When Lee told me he was making
chicken and dumplings, I threw a bit of a fit. I've never been a big
chicken soup fan, and for some reason in my head dumplings are the same thing
as biscuits and gravy which I really do hate.
Luckily, Lee proved me wrong with this amazing version.
Perfect broth, perfect dumplings, perfect chicken. |
After last week’s beer brined
chicken, he’s obsessed so we picked up a whole cut up fryer at the store and he
prepared that recipe. Then he added just
a little spice to the dumplings. By the
way, if the dumplings were called really thick noodles, I probably wouldn’t
have had any problem at all.
The combo resulted in a soup that
was heavenly with just a little spice to it. It definitely wasn’t melt your
face off spicy, but just enough so you knew that you weren’t dealing with your
typical salt and pepper blend.
This was the very perfect soup
for curling up on the couch with a big fluffy sweater kind of day and eating it
felt like getting a great big soupy hug.
Do yourself a favor and make this
before the winter’s up.
Items
for Beer-Brined Chicken
1
quart chicken broth
1
chicken bouillon cube
Salt
and pepper
1
tsp pepper
1
tsp thyme
1
tsp sage
1
tsp onion powder
3
cups self-rising flour
1/3
cup shortening
2
tsp butter
1
cup 2% milk
- Make the Beer-Brined Chicken.
- Let the chicken cool and shred the meat into bite size pieces, you can put in a little of the skin, but not too much or leave out the skin completely.
- Pour the chicken broth in a Dutch Oven and add chicken, bouillon and a dash of salt and pepper, bring to a simmer.
- In another bowl mix pepper, thyme, sage, onion powder, and 1 tsp salt.
- Add flour and cut in shortening, butter and 1/4 tsp of salt. Use a pastry cutter to get it all good and crumbly. Stir in milk.
- Turn out dough on a floured surface and roll to 1/8 inch.
- Cut into 1-inch square pieces.
- Drop dumplings into simmering broth, just a couple at a time.
- Cover and simmer 25 minutes, stirring gently a few times throughout.
- Garnish with parsley or cilantro.
This is similar to a recipe I have for chicken and dumplings minus the beer brined chicken. I will try it your way in the next week or so. It sounds good.
ReplyDeleteI think that the spice on the chicken helps make it a little spicer. Lee's obsessed with that beer brined chicken right now. I think you could probably use something else.
ReplyDeleteWell, this sounds delicious! I haven't had a dumpling since I was young. Time to change that I think :-)
ReplyDeletePaula @ Spoons 'n' Spades
I think it's my new favorite soup!
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