Recipe: Mom's Chicken & Dumplings

Sunday, January 24, 2021

This is a recipe I myself do not make, as the dumplings are next level intense, effort-wise. Absolutely delicious, basically a homemade chicken noodle soup, where the noodles are these delicious squares of flour and egg.

Recipe for the Dumplings

• 2 cups flour
• 3 egg yolks
• 1 whole egg
• 2 tsp salt
• 1/4 - 1/2 cup of water

1. Mix flour, eggs, and salt into a bowl by hand.
2. Add water gradually until it forms a ball.
3. Roll dough out on floured surface until 1/4" thich.
4. Cut dough into 2-3" squares.
5. Let dumplings air dry for a few hours.
6. Carefully flip each dumpling and then allow this previously-underside to air dry for a few hours.

Recipe for the Soup

Mom sez: "It’s not written down anywhere because it is so primitive. Basically take a bunch of dark and white meat chicken, add two or three cans of chicken broth, chop up a cup of celery and a couple of onions, maybe a few pieces of carrot for color, throw in salt and pepper and poultry seasoning (About 1 tsp each)and add enough water to make sure the chicken is covered. Put it on low /simmer for three hours. When you’re ready to cook the dumplings pull the chicken out and put it somewhere to stay warm - and then throw the dumplings in the chicken stew water and cook them for half an hour on high."

• A bunch of dark & white meat chicken (breasts & thighs)
• 30-40 fl oz of chicken broth (2-3x 14.5oz cans)
• 1 cup of chopped celery
• 2 onions, chopped
• 1 carrot, chopped (for color)
• Salt & pepper to taste (~1 tsp each)
• Water (enough to cover the chicken)

1. Place all ingredients into a large soup pot.
2. Bring to a boil on high on the stove.
3. Reduce heat and simmer for 3 hours.
4. Remove chicken and place in covered bowl to keep warm.
5. Add dumplings to the soup pot and cook for 30 minutes on high.

Drying out the dumplings after cutting them.

Boiling the dumplings in the chicken juices

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