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5 Simple Tricks to Instantly Improve Your Chicken and Dumplings Recipe #chickenanddumplings #collardvalleycooks #southerncooking Hey y'all, I'm Tammy and this is Collard Valley Cooks! In this video, we're making delicious chicken and dumplings from scratch. This easy recipe includes helpful cooking tips and kitchen hacks to make your home cooking experience simple and enjoyable. You'll learn how to cook this comforting dumpling recipe in no time! MASTER COOKBOOK RECIPE # 621 CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS Ingredients: Recipe #116 Boil a chicken (recipe below) Recipe #162 Dumplings, double Recipe (recipe below) 2-10.5 oz. cans cream of chicken 1 tsp salt & 1/2 tsp black pepper Water Instructions: Read Recipe 162 entirely before starting this recipe. In a large stockpot, bring broth with 4 cups water to a boil. Add canned soup, salt, and pepper, and stir well. Drop the dumplings into the boiling broth. Stir occasionally with care. Once all the dumplings are in, turn the heat down to the lowest setting. Cover the pot with a lid and cook for 10 minutes. Open the lid and stir the dumplings every 2-3 minutes to prevent them from sticking to the bottom. The broth should thicken. If the broth does not thicken, add: 1/3 cup self-rising flour 1-1/2 cups cold milk To a small bowl. Mix the flour and milk thoroughly with a whisk, then add them to the broth. Add the chicken and stir. Dumplings should change texture when they are finished cooking; they will look flatter. It should be ready 15 minutes after adding the dumplings. “These are the best chicken and dumplings you will ever eat; I promise!”– Tammy MASTER COOKBOOK RECIPE # 116 HOW TO BOIL A CHICKEN Ingredients: boil a young fryer chicken 1-1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp black pepper 1 Tbsp chicken bouillon granules 2 celery stalks, cut into thirds onion, quartered Instructions: Place the chicken breast side down in a large stock pot. Add the remaining ingredients to the pot. Turn the heat to medium/low and cook for 1 hour. Remove the chicken with two large spoons and place it on a pie plate. Once it is cool enough to touch, remove the chicken from the bones. Discard the bones, fat, onions, and celery. Straining the broth is optional. I do not strain it myself for dressing. Reserve the broth. Boiling a chicken like this makes Chicken Broth. In order to make Chicken Stock, you have to boil the bones at least 1-1/2 to 2 hours. Use two one quart jars to store the broth. Pour the broth through a wide-mouth funnel with a mesh strainer into the jars. This process should give you roughly 1 1/2 to 2 quarts. MASTER COOKBOOK RECIPE # 162 DUMPLINGS Ingredients: 2 cups self-rising flour 1/8 cup vegetable shortening 2/3 cups milk Instructions: In a medium-sized bowl, mix the flour and shortening using a fork or a pastry cutter until the texture resembles small pea-sized crumbs. Gradually add the milk and stir until all the flour is incorporated. Dust a clean surface with flour and transfer the dough onto it. Sprinkle a light layer of flour on top of the dough as well. Knead the dough 7 to 8 times by folding it over each time, until it becomes smooth and manageable. Roll the dough to a thickness of approximately 1/4 inch and lift the sheet off the counter. If the dough tears, knead in additional flour until it can be lifted without tearing. See dumpling idea tip on the left. Cut the dough into strips about 1 inch by 2 inches using a pizza cutter or a fork. Lightly dust the pieces with flour to prevent sticking. To cook the dumplings, add them to boiling chicken broth or a chosen cobbler filling. Reduce the heat to the lowest setting after adding them, cover the pot, and cook for 10 to 15 minutes. Stir the bottom of pot periodically while cooking to prevent broth from sticking. 🔪 Check out our Rada Knives Store: https://radakitchenstore.com/?ref=535.... Get our New Master Cookbook on Shopify: https://collard-valley-cooks-store.my... Shop our top-selling Amazon affiliate kitchen items like our famous food fork, our Jaccard pigtail food hook, and our large stainless steel measuring scoops here: https://www.collardvalleycooks.com/to... Shop our Kitchen Items through Walmart: https://walmrt.us/4fWFAT8 Visit our website to print our recipes, watch tutorials, join our newsletter, enter our giveaways and more here: https://www.collardvalleycooks.com/