Recipe: Delicious Momma's Homemade Dumplings for CHICKEN and DUMPLINGS

Momma's Homemade Dumplings for CHICKEN and DUMPLINGS. Momma's Best Chicken and Dumplings Momma's Best Chicken and Dumplings. I have searched for a good chicken and dumpling recipe for years. This one was like sitting down at my moms dinner table.

My hubby, on the other hand , wants only chicken ,flat dumplings, and the broth. No veggies and in my opinion, bland. I use to make both kinds. You can have Momma's Homemade Dumplings for CHICKEN and DUMPLINGS using 10 ingredients and 20 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Momma's Homemade Dumplings for CHICKEN and DUMPLINGS

It's of dumplings.
Prepare 4 cup of all purpose flour.
Prepare 1 tsp of baking powder.
It's 1/2 tsp of onion OR garlic powder (optional).
It's 1 tsp of salt.
Prepare 1/2 cup of shortnening or lard.
You need 1 1/2 cup of chicken broth (atleast room tenp.
Prepare of broth.
It's 1 of ***** 6 cups of FLAVORFUL CHICKEN BROTH from my profile....
Prepare 1/2 can of cream of chicken soup.

Then he mentioned liking the Sweet Sue canned chicken and dumplings one day. Let's make it SUPER EASY Chicken and Dumplings. You can make this recipe even easier with a few time saving steps. first of all, start with pre-cooked chicken, or use the white meat from a rotisserie chicken, I don't think canned chicken is a good choice for a chicken soup Homemade Chicken and Dumplings is the ultimate comfort food recipe, so hearty and delicious! It's always a favorite on a cold night.

Momma's Homemade Dumplings for CHICKEN and DUMPLINGS step by step

Mix all dry ingredients together... you can sift them together if you like.....
Add broth... 1 cup.... and then add the other 1/2 cup a little at a time... u may not need it all...
Mix until it makes a ball of dough.....
I wrap mine in plastic wrap.... put it in Ziploc bag and refrigerate....
I make it about 2-3 days before the holiday.. when your ready sit out dough for about 30 minutes and let it get room temp...
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Cut the dough evenly into.3 pieces......
Lightly flour your work surface and rub your rolling pin with flour.
Roll the dough out to 1/4" thick..... dust lightly with flour....cut dough into square dumplings...
* to freeze put a piece of wax paper on a cookie sheet... put dumplings on the wax paper..... lay a piece of wax paper on the top.and then lay another single layer of dumplings... keep repeating this procedure... mine sometime is 4-5 layers high.....
Roll out more dough.... and our on wax paper..... do this til ALL THE DOUGH....is rolled out.... I only do 1/3 of the dough at a time because it is easier to.handle.....
Lay a sheet of waxpaper on the top to keep dumplings from drying out while they freeze.....
** because I have an impairment... I make these and freeze for the holidays....
After frozen I put the dumplings in a freezer bag..... sprinkle flour lightly on top of dumplings and shake freezer bag until lightly coated....
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Put 1 cup of cold chicken broth in reserve.
Heat the remainder of the FLAVOFUL CHICKEN BROTH..... add cream of chicken soup. bring to a boil..... add dumplings...ONE AT A TIME....or they will stick into a mess!!!!.
Take 2 TBSP of flour and mix in broth u left reserved should be cold....mix with fork until flour is dissolved.... add to hot dumplings.... stir to thinken let cook for 10 minutes... dumplings should be done....
* again because of my impairment I make dumplings by large batches and freeze...... I feed a family of 4..... two times with this dumpling recipe.....
Only use about 1/2 of the batch of the dumplings for a family of 4.....

My Mom makes the BEST Chicken and Dumplings, ask anyone who's tried them and they will tell you the same. She learned to make them from her aunt and my great-grandma. It is one of the easiest dinners to make and one of the most satisfying. Chicken and Dumplings has been a favorite at our house for years and I have always made it on the stove top or in the slow cooker. Mix together and add water as needed to make dough for a ball.