There's a lot of love in those dumplings! This is comfort food at its best and so worth the time and effort. I love the ohhs, awws, and OMGs, smiles, and sighs of total satisfaction that come with this bowl of heaven.
Ingredients
- butter: 0.25 cup
- ribs celery, quartered: 2 piece
- carrot, quartered: 1 piece
- onion: 1 piece (chopped)
- garlic: 1 tsp (mashed)
- bay leaves: 2 piece
- thyme: 0.5 tsp (dried)
- salt: 0.5 tsp
- ground black pepper: 0.5 tsp
- poultry seasoning: 0.125 tsp
- bone-in chicken breasts: 2 pound
- water to cover:
- self-rising flour (such as White Lily®): 2 Tbsp
- self-rising flour (such as White Lily®): 2 cups
- shortening: 0.25 cup (cold)
- chicken broth, slightly chilled: 0.25 cup
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Stages of cooking
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Gather all ingredients. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Melt butter in a stock pot over medium-high heat. Add celery, carrot, onion, garlic, bay leaves, thyme, salt, pepper, and poultry seasoning; cook and stir until flavors combine, about 5 minutes. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Push vegetable mixture to the sides and add chicken; cook until browned, 3 to 5 minutes per side. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Pour enough water over the chicken to cover by 3 inches; bring to a boil. Stir, scraping the browned bits off of the bottom of the pot. Reduce heat; simmer until chicken is tender, about 1 hour. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Transfer chicken and carrots to a serving plate with a large slotted spoon; let cool. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Ladle 1/4 cup cooking liquid into a bowl; cool slightly, about 5 minutes. Mix in 2 tablespoons flour. Stir back into the pot. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Place 2 cups flour in a large bowl; cut in shortening with 2 knives until mixture forms pea-sized bits. Mix in chilled chicken broth until dough is combined. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Turn dough out onto a floured work surface. Knead 5 to 6 times; pat down to 1-inch thickness. Sprinkle lightly with flour; roll out to about 1/8-inch thickness. Cut dough into squares with a sharp knife. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Drop squares, in batches, into simmering cooking liquid, moving squares to the side with each addition. Partially cover pot; simmer until dumplings are firm, about 12 minutes. Separate any dumplings that stick together. Remove from heat; keep covered. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Bone chicken; cut into bite-sized pieces and return to the pot. Chop carrot; return to the pot. Cool chicken and dumplings, about 30 minutes, before serving. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Enjoy! Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
