Chicken With Slippery Dumplings Recipes

CHICKEN WITH SLIPPERY DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Place chicken, celery and onion in a Dutch oven. Cover with water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer until chicken is tender. Remove chicken and keep warm. Skim fat from the pan juices; add water to measure 3 qts. Set aside 1-1/2 cups for dumplings; cool. Return remaining broth to the Dutch oven; add carrots and bouillon. , For dumplings, combine flour, salt if desired and baking powder. Add enough reserved broth to form a stiff dough. Divide dough into thirds; cover and let rest for 10-15 minutes. , Meanwhile, bring broth to a simmer. Roll each portion of dough to 1/8-in. thickness; cut into 2-in. squares. Drop one at a time into simmering broth. Cover and cook for 5-7 minutes, stirring occasionally. Serve immediately with the chicken. Sprinkle with parsley if desired.

OLD-FASHIONED CHICKEN AND SLICK DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Place chicken in a large pot. Add salt and pepper, a dash of cayenne, a bay leaf, and a handful of celery tops. Cover with water, and cook until done. Discard bay leaf. Add vegetables, and continue cooking until vegetables are nearly done.
• Meanwhile, make the dumplings. Mix together flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt, baking powder, chicken fat. Mix in enough water to make a stiff dough. Divide dough into three parts. Roll out, and cut into squares.
• Add 1/3 dumplings to simmering chicken, and cook 5 minutes. Add another third, and cook 5 minutes more. Add the remaining third, and cook 5 minutes longer. Serve.

DELAWARE SLIPPERY DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• In a large bowl combine the flour, baking powder and salt.
• Cut in the shortening with a pastry blender until the mixture forms fine crumbs.
• Stir in enough hot water to make a firm but manageable dough.
• In a 4-quart saucepan, heat the broth to boiling.
• Add the butter; let the butter melt and float to the top of the broth.
• On a floured board, roll out the dough to 1/16 inch thickness.
• Cut into 2 inch squares.
• Drop the dumplings one at a time into the boiling broth.
• Reheat the broth to boiling over high heat.
• Reduce the heat to medium and cook dumplings uncovered until tender, about 15 minutes.
• Spoon the dumplings into a serving dish with some of the cooking liquied and serve.
• Can be added to a variety of soups and broths.

SLIPPERY DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Place dry ingredients in a bowl.
• Mix dry ingredients.
• Cut shortening into dry ingredients.
• Add water slowly, just enough to make a stiff dough.
• If the dough is tacky, add a small amount of flour until it is stiff.
• Roll dough out very thinly, about 1/2 centimeter thick.
• With a sharp knife cut the dough into small squares, about 1 1/2 inch wide by 2 inches high.

CHICKEN AND SLIPPERY DUMPLINGS RECIPE

Steps:

• Rub chicken, inside and out with salt, pepper and paprika. Place chicken in stove top dutch oven 1/3 full with water. Add onion and celery. Bring to a boil and cover. Reduce to simmer and cook for 1 to 1 1/2 hours, ujtil chicken is tender. For the dumplings, mix flour, salt, oil and water a little at a time until soft dough is formed. Knead on floured board until soft, pliable and very smooth. Roll dough very thin and cut into 1 1/2 to 2 inch wide strips approximately 3 inches long. Remove chicken, celery and onion from pan. Raise heat to medium-high and drop dumpling strips, one by one ito boiling water being careful not to let them stick together. Cover and boil dumplings for 10 to 15 minutes.