Anyhoo, based on that mentality, I cooked up a great pot of chicken & dumplin's on this very rainy day. Normally, I like to take step by step photos, but didn't this time, so, you'll have to settle for the boring step by step instructions with only a finished product photo.
- Take a beautiful, grass-fed chicken, place in stock pot, cover with water and bring to a boil. Cook for about an hour, until chicken is cooked through. Allow to cool.
- Remove whole chicken from stockpot; I put it in a big pie pan, and pull all the meat off the bones and return to the stock pot.
- Turn on the heat to simmer. Add quite a bit of raw milk to the stock pot--this will make a good batch of dumplin's.
- Add a generous amount (there's my exactedness!) of Helen's seasoning mix. (This is another exactedness of mixed dried herbs made by my friend Helen with whatever was growing at the time.)
- Cut up a few carrots into bite-sized pieces and toss into the stock pot. Celery, too.
- Allow to simmer for a while...until carrots are tender.
- To thicken, make a paste of flour or corn starch and water and add to the pot until desired consistency.
Ok. Now here's the part where I cheated. I didn't really make the dumplin's. When I feel lazy, this is what I do. After all, a rainy day is a lazy day, right?
- Take a refrigerated can of pizza dough out of the can but leave in it's round tube shape.
- Cut into slices, then quarter each slice.
- Add to the simmering pot of chicken. Stir.
- Dumplin's will fluff up and taste like you spent hours slaving in the kitchen!
Enjoy! And be comforted on your lazy, rainy day.
Hi Dawnell, Sure do like the sound and style of your recipe. I am probably going to try it out this afternoon (it's raining). I just wonder if you have any guess of what might be good to use for the "dried herb mix?" Also, do you think some onion or 1 clove of garlic would be okay? Thanks a lot! Susan Shafer, Battlefield, MO
ReplyDeleteHi, Susan! Thanks for your comment! I think onion and garlic would both be lovely in the dumplings! The herb mix is mostly "standard" herbs like rosemary, thyme, basil, oregano, etc. My friend grows several and dries them then puts them all together in a mix. I don't think you can go wrong with hardly any mixture of herbs this way! Good luck with your dumplin's, and let me know how they turn out!
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