Basic Chicken And Dumplings

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 whole fryer
• 1/4 cup margarine
• 1 (10 1/2 ounce) can cream of chicken soup
• 1 (10 count) can flakey biscuits (not grands)
• 1 cup flour

Recipe

• 1 boil chicken in salted water until it slips easily off the bone.
• 2 remove chicken from broth and debone. tear chicken into bite-sized pieces.
• 3 return meat to broth, then add margarine and soup. bring to a boil.
• 4 sprinkle flour onto board, then roll or pat each biscuit to about 1/4 inch thickness. cut into strips.
• 5 drop biscuit strips one at time into boiling broth, stirring often.
• 6 cook on high for about 10 minutes, then reduce heat to low for another 30 to 40 minutes.