Thursday, November 1, 2012

Chicken and Dumplings

This turned out SO GOOD, I had to write out the recipe before I forgot what I did :)

Please make this, and enjoy.

Ingredients

2 bone-in, skin-on chicken breasts
3 stalks celery, 1 cut into 3 pieces, the other 2 diced
4 carrots, 1 cut into 3 pieces, the other 3 diced
whole peppercorns
2 - 3 bay leaves
1 jar diced pimentos
1 can cream of chicken soup
Knorr chicken bouillon (to taste -- I added about 2 T.)
1 cup frozen peas
2 cups Bisquick
2/3 cup whole milk
1 T. minced parsley
garlic powder (about 1/4 tsp)
Lawry's seasoned salt (about 1/4 tsp)


Simmer chicken, 1 stalk celery, 1 carrot, peppercorns and bay leaves with enough water to cover in a 6 quart pot until done, about an hour or so. 

Strain broth, wipe out the pot, and return broth to the pot.  Add the diced celery, carrot, cream of chicken soup and bouillon and cook about 15 minutes.  Meanwhile, pick apart the chicken into bite-sized pieces.

In a separate bowl, combine the Bisquick, milk, parsley, garlic powder and seasoned salt until a wet dough forms.  Drop teaspoons full of the dough into the simmering soup ((they will get bigger, so err on the side of smallness)).  Cook 10 minutes.  Put the lid on the pot and add the peas and pimentos and cook an additional 10 minutes.  Season with salt and pepper and devour.

My 4 year old ate 3 bowls of this tonight.  My husband exclaimed "This is REALLY good!" ... I believe I agree.

Buon appetito!