 2 tsp Salt
- 3/4 tsp Black Pepper
For the Dumplings
- 2 cups Flour All Purpose
- 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
- 3 tbsp Shortening
- 3/4 cup Buttermilk
Instructions
- In a large stock pot or dutch oven, place the chicken, carrots, celery, onion and salt.
- Add the water and bring to a boil. Once boiling, reduce heat, cover and simmer for one hour or until chicken reaches 165°.
- Remove chicken to a cutting board and let cool. Turn heat back to high to bring broth to a boil again.
- To make the dumplings, combine flour, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl.
- Add shortening and blend with your hands until it resembles coarse meal.
- Add buttermilk and stir until dry ingredients are moistened .
- On a floured work surface, knead the dough and then roll out to 1/4" thickness.
- Using a sharp knife, cut the dough into strips and then into squares.
- Drop squares of dough into boiling broth one at a time. Once all dumplings are added reduce the heat again and simmer until dough is cooked through, about 15 minutes.
- While dumplings are cooking, remove the skin and bones from the chicken. Shred or chop the chicken and add to the pot with the dumplings.
- Stir everything together and serve immediately.
