Hello everybody, it is me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, southern chicken and dumplings. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Southern Chicken and Dumplings is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. Southern Chicken and Dumplings is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

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 get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have southern chicken and dumplings using 23 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Southern Chicken and Dumplings:

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

Use a rotisserie chicken and store-bought broth.; Use canned biscuits to make dumplings: on floured surface, roll out each biscuit until thin, dredge through flour and cut into strips. To freeze chicken and dumplings, allow to rest until cool, then spoon into a freezer-safe container. This Southern Style Chicken and Dumplings Recipe is easy to make and full of old fashioned goodness. You'll love the flat dumplings mixed in with a delicious creamy chicken soup.

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.

Chicken and Dumplings is a classic Southern comfort food. While chicken is coming to a boil, make the dumplings. In a large bowl, using a pastry blender or two knives, cut the shortening and salt into the cup of flour, until shortening is the size of small peas. Chicken: Cut up chicken, but do not remove skin. The skin and bones can be removed later.

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