Homemade Chicken and Dumplings/ Delicious Family Meals/ Easy to Make Chicken Dumplings

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil reduces saturated fat while maintaining flavor.

milk

🥗Healthier: almond milk

💰Cheaper: water

Almond milk lowers calories and is dairy-free.

Start by preparing the broth with chicken thighs and seasoning it well.

Scoop out the cooked chicken from the broth and set it aside.

Add more chicken broth to the pot if needed, ensuring there's enough liquid for the dumplings.

In a mixing bowl, measure out 3 cups of all-purpose flour.

Add 1/3 cup of shortening to the flour and crumble it together until well incorporated.

Pour in 1.5 cups of whole buttermilk into the flour mixture.

Mix the ingredients together until a dough forms, ensuring it's thick and not too wet.

Season the dumpling mixture if desired, adding spices like salt and pepper.

Drop spoonfuls of the dumpling dough into the simmering broth.

Cook the dumplings in the broth until they are fluffy and cooked through, about 15-20 minutes.

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