Chicken stew & dumplings

Name: Chicken stew & dumplings
Total time: 7200 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 tbsp olive oil; 8 skinless / boneless chicken thighs; 100 grams bacon or ham diced; 1 onion, chopped; 2 leeks thinly sliced; 2 tbsp plain flour; 100 ml white wine or cider; 500 ml chicken stock; 100 grams peas, frozen or fresh; 100 grams sundried tomatoes, chopped; 3 tbsp green pesto; 1 bay leaf; Dumplings:; 175 grams self raising flour; 75 grams butter; 50 grams grated parmesan cheese

Panda.s @cook_3715208

London/ Essex Border. U.K.

Tasty and warming

Chicken stew & dumplings

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Ingredients

120 mins

4 servings

2 tbspolive oil
8skinless / boneless chicken thighs
100 gramsbacon or ham diced
1onion, chopped
2leeks thinly sliced
2 tbspplain flour
100 mlwhite wine or cider
500 mlchicken stock
100 gramspeas, frozen or fresh
100 gramssundried tomatoes, chopped
3 tbspgreen pesto
1bay leaf
Dumplings:
175 gramsself raising flour
75 gramsbutter
50 gramsgrated parmesan cheese

Cooking Instructions

120 mins

1

Heat oil in ovenproof pan or dish, fry chicken until golden,turning as neccesary, remove from pan
2

Lower heat, Place bacon/ ham in pan and fry for a couple of minutes, add onion and leeks, cook until soft, without browning.
3

Add plain flour and stir, cook for two minutes,without browning, stir constantly
4

Slowly add the wine, or cider still stirring, stir in stock, season. Allow to thicken.
5

Replace chicken, add bayleaf, reduce heat, put on lid simmer for 45 minutes, stir occasionally.
6

Meanwhile heat oven to 200C.
7

Add pesto, peas and tomatoes.
8

Make dumplings, rub butter & self raising flour together until it looks like breadcrumbs, add cheese and lightly stir in 80 ml cold water to form a soft dough. You can add ground black pepper or pinch of grated nutmeg at breadcrumb stage. No need for salt as cheese is salty enough!
9

Divide in to 8 pieces and roll into balls, dip tops into pine nuts then place on top of stew. Sprinkle any leftover pine nuts on top.
10

Place in oven for 25-30 minutes until dumplings are nicely golden and cooked.
11

Serve with vegetable of choice (creamed potato goes well) Enjoy

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Panda.s @cook_3715208

on February 06, 2015 12:49

London/ Essex Border. U.K.

When I left school I trained as a chef,worked in 5*London hotel for a few years.Drifted into transport planning,retired, do most of the cooking at home.Now have more time to play (experiment) in the kitchen, like to add my own twist to recipes ( my wife calls it 'tampering'!) bake bread and make / decorate novelty cakes for family and close friends.Two daughters and three grandchildren. Celebrated Ruby wedding anniversary with wife Pam 2014.