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Old Fashioned Chicken and Dumplings is a fabulous old family recipe,all made from scratch and tastes so good!
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Old Fashioned Chicken and Dumplings
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
40 mins
Total Time
50 mins
 
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Servings: 6
Ingredients
  • 1 in Whole Chicken or portions ( I like using bone )
  • Water (enough to cover chicken)
  • Herbs (I like parsley basil, oregano, bay, savory, tarragon), to taste
  • Garlic to taste
  • Veggies (I like a mix of peas carrots, corn, green beans), the amount depends on how much you are making
Pie Dough Pastry (makes 2 pie crusts)
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 cup lard
  • ¼ tsp vinegar
  • pinch of salt
  • ¼ - ½ cup ice water.
  • I sometimes add a little Parmesan cheese and/or herbs to the pastry.
Instructions
  1. Place chicken, water, herbs and garlic in a pot and cook until the chicken is done.
  2. Debone the chicken and place back into the pot with the broth you made when cooking.
  3. Taste to see if it needs more herbs or garlic.
  4. Add the veggies, and bring to a boil.
To Make the pastry as follows:
  1. Put flour, salt in a bowl and mix. Cut in lard (can use butter in place of this) until it forms pea sized pieces. Add in vinegar. Add ice water by Tablespoon until it just forms a dough. Do Not Over Mix or your dough will be tough. Work with Cold ingredients for a better product. I keep a small bottle of vinegar in the frige for making dough. This is enough for a two crust pie
  2. Take the pie crust, roll out (do not dust off the extra flour,leave it on the dough, as this helps thicken it a little) and cut into 2x2 pieces.
  3. When the pot comes to a boil drop the pie crust pieces into the pot, cover and cook for about 10 mins.