Southern Chicken and Dumplings
Southern Chicken and Dumplings

Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, southern chicken and dumplings. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Southern Chicken and Dumplings is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Southern Chicken and Dumplings is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

The most famous chicken dish in the South is probably fried chicken, but a good case can also be made for chicken and dumplings. Fried chicken celebrates the poultry in abundance, when everyone can get a piece or two. Chicken and dumplings makes the most of chicken in scarcity, when a single bird must feed a multitude.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have southern chicken and dumplings using 23 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Southern Chicken and Dumplings:
  1. Make ready Chicken Base
  2. Make ready 1 large fryer chicken (4-5 lbs.), neck and gizzards removed, cut into parts
  3. Prepare 1 large onion, peeled and cut in half
  4. Take 3 stalks of celery, cut into large pieces
  5. Prepare 3 carrots, cut into large pieces
  6. Make ready 2 bay leaves
  7. Make ready 1 large sprig each of thyme and parsley
  8. Make ready 1/4 tsp kosher salt, to taste
  9. Prepare 1 tsp peppercorns
  10. Get 2 quart of water or chicken broth
  11. Make ready Finishing broth
  12. Take 1 tbsp unsalted butter
  13. Take 1 small onion, finely chopped
  14. Get 1 large garlic clove, minced
  15. Take 3 tbsp tablespoons chopped parsley
  16. Take 1/2 tsp salt
  17. Prepare 1/4 tsp black pepper
  18. Make ready Dumplings
  19. Get 3 cup all-purpose flour
  20. Prepare 1/2 tsp baking soda
  21. Prepare 3/4 tsp salt
  22. Prepare 4 1/2 tbsp of butter
  23. Prepare 1 cup whole milk or buttermilk (can use water as well)

Note: My mother always serves her homemade Plum Sauce. To Make Dumplings: In a medium mixing bowl, cut shortening into the flour and salt. A truly southern homemade chicken and dumplings recipe from the Mississippi Delta. Easily double to serve a crowd.

Steps to make Southern Chicken and Dumplings:
  1. To prepare chicken and broth, place all ingredients for base in a large dutch oven or stock pot. Bring almost to a boil, lower heat, cover partially and gently simmer until chicken is tender, about 2 hours.
  2. While chicken is cooking about 30 mins before chicken is done prepare the dumplings. To make the dumplings, mix flour, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl. Cut butter into flour mixture with your fingertips until it looks crumbly . Make a well in center, pour in milk, buttermilk, or water 1/4 cup at a time and stir until a ball of dough forms.
  3. Once chicken is done, remove from broth and let cool. Remove chicken from the bone (this shouldn't be hard, it should be falling off pretty easily at this point) and shred into medium-sized pieces, discarding bones and skin.
  4. Strain chicken broth through a fine mesh sieve (preferably lined with cheese cloth), discarding vegetables. Skim excess fat from the surface. One way to do this is to put the cooled broth in the refrigerator for a half hour which solidifies the excess fat for easier removal.
  5. Roll out dough ball on a floured surface, rolling it flat, and rolling about a 1/4 inch thick. Using a pizza cutter or sharp knife, cut dough into rectangles about 1 inch wide by 3 inches long. These are your dumplings.
  6. To finish broth, melt butter in dutch oven or stock pot used. Add onion and saute over medium heat until onion is beginning to color, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and saute 30 seconds. Add 1 tablespoon chopped parsley and broth. Season with salt and pepper. Bring to a simmer, reduce heat to medium.
  7. Drop dumplings into gently simmering broth, a quarter of them at a time, stirring to make sure they don't stick together. Cover and allow to cook for 6-7 minutes.
  8. Reduce heat to low and add de-boned chicken. Allow to cook until thickened, approximately 15-20 minutes, or longer. Taste and adjust seasonings to liking. Ladle into a large bowl or individual soup plates and sprinkle with remaining parsley.

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