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Friday, February 27, 2015

Shawn's Cracker Barrel Style Chicken And Dumplings

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins
Preparation Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins


Ingredients



  • Servings: 8

  • 2 cups flour

  • 2 teaspoons baking powder

  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

  • 1 cup whole milk

  • 4 tablespoons oil

  • 8 cups water

  • 3 chicken bouillon cubes

  • 1 whole chicken, cut up

  • 1 garlic clove, left whole

  • 1 stalk celery, cut into 4 pieces

  • salt

  • pepper

  • 1 onion, cut into 8 wedges

  • 2 bouillon cubes

  • 2 tablespoons butter

  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

  • 2 tablespoons flour

  • 1/4 cup milk

  • 1/2 cup dumpling water (about a ladel full) or 1/2 cup chicken water (about a ladel full)

  • 1 teaspoon chicken base


Recipe



  • 1 boil chicken at a low boil in very large dutch oven with celery, onion, and garlic. season with salt and pepper, add chicken bouillon.

  • 2 let chicken low boil for about 1 hour.

  • 3 remove all chicken, celery, onion, and garlic from pot- let cool until you can work with the chicken. debone chicken and shred a little with hands. discard celery, onion and garlic.

  • 4 in bowl mix dumpling ingredients well and turn onto a floured surface. knead 5-6 times and divide into 2 parts.

  • 5 roll out one section into 1/8" thickness and cut into 1" squaresrepeat with other section.

  • 6 in large pot boil water with 3 bouillon cubes.

  • 7 cook about half of the dumplins unitl just about cooked through remove, strain and set aside. repeat until all are done.

  • 8 in sauce pot melt butter add salt and flour and whisk together. once incorporated increase heat to medium high.

  • 9 add milk and whisk until smooth, whisk in chicken base unitl disolved into mixture reduce heat to a low simmer.

  • 10 add the 1/2 cup of cooking water (either the dumpling liquid or the chicken water) simmer whisking to make sure there are no lumps. remove from heat.

  • 11 bring chicken water to a boil, return chicken to the pot and add dumplings.

  • 12 scoop out one ladel of sauce and add to chicken pot stirring constantly. continue to add ladel at a time until the desired thickness you like is achieved.

  • 13 taste for seasoning. serve in deep bowls!

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