Southern Chicken & Dumplings With Herbed Broth
Recipe: #24410
July 14, 2016
Categories: Chicken, Onions, Southern Sunday Dinner, Herbs, Bone-in Pieces, Chicken Dinner, more
"Comfort is all over this dish like a warm hug that is soothing to the soul."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (634.7 g)
- Calories 1104.1
- Total Fat - 59.3 g
- Saturated Fat - 17.9 g
- Cholesterol - 613.5 mg
- Sodium - 697.5 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 73.6 g
- Dietary Fiber - 11.2 g
- Sugars - 2.1 g
- Protein - 72.8 g
- Calcium - 153.1 mg
- Iron - 10.8 mg
- Vitamin C - 14.7 mg
- Thiamin - 0.7 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Combine 1 cup flour and pepper. Dredge chicken in flour mixture.
Step 2
Heat oil in a large Dutch oven over medium heat; add chicken, and cook until golden, turning once. Add additional oil, if needed. Remove chicken from Dutch oven, reserving drippings in Dutch oven.
Step 3
Cook onion and garlic in drippings, stirring constantly, until tender.
Step 4
Add 1 tablespoon flour, and cook 1 minute, stirring constantly; gradually add broth, stirring constantly.
Step 5
Add chopped basil and next 4 ingredients; bring to a boil. Return chicken to Dutch oven; cover, reduce heat, and simmer 30 minutes.
Step 6
Remove chicken from Dutch oven, and keep warm.
Step 7
Combine 2 cups flour and whipping cream in a large bowl, stirring with a fork (mixture will be dry and crumbly). Gently pat mixture into 2-inch balls, handling dough as little as possible.
Step 8
Bring broth mixture to a rolling boil; add dumplings. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer, without stirring, 7 - 10 minutes or until dumplings are firm in center.
Step 9
Remove broth mixture from heat. Stir in sour cream, if desired. Serve dumplings and broth over chicken, and garnish, if desired.
NOTE: Adding the sour cream makes this broth creamy - like a Hungarian style dish. The texture is more traditional without the sour cream.
Tips
No special items needed.