Grandma's Old-School Chicken & Dumplings Recipe

flour

🥗Healthier: whole wheat flour

Whole wheat flour is more nutritious.

chicken

🥗Healthier: skinless chicken

💰Cheaper: chicken thighs

Skinless chicken is lower in fat; chicken thighs are often cheaper than breasts.

Introduce the dish and mention craving chicken and dumplings.

Show the self-rising flour to be used for dumplings.

Clean the chicken thighs and season them with salt, pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, parsley flakes, and chicken bouillon powder.

Brown the chicken thighs in oil in a pot.

Add chopped onions, celery, and carrots to the pot and cook for about 5 minutes.

Add 1/2 stick of butter and minced garlic to the vegetables and cook for about a minute.

Return the browned chicken to the pot with the vegetables.

Add 5 cups of half chicken broth and half water to the pot and let it cook for about 30 minutes.

Prepare the dumpling dough by mixing 1.5 cups of self-rising flour with 3 tablespoons of room temperature butter.

Incorporate the butter into the flour until mixed well.

Gradually add chicken broth to the flour mixture until a dough ball forms.

Flour the surface and shape the dough without kneading it too much.

Roll out the dough to desired thickness and cut into dumpling pieces using a pizza cutter.

Place the dumplings on a plate until ready to add to the pot.

Cooking Techniques

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