Chicken and Dumplings
Source of Recipe
Gladys Walker
List of Ingredients
- 1 3lbs Chicken, cut up
- 3 Cups Flour
- Milk
- 2 Tbsp Salt
- 3/4 Cup Shortening
- Black Pepper
Instructions
- Boil chicken in at least 2 quarts of water with 1 tbsp salt. While chicken cooks, make dumplings.
- Mix flour and 1 tbsp salt. Cut shortening into flour mixture. Add enough milk to make a very stiff
dough. Roll out to about 1/4 inch thick. Cut into strips and let set about 2 hours to dry.
- Remove chicken from broth. Cool and debone. Bring broth to a fast boil. Drop dumplings in a few at
a time and push to side of pot until all dumplings are in pot. Add black pepper to taste.
Add chicken, reduce heat and cook covered 10 minutes.
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