Birds Chicken Stew With Dumplings Or Chicken Noodle Soup Recipes

CHICKEN STEW WITH DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• De-bone chicken and cut into chunks or shred. Set aside.
• Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a large Dutch oven over medium heat; cook and stir onion and celery until soft, about 10 minutes. Sprinkle in 2 tablespoons flour and whisk continuously to make a thick roux, about 2 minutes. Slowly pour in chicken broth, whisking to remove any lumps. Add 1 teaspoon salt, black pepper, basil, thyme, potatoes, and mixed vegetable. Cover and cook the stew over medium heat until vegetables are tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Stir in chicken meat and continue to simmer.
• Meanwhile, combine 1 1/2 cups flour, baking powder, and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a large bowl; cut in 3 tablespoons butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in milk and dill. Drop rounded tablespoonfuls of dough into the simmering stew. Cook, uncovered, for 10 minutes. Cover and cook until the dumplings are tender, 8 to 10 minutes more.

THE ULTIMATE CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP

Steps:

• Pat chicken dry with paper towels; sprinkle with salt and pepper. In a 6-qt. stockpot, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add chicken in batches, skin side down; cook until dark golden brown, 3-4 minutes. Remove chicken from pan; remove and discard skin. Discard drippings, reserving 2 tablespoons., Add onion to drippings; cook and stir over medium-high heat until tender, 4-5 minutes. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Add broth, stirring to loosen browned bits from pan. Bring to a boil. Return chicken to pan. Add celery, carrots, bay leaves and thyme. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, until chicken is tender, 25-30 minutes., Transfer chicken to a plate. Remove soup from heat. Add noodles; let stand, covered, until noodles are tender, 20-22 minutes., Meanwhile, when chicken is cool enough to handle, remove meat from bones; discard bones. Shred meat into bite-sized pieces. Return meat to stockpot. Stir in parsley and lemon juice. If desired, adjust seasoning with additional salt and pepper. Discard bay leaves.

CHICKEN STEW WITH DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Place chicken and water in a 5-qt. Dutch oven. Cover and cook over medium heat for 1 to 1-1/2 hours or until chicken is tender. , Skim fat. Remove chicken from broth; allow to cool. Debone chicken and cut into chunks; return to broth. Add next nine ingredients. Cover and cook over medium heat for 15-20 minutes or until vegetables are tender. , Meanwhile, combine the flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl; cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in milk and parsley. Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls into simmering stew. Cook, uncovered, for 10 minutes. Cover and cook for 8-10 minutes or until the dumplings are tender.

BIRD'S CHICKEN STEW WITH DUMPLINGS (OR CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP)

Steps:

• Rub chicken with poultry seasoning and place in large dutch oven. Add the chicken broth, water, oregano, basil, garlic powder, and salt and pepper . Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low and cover and simmer for 2 hours or until chicken is about falling off the bone, stirring occasionally.
• Carefully remove the chicken from the pot (using 2 large slotted spoons to lift it works well) into a colander placed inside a pot to catch the dripping and return it back to the broth. Add remaining stew ingredients and continue simmering the broth, but uncovered.
• Once the chicken is cool enough to handle (about 15 minutes), remove the skin and de-bone the chicken (cut up any overly large pieces such as the breasts). Add chicken back to the pot. Raise temperature up to medium and let simmer 10 minutes. Taste broth and re-season with salt and pepper if needed. (AT THIS POINT you can serve it as soup by ladling it over the cooked egg noodles).
• FOR DUMPLING STEW VARIATION: Bring temperature up to medium-high and stir in the heavy cream to the broth. Mix Bisquick, sage, and milk to form a dough. Drop dough by heaping teaspoons into hot broth. Don't crowd as they will fluff up, so do in batches if necessary.
• Let simmer for 20 minutes, CAREFULLY turning the dumplings with a slotted spoon after 10 minutes and about every 5 minutes after that until dough is cooked through (this will also help turn the broth into a thicker stew).
• If necessary, remove 1st batch of dumplings to a large bowl and repeat by dropping the 2nd batch of dumplings. Add 1st batch of dumplings back into pot, and its ready to eat.

CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP AND DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Begin heating your soup combined with the water in a LARGE pot with a tight fitting lid.
• Combine your dry ingredients in a medium sized mixing bowl.
• Stir lightly to mix, being careful not to lose any over the side.
• Create a hollow in the middle of your dry ingredients.
• Add your milk to the hollow.
• Add your oil to the milk.
• Using a fork, mix the ingredients until a sticky dough is formed.
• Do not overmix.
• When your soup is boiling, quickly add spoonfuls of the dough until the entire bowlful is in the pot. Make sure to move quickly - the faster you get them in, the fluffier they'll be.
• Quickly cover the pot with the tight fitting lid.
• Reduce the heat to medium and cook for 10 minutes.
• NEVER lift the lid before 10 minutes has passed or you will have dense dumplings instead of light, fluffy ones.
• After 10 minutes, remove from heat and serve.
• Dumplings will be very hot.

CHICKEN AND NOODLES WITH DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Bring to a boil in a large kettle 6 qts water, add salt and spices.
• When the water is boiling add chicken, celery, onion, garlic and vinegar and Worcestershire.
• Cover and cook at least 1 hour.
• Remove chicken and set aside to cool.
• Remove broth from heat.
• Cooke noodles in a pot of boiling, lightly salted water. Cook according to package instructions. Drain and set aside.
• When the chicken is cool, clean off skin and bones and shred meat.
• Salt and pepper meat and set it aside.
• When broth is cool, skim off fat and discard.
• In a dutch oven or deep skillet, heat butter.
• Add flour and stir, adding small amounts of chicken broth to thicken.
• Add soup and 1 cup of chicken broth. Make your dumplings now.
• Add noodles, chicken and vegies.
• Cover and lower heat to simmer approximately 20-25 minutes.
• Add dumplings to the top of the dish and cover.
• Simmer for approximately 10 minutes.
• If you don't have enough broth to cook dumplings add more broth.
• Put the remaining broth into freezer containers and freeze for use later.