Nov 132009
 

After you’ve finished your roast chicken or turkey, don’t toss the bones!  You can create more delicious meals from them.

Chicken and Dumplings

Rating: 51

Ingredients

    Stock
  • Chicken bones
  • Water
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • Garlic
  • Onions
  • Other favorite seasonings
  • Dumpling
  • 1 1/2 cups flour
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 3 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 cup butter, lard or shortening
  • 1/2 cup cold water

Instructions

  1. To make stock place chicken bones in a crock pot, fill with water and turn on low over night. If you don’t have a crock pot use a stock pot and simmer all day.
  2. Strain out bones, set broth in the fridge to cool over night. The fat will rise to the top and form a hard white layer. Skim this off.
  3. Bring the stock back to a boil and add chopped carrots, potatoes, meat and any other veggies you like.
  4. Add salt, pepper, garlic and other seasonings to taste.
  5. Dumplings
  6. Mix the dry together, cut in butter.
  7. Add water, stir until it just sticks together.
  8. Final Prep
  9. Mix up dumpling recipe and drop on top of the soup. Cover and simmer for 15 min.
http://homestead-acres.com/blog/recipes/homestead-series-how-to-make-chicken-and-dumplings/

 

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