School Cafeteria Chicken And Dumplings
"The flat dumplings Basic southern school recipe this is just chicken and dumplings nothing else Save the dark meat for a different dish"
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (700.6 g)
- Calories 533.6
- Total Fat - 23.4 g
- Saturated Fat - 6.3 g
- Cholesterol - 555.3 mg
- Sodium - 1105.4 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 34.1 g
- Dietary Fiber - 4.9 g
- Sugars - 1.8 g
- Protein - 47.3 g
- Calcium - 89 mg
- Iron - 7.4 mg
- Vitamin C - 8.4 mg
- Thiamin - 0.3 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
The chicken
Step 2
Place a whole chicken into salted, to your taste boiling water.
Step 3
Boil until tender.
Step 4
Reserve the chicken broth.
Step 5
When chicken cools enough to handle, pick apart, retaining the white meat for the dish, and shred.
Step 6
For the dumplings
Step 7
Put a cup of water in freezer to chill.
Step 8
Mix flour, soda and salt.
Step 9
Add shortening, cutting until mixture becomes mealy.
Step 10
Add cold water.
Step 11
Knead dough and form into a log.
Step 12
Cut into thirds for ease of use and roll thirds, one at a time, into thin sheets on floured surface.
Step 13
Cut into 1 1/2-inch strips.
Step 14
Strain broth and bring about 3 quarts to a boil.
Step 15
Drop dumpling strips into boiling broth, one at a time, separating each dumpling with a fork.
Step 16
Cook 15 minutes, then add 1 cup of sweet milk and 2 tablespoons of butter. Mix in chicken.
Step 17
Cover and let stand for about an hour before serving.
Step 18
Season to taste
Step 19
If too thick, add broth from can or carton, a small amount at a time. Heating up the dish
Tips
No special items needed.