Chicken and "Slick" Dumplings

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Chicken and "Slick" Dumplings a try. This recipe serves 4. One portion of this dish contains about 35g of protein, 34g of fat, and a total of 599 calories. Head to the store and pick up peppercorns, lemon juice from one lemon, onions, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the flour you could follow this main course with the Apple Tart with Caramel Sauce as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour and 45 minutes.

Instructions

Place chicken, onions, garlic, peppercorns, parsley stems, and 1 1/2 teaspoons salt in large saucepan or Dutch oven.

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Peppercorns

Whole Chicken

Parsley

Garlic

Onion

Salt

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Dutch Oven

Sauce Pan

Add water to pot to just cover chicken (about 10 cups). Bring to boil over medium-high heat and then reduce heat to simmer. Cook until chicken is tender and falling off the bone, about 1 hour.

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Whole Chicken

Water

Bone

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Pot

While broth is simmering, make dumpling dough: In medium bowl, stir flour with 2 tablespoons butter, shortening, baking powder, and 1/2 teaspoon salt, mashing with fork until mixture resembles coarse wet crumbs. Stir in milk until it forms a dough.

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Baking Powder

Shortening

Butter

Broth

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Milk

Salt

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Bowl

Let sit about 20 minutes.

When cooked, transfer chicken to plate. Strain stock and return to saucepan. Simmer over medium-low heat until reduced to 6 cups. Skim fat from the top and season to taste with salt and ground pepper; keep warm. When chicken is cool enough to handle, remove meat from bones and shred into bite size pieces; reserve.

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Ground Black Pepper

Meat

Stock

Salt

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Sauce Pan

On floured surface, roll dough into a rough 10- by 10-inch square about a quarter inch thick.

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Dough

Roll

Cut dough into 1 1/2-inch wide strips, then cut each strip into 1 1/2-inch squares.

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Dough

Return broth to simmer over medium heat.

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Broth

Add dumplings to broth, one at a time. Cover and simmer until dumplings have puffed slightly and are cooked through, stirring gently once or twice to make sure that they don't stick to each other. Return chicken to pot to heat through. Stir in 1/3 cup parsley leaves, lemon juice, nutmeg (if using), and serve.

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Parsley

Lemon Juice