Best 8 Old Fashioned Chicken And Dumplings Made Easy Recipes

OLD FASHIONED CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• In a large pot place chicken pieces and add the chicken stock, onion, celery and 2 teaspoons of the salt. Put heat on medium low and simmer, partially covered, 15 to 20 minutes or until chicken is tender.
• To Prepare Dumplings: In a large mixing bowl beat together the egg and milk. Add 1 cup flour, remaining salt and baking powder and mix all together. Cut the butter into the flour mixture until the mixture is crumbly. Add 1 tablespoon of the parsley and mix. In 6 large spoonfuls, drop dumpling mixture onto the top of the simmering chicken. Cover the pot and let all simmer for 10 minutes more.
• To Make Gravy: Remove chicken and dumplings to a large serving bowl. Cover and set aside, keeping warm. Strain the stock left in the pot, pressing out any 'veggie liquid'. Return stock to pot. Combine water with remaining flour, then stir into the strained stock. Bring all to a boil, stirring constantly, to thicken. Return chicken and dumplings to pot, combing all gently. Serve with remaining parsley.

OLD FASHIONED CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Combine chicken, onion, carrots and celery in a large pot. Season to taste.
• Add chicken broth. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer covered 45-60 minutes or until chicken is tender. While broth is simmering, prepare dumplings below.
• Remove chicken and vegetables from broth. Discard skin and bones and chop remaining chicken, set aside.
• Gently add dumplings to broth. Simmer 15-20 minutes or until tender.
• Stir chicken (and vegetables if desired) into broth and cook about 2-3 minutes or until heated through.

OLD FASHIONED CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS (MADE EASY)

Steps:

• NOTE: IF USING SALTED BUTTER, USE TWO 14.5 OUNCE CANS CHICKEN BROTH PLUS TWO CUPS WATER. (STEP ONE): Chop deboned skinless chicken into bite-sized pieces; set aside.
• MELT 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter in a large saucepan over medium-low heat. Add 1/2 cup all-purpose flour and cook until bubbly and light golden, stirring often for 2 minutes. Stir in the broth and seasonings. Bring mixture to boiling then reduce heat to medium. Add chunked or diced chicken; stir.
• COMBINE the dumpling dough ingredients, stirring only until soft dough forms (do not overmix). Drop dough quickly by teaspoons in a single layer over surface of bubbling gravy on one half of large saucepan (do not roll or press dough, or submerge beneath the gravy). Simmer mixture UNCOVERED for 10 minutes.
• GARNISH tops of dumplings with parsley or chives.
• COVER then reduce heat to medium-low.
• SIMMER covered for 10 additional minutes; UNCOVER and remove from heat.
• LIFT out dumplings individually using a small slotted spoon, placing them onto a plate, leaving dumplings garnished side-up.
• STIR chicken and gravy using a wooden spoon (gently scraping bottom of saucepan while stirring).
• LADLE the chicken/gravy mixture into bowls, then arrange dumplings over the top.
• SERVE and enjoy.

OLD-FASHIONED CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Fill a large pot with water, and add whole chicken. Bring to a boil, and then reduce heat. Simmer until tender, about 1 to 2 hours.
• Remove chicken from broth, and set aside to cool. Reserve broth. When cool enough to handle, remove meat from bones; cut into bite size pieces. Discard skin and bones.
• In a medium bowl, stir together flour and salt. Break one egg into flour, and stir with fork till stiff. Continue adding eggs one at a time until all are incorporated. The dough should be very stiff.
• Bring broth to a boil. Add bouillon cubes; stir until cubes have dissolved.
• Using a fork and knife, pick up dough on fork. Hold over boiling broth, and cut off small pieces into broth until all the dough has been used. Stir, cover, and simmer for 20 minutes.
• Add chicken meat, and stir. Serve hot.

OLD FASHIONED CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Add the chicken to the stew pot.
• Add salt, onion, carrot, celery, and black pepper.
• Cover with cold water and bring to a low boil.
• Foam will form on the water as it begins to boil.
• Skim the foam from the water.
• Stew chicken until tender with the salt, onion, carrot and celery ribs, about 40 - 60 minutes after liquid gets to a low boil. Cooking time depends on the size of your chicken or hen.
• Remove the chicken from the broth and discard the vegetables.
• While the chicken cools, make the dumplings. Mix 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour.
• 1 teaspoon salt.
• 1/3 cup shortening.
• 5-7 tablespoons cold water.
• Work the dough and roll out on a floured surface.
• Roll out the dough very thin about ⅛".
• Cut into 1″ wide strips and let dry for about 30 minutes.
• remove chicken from the bones.
• Cut or pull the chicken into desired-size pieces.
• Add pepper and butter to broth and heat to simmering. Broth should look peppery and taste great.
• Add 1 can evaporated milk to broth.
• Before adding your dumplings to the milk broth, add a touch of grated nutmeg to the broth.
• Add the chicken pieces and heat. (Broth needs to be several inches above the chicken for the dumplings to have enough room to cook.).
• Add the dumplings to the low boiling broth a few at a time to keep the broth at a boil.
• Cook 10 minutes in the low boiling broth. (If you boil your broth too high, your dumplings will disappear or clump together.).
• Remove from heat and let rest 10 minutes and serve.

OLD-FASHIONED CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Generously season chicken with salt. Cover, and refrigerate overnight.
• In a large Dutch oven, combine chicken stock, 4 cups water, onion, celery, and a pinch of salt. Bring to a boil over high heat Add the leg portions and the backbone of the chicken to the Dutch oven. Place the breasts, skin side down, on top of the legs. Reduce heat to just below a simmer. Cover partially, and cook, making sure the stock mixture does not come to a simmer, until breasts are cooked through, 20 to 30 minutes. Remove breasts, and set aside. Continue cooking legs until very tender and meat begins to pull away from the bone, 30 to 40 minutes more. Remove chicken and vegetables, reserving liquid. Discard vegetables and set chicken aside until cool enough to handle.
• Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, whisk together egg, oil, 3 tablespoons cold water, and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Stir in flour until well combined. Cover and refrigerate dough for at least 2 hours or up to overnight.
• When chicken has cooled, remove skin and discard. Remove meat from bones and tear into 1 1/2- to 2-inch pieces; set aside.
• Turn dough out onto a generously floured work surface. Roll out dough until it is about 1/16-inch thick. Cut dough into 1 1/2-by-2 1/2-inch rectangles. Bring reserved stock mixture to a boil over high heat, and season with salt. Add dough rectangles to boiling liquid, shaking pot as necessary, but not stirring. Cook until, dough is cooked through, 3 to 5 minutes. Add reserved chicken and reduce to a simmer. Add sliced egg, butter, and heavy cream; season with pepper. Continue cooking 2 to 3 minutes more; season with salt and pepper.
• Remove from heat and cover; let stand 10 to 15 minutes before serving in shallow bowl.

OLD FASHIONED HOMEMADE CHICKEN & DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• CHICKEN AND BROTH: Place chicken breast or whole chicken with skin in a Dutch oven and cover with water.
• Add a stick of butter and chicken bouillon. Cook over medium heat until chicken is tender, about 45 minutes for chicken breasts or 1 hr 15 minutes for the 3 lb chicken. Remove chicken from the broth and let chicken cool. Do not get rid of the broth. Remove skin and bones and discard. Shred chicken or chop into bite-size pieces. I don't put mine back into the broth until after the dumplings have cooked.
• FOR DUMPLINGS: In a small mixing bowl, add eggs to the melted butter. Whisk.
• Take half of a shell and add milk to it six times... pour into the egg mixture.
• Add in salt and pepper.
• Add 3 cups of flour; mixing in the flour a little at a time.
• You want the dough to be rather sticky.
• Add a couple of drops of yellow food coloring to give it a rich looking blend.
• Heap about 2 cups of flour onto a wooden board or counter.
• Using a tablespoon, add about a cup of the mixture to the center of the flour.
• Start incorporating the flour and the dough until you can roll it out and it doesn't stick.
• Roll very thin.
• Using a pizza cutter, cut strips of the dough.
• Add to the broth. Make sure it is boiling rapidly and that you have plenty of broth to keep your dumplings from scorching.
• Turn down to low while you make the next batch. It's easier to roll out using small batches than trying to roll it all out at one time.
• After you have added the last dumpling, add the chicken back to the Dutch oven and stir very gently.
• Remove from heat and place a lid on the pot.
• Let sit for 10 minutes or so before serving.

OLD-FASHIONED CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, combine the first nine ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Discard bay leaf. , For dumplings, in a small bowl, combine the flour, parsley, baking powder, cloves and salt. Stir in milk just until moistened. Drop by heaping teaspoonfuls onto simmering chicken mixture. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in a dumpling comes out clean (do not lift the cover while simmering).