Easy Chicken and Dumplings

By Joanne (Guest Post)

Here's the even easier version my Mama made when I was a kid, and which my own kids still think of as their favorite comfort food:

Boil a whole chicken in a large pot of water. Pour the broth into a pitcher or other container and refrigerate while you cool and bone the chicken. I save the skin for treats for the dogs and the bones for making soup stock.

When the broth has cooled, skim off the fat cake on top and return broth to pot, with chicken meat. Drop in one stick of margarine, about two cups of milk (skim is fine), and season with garlic salt and pepper. Bring to a boil.

Open two cans of refrigerator dough. Plain is best, though buttermilk and "crescent roll" also work. Pull tiny bits off (each buscuit should yield 9-10 dumplings) and drop into boiling broth. They will grow. Stir periodically. By the time you finish getting all the dumplings in, it's ready to serve. My kids love "making" the dumplings.

On the second night, just add a fresh can or two of dumplings.

By

minymont

Easy, Tasty Dumplings

Mix together 3 eggs
1 cup flour
1 cup cottage cheese
Drop into very hot stew or soup and cook as usual
great taste and easy

By Dee Dee Trimnal (Guest Post)

If you want REALLY easy dumplins - just buy flour tortillas, cut them in strips - about 1 inch or so and throw them in.

They do not stick together - they thicken up without being globby!

By

Beverly in TN

Hi Cindy,
I tried the Chicken and Dumplings recipe tonight and my dumplings were just big blobs of dough, did I use too much for each dumpling or what?

Thanks,
Beverly
Beverly.TN@gmail.com