Chicken & Dumplings

Ingredients

Chicken

• small chicken
• 1/2 onion
• Garlic Clove
• Sprig of Thyme
• Sprig of rosemary
• Salt & Pepper

Dumplings

• 1 cup flour
• 1/4 cup cornmeal
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1+ cup warm water

Soup

• 1 large carrot
• 1/2 onion
• 1 large celery
• 4 cups chicken broth
• 1/4 tsp ceyenne
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg
• sprig of thyme
• handf-full of greens,kale, or chickory

Directions

Chicken

1. roast (or buy) chicken ahead of time and let cool a little
2. save drippings and debone
3. break meat apart with forks, you want more stringy “pulled” meat than chunks.
4. set aside

Dumplings

1. mix dry ingredients
2. add a little hot water at a time, and roll into ball
3. when it gets a nice consitency, roll into 1cmx3or4cm dumplings
4. put aside onto a plate dusted well with flour

Soup

1. Into your stock pot your carrot, celery, onion
2. cook in chicken fat or olive oil if it’s not enough until softened
3. add chicken broth, thyme, nutmeg, ceyenne
4. add chicken
5. bring to boil
6. salt/pepper to taste
7. Cook for 15 minutes

Chicken & Dumplings ( putting it all together )

1. Add greens
2. Add the dumplings to the soup, and boil for 15 minutes (up to 30).
3. check by taking out some yummy dumplings and sampling
4. the water should boil down, and stew should be come thick from flour
5. if it’s not thick enough, you can add some flour/cornstarch into cold water, and then add it to the stew