Crock Pot Chicken Stew With Cheddar Cornmeal Dumplings Recipes

CROCK POT CHICKEN STEW WITH CHEDDAR CORNMEAL DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• In a 4 or 5 quart slowcooker combine the carrots, potatoes, onions, garlic, bay leaves, sage and pepper and stir to combine.
• Place chicken on top of the vegetables.
• In a medium bowl, gradually whisk broth into soup and pour this mixture over the chicken.
• Cover; cook on low heat for 8-10 hours or on high heat for 4-5 hours.
• Turn slow cooker to high heat. Remove and discard bay leaves. Combine water and cornstarch and stir into stew until combined.
• In a medium bowl combine flour, cheese, cornmeal, baking powers and salt. In a small bowl combine egg, milk and melted butter. Add egg mixture to flour mixture. Stir with a fork until just moistened.
• Use 2 spoons to drop dough directly on top of stew. Cover and cook for 25 to 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into dumpling comes out clean. Do not life cover during cooking.

PORK STEW WITH CORNMEAL DUMPLINGS (CROCK POT)

Steps:

• Cut the pork into 1 inch cubes.
• In a skillet, brown the pork and the garlic in hot oil; drain well.
• Meanwhile, in a crock pot combine carrots, potatoes, water, tapioca, sugar, Worcestershire sauce, bay leaves, thyme, salt, nutmeg, and pepper.
• Stir in the browned meat and undrained tomatoes; cover and cook on low for 9-11 hours or on high for 4 to 5 hours.
• If the stew was cooked on low turn to high.
• Prepare the cornmeal dumplings.
• Remove the bay leaves and stir the stew.
• Drop the dumplings by the tablespoon onto the stew.
• Cover and cook for 50 minutes more (DO NOT LIFT THE COVER UNTIL TIME IS UP).
• Sprinkle the dumpling with cheese.
• For dumplings: in a medium mixing bowl, stir together flour, 1/2 cup cheese, cornmeal, baking powder, and pepper.
• Combine beaten egg, milk, and oil; add to the flour mixture; stir with a fork just until combined.
• Use in the pork stew for the dumplings.

CROCK POT CHICKEN STEW

Steps:

• Put chicken breasts with Italian dressing in a large zip bag to marinate over-night.
• Layer potato, celery, carrots and onion in crock-pot.
• Dredge marinated chicken breasts in seasoned flour and set them on top of vegetables. Add the garlic powder, Italian seasoning and salt-n-pepper to taste.
• Pour chicken broth over-all, and cook 8-10 hours on low.
• During the last 5-10 min of cooking time, add package of ramen noodle dinner with seasoning, giving it a stir.
• This is good served with crusty bread or warm dinner rolls.

CORNMEAL DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Combine dry ingredients.
• Cut in butter (using fingers or pastry blender) until mixture resembles coarse meal.
• Add milk and stir.
• Drop dough by spoonful (6) into stew.
• Cover and simmer about 18 minutes or until dumplings are firm to the touch.

DOWN SOUTH CROCK POT CHICKEN STEW

Steps:

• Place cut up chicken in crock pot.
• Mix flour, salt, pepper, and paprika in a small bowl, and pour over chicken; stir to coat chicken with flour.
• Add remaining ingredients (except green beans) and mix well.
• Cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours, or high 4-5 hours.
• Add green beans (optional) 1 hour before serving.

CHICKEN STEW WITH CORNMEAL DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• In a wide, deep pot, combine the chicken, stock and bay leaf- bring to a boil then reduce the heat to medium, cover the pot and simmer for 15 minutes.
• Skim the broth of any fat.
• Stir in the celery, carrots, onion and thyme.
• Contine to simmer over medium heat, partially covered, until the vegetables are tender (about 15 minutes).
• Stir in the kale.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Dumplings: Mix the dry ingredients together, then cut in the butter until the mixture is crumbly (a food processor makes this really easy).
• Add the milk and mix just until combined.
• Drop tablespoons of the dumpling batter in clumps over the top of the stew.
• Discard the bay leaf and thyme sprigs and serve.

EASY CROCK POT CHICKEN STEW

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in the slow cooker and stir well.
• Cover and cook on low 6-8 hours until chicken is done and vegetables are tender.
• As you serve the stew, fish out the bay leaves and garlic cloves.