Dad's Chicken And Dumplings

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 cut-up roasting chicken (about a 4 lb package)
• 1/2 cup butter
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 yellow onion, quartered
• 3 carrots, cut in thirds
• 2 stalks celery, cut in thirds
• 2 large red potatoes, quartered
• 1 tablespoon parsley patch seasoning (includes garlic, oregano, rosemary, basil, cayenne, onion, parsley, paprika and celery salt)
• 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 2 teaspoons fresh ground black pepper
• 6 cups flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 2 tablespoons salt
• 3 eggs
• 1 (15 ounce) can chicken broth

Recipe

• 1 to make the chicken and stock:.
• 2 place the chicken pieces in a large stockpot and cover with water. (this will be the stock to cook the dumplings in so make sure you have enough liquid.).
• 3 add remaining chicken ingredients (butter through black pepper) and bring to a boil.
• 4 reduce heat and simmer until chicken is tender and falling off the bone, about 45 minutes-1 hour.
• 5 place a colander over a large bowl and strain chicken ingredients, keeping stock and chicken. discard the veggies.
• 6 cool chicken and debone.
• 7 to make the dumplings:.
• 8 mix flour, baking powder and salt in a large bowl.
• 9 beat the eggs with 1 cup chicken broth and add to dry dumpling ingredients. (you may need to add more broth to the dough).
• 10 knead dough on a floured board and roll to about 1/4-inch thickness.
• 11 cut dough into squares with a pizza cutter. (i like mine about 2" x 2").
• 12 to finish: pour reserved stock back into the stockpot.
• 13 add deboned chicken to stock and bring to a boil.
• 14 once the stock is boiling, gradually add the dumplings. (you may need to add canned chicken broth to make sure there is enough liquid for the dumplings to cook).
• 15 cook dumplings for 15-20 minutes and serve.