Momma's Homemade Dumplings for CHICKEN and DUMPLINGS. Mama's Homemade Chicken and Dumplings is a favorite among my entire family. Hands down, I've never had a better dumpling in my entire life than the ones my. Fluffy, homemade dumplings in the most flavorful chicken soup.

How about a sleeker version of momma's Chicken and Dumplings Recipe? I ditched the heavy cream gravy and hulky dumplings for a thin, savory broth with mini parmesan-herb dumplings. The fact that the chicken and dumplings aren't drowning in gravy really allows the fresh, herbal flavors to. You can have Momma's Homemade Dumplings for CHICKEN and DUMPLINGS using 10 ingredients and 20 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Momma's Homemade Dumplings for CHICKEN and DUMPLINGS

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

Dumplings, when it comes to Chicken and Dumplings, can be a little difficult to get right; if you're not careful, you can wind up with gloopy flour balls that wind This is an adaptation of one of my favorite old Gourmet Magazine recipes for Chicken and Dumplings. I've tailored it in a few ways through the. This homemade chicken and dumplings recipe is made completely from scratch. Transfer the cooked dumplings to a paper towel-lined plate to remove any excess moisture or grease.

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.....

Made mine with ground chicken instead and it came out great. Or, chicken n' dumplins' rather, as we like to say in the South. I had been eagerly searching for a recipe like the kind I enjoyed so much growing up There are many different versions of chicken and dumplings and this is definitely the one that reminds me of home. Yes you can make homemade dumplings and cut up the biscuit pieces. But if I can find a quicker way I'm all about it, so I used refrigerated biscuits.