COOKED DUMPLINGS RECIPES

Steps:

• Combine flour, baking powder and 1/8 t. salt in a bowl. Cut butter into the dry ingredients with a fork or pastry blender. Stir in milk, mixing with a fork until the dough forms a ball. Heavily flour a work surface.Use rolling pin or a pizza cutter to cut the dumplings. Use a small spatula to lift the dumplings off the cutting surface. Roll dough out thin with a heavily floured rolling pin. Dip cutter in flour and cut the dumplings in squares about 2 inches x 2 inches. Use a floured spatula to put dumplings on a heavily floured plate. Just keep flouring between the layers of dumplings. To cook, bring stock to a boil. Add in seasonings plus the remaining salt. Drop dumplings in one at a time, stirring as you add them. The extra flour on them will help thicken the stock. Cook for about 15-20 minutes or until they not doughy tasting. Add the cooked chicken to the pot. Serve 8.

Steps:

• Place the chicken into a large boiling pot. Add chicken broth and water. Make sure the chicken is covered with water. Bring to a boil and reduce heat to a simmer. Throughout cooking skim away any foam that forms in your pot. Simmer for 1-1/2 hours until chicken is done and tender. Remove chicken from the broth and allow to cool.
• Debone the chicken once it is cool enough to handle. While deboning the chicken discard the undesirable parts (skin, bones, etc). Cut deboned chicken into bite-sized pieces.
• Now it's time to prepare your dumplings. Preparing the dumplings is easy. Mix your flour, salt, egg, butter, and milk in a stand mixer. If you don't have a stand mixer, a mixing bowl and hand mixer will do the job. Continue to mix to form balls.
• Form your dumplings by rolling out the dough to about 1/8 inch on a cutting board. Use a sharp knife or pizza cutter to cut your dough into bite-size pieces. If you feel creative try cutting out small circles, squares or diamond patterns.
• Bring the chicken broth to a boil. Drop dumplings into boiling broth, ensuring that they submerge. Add all of your dumplings to the broth. You can keep dumplings from sticking together by adding butter and dunk dumplings one final time. Reduce heat to medium-low and cook for 8 to 10 minutes. Add chicken and simmer until chicken is heated. Your dumplings are now ready to serve.