Grandma's Chicken and Dumplings

Name: Grandma's Chicken and Dumplings
Total time: 5400 s
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 3-6 lb whole chicken; 2 quart water; 2 tsp salt; 1 tsp course black pepper; 2 cup all-purpose flour; 1/2 tsp baking powder; 1/2 tsp salt; 3 tbsp shortening; 3/4 cup buttermilk

Adam Rice @adamrice44

This is the simply the best chicken and dumplings I have ever tasted
All from scratch just like grandma and grandpa use to make

Adam Rice @adamrice44

This is the simply the best chicken and dumplings I have ever tasted
All from scratch just like grandma and grandpa use to make

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Ingredients

1 hour 30 mins

8 servings

13-6 lb whole chicken
2 quartwater
2 tspsalt
1 tspcourse black pepper
2 cupall-purpose flour
1/2 tspbaking powder
1/2 tspsalt
3 tbspshortening
3/4 cupbuttermilk

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Steps

1 hour 30 mins

1

Add water and 2 tsp salt to dutch oven and bring to a boil
2

Add whole chicken and boil at medium heat for one hour
3

Take chicken out of dutch oven to cool then debone (should be falling off the bone)
4

Mix flour, baking soda, 1\2 tsp salt, shortening, and buttermilk. Knead 4 times
5

Roll out dough 1\4 inch thick and cut into squares (or pinch off pieces the size of quarters)
6

Add dumplings one at a time to remaining boiling water one at a time and simmer for 15 minutes
7

Add deboned chicken and pepper and simmer for 15 more minutes...
8

Enjoy!!