Southern Chicken And Dumplings

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 whole chicken, cut up
• 1/2 tablespoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 cup milk
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup vegetable shortening (such as crisco)
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1/2 cup milk

Recipe

• 1 combine chicken, salt and pepper in a large pot and cover with water. cook until chicken is tender.
• 2 remove chicken from water.
• 3 remove bone and skin.
• 4 set chicken aside (while chicken is cooking, prepare dumplings.).
• 5 dumplings: in a large bowl, mix flour, salt, baking powder and shortening with a fork.
• 6 add egg and 1/2 cup milk; mix to form dough.
• 7 roll dough to 1/4-inch thickness on floured surface.
• 8 cut into four-inch strips with sharp knife.
• 9 drop dumplings into simmering chicken broth.
• 10 cover and simmer until dumplings are done.
• 11 add chicken to dumplings and 1 cup milk.
• 12 cook slowly for 10 minutes.