Best Chicken N Dumplings With Sour Cream Gravy Recipes

D' BEST CHICKEN N' DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, sift flour, baking soda and salt. Cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in water until mixture forms a ball. Divide dough in half and shape into balls. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate for 2 hours or overnight.
• Remove the skin from the breast, thigh and back of the chicken, but leave it on the legs and wings. Season chicken with seasoning salt, and place in a large stock pot. Pour in water. Add onion, celery and margarine. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to simmer. Cook for about 1 1/2 hours, until chicken falls off the bone.
• On a lightly floured surface, roll one ball of dough to about 1/8 inch thick. Cut into 2 inch squares. Drop into simmering broth, and let cook for about 2 minutes. Stir gently to prevent sticking; add more water if needed. Season broth while dumplings are cooking with salt, pepper and poultry seasoning. Simmer for about 15 minutes, or until dumplings are cooked through.

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.

CHICKEN WITH PAN GRAVY AND CORNMEAL DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Cook chicken:
• Preheat oven to 200°F.
• Pat chicken dry and season with salt and pepper.
• Heat butter and oil in a 12-inch deep heavy skillet over moderately high heat until foam subsides, then brown chicken well, about 8 minutes total. Arrange skin-sides up, then sprinkle with shallot. Add wine and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, until chicken is just cooked through, 20 to 25 minutes. Transfer chicken with tongs to a heatproof platter, reserving juices in skillet. Cover chicken with foil and keep warm in oven.
• Make dumplings:
• Sift together flour, cornmeal, baking powder and soda, salt, and pepper into a bowl. Blend in butter with a pastry blender or your fingertips until mixture resembles coarse meal. Stir in 2 tablespoons chives and 1 tablespoon parsley, then add buttermilk, stirring just until dough is moistened (do not overmix).
• Make gravy and cook dumplings:
• Skim fat from juices in skillet. Add 2 3/4 cups stock and bring to a boil. Whisk together cream, flour, and remaining 1/4 cup stock in a small bowl until smooth, then whisk into boiling stock and season with salt and pepper.
• Drop 8 heaping tablespoons of dough into simmering gravy, about 2 inches apart to allow dumplings to expand. Reduce heat and gently simmer dumplings, covered, until tops are dry to the touch, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Sprinkle chicken, dumplings, and gravy with remaining herbs.

SLOW COOKER CREAMY CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Combine chicken, cream of mushroom soup, onion, butter, rosemary, and black pepper in a slow cooker; add enough vegetable broth to cover the ingredients completely.
• Cook on High for 4 1/2 to 5 1/2 hours.
• Arrange torn biscuit dough on top of chicken mixture; continue cooking until dough is cooked through, about 30 minutes more.

CHICKEN STEW WITH SOUR CREAM DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Place chicken, carrots, celery,onion, boullion cubes or granules, salt, and pepper in stock pot or dutch oven with enough water to cover.
• Bring to boil, lower heat, simmer 3 hours covered.
• Remove chicken, cool enough to handle, then strip meat from bones.
• Remove veggies.
• At this point, make dumplings:.
• Mix 1 1/2 cups flour,baking powder,3/4 t. salt, and thyme together.
• Mix sour cream, 3/4 cup milk and oil together.
• Fold sour cream mix into flour mix. Beat by hand until thoroughly mixed. Set aside.
• Bring broth to boil.
• Mix 1/2 cup flour, 1 cup milk and Kitchen Bouquet; add to boiling broth.,.
• Cook, whisking constantly, until thick and bubbly.
• Return chicken meat and veggies to broth.
• Drop dumpling mix by serving-spoonfuls on simmering stew.
• Cover tightly, cook 20 minutes without lifting cover.
• Pick will come out clean when dumplings are done.