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Chicken and Dumplings from Grandmas recipe box. Simple fare with few ingredients but so delicious!
Grandma’s Chicken and dumplings is a childhood favorite of our entire family. Passed down to my mom by her mother then to me this simple yet delicious recipe is a wonderful comfort food for cold days.
My kids loved this when they were growing up and I usually served it with Cornbread and honey butter.
Prep Time
30 minutes
Cook Time
20 minutes
Total Time
50 minutes
Ingredients
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1 whole chicken
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2 cups flour
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1 tsp salt
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1 cup milk
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water
Instructions
- Stew your chicken in a large pot (I used a 6 qt pot), Make sure to more than cover the chicken with water as you want lots and lots of chicken broth.
- Add 2 teaspoons of salt to water. I also salt the water.
- Stew the chicken for 2 hours. (I now use my Instant Pot which speeds this step up)
- Let cool a bit then remove chicken from pot, strain broth. (Note: this step is optional; if you wish to removed some of the fat from the broth you can add some ice to the broth, let the fat congeal and remove)
- Once the chicken is cool enough to work with remove the meat from the bones.
- Set aside.
- Turn the heat back on under your broth, add some pepper (this is to your taste) and let come to a slow boil while you make the dumplings (noodles)
- Dumplings:
- Mix the flour and salt with the milk.
- You will have a very sticky dough.
- Take about a quarter or a third of the dough and roll out very thinly on a well floured surface. Don't skimp on the flour on the surface you are using to roll out the dough and on the rolling pin.
- Cut the rolled out dough into small strips about 3/4 to an inch wide and about 1.5 to 2 inches long.
- Once cut lift dough strips from surface and add to the bubbling broth a few at a time. You do not want the broth to cool too much by adding too many at a time. Broth needs to be gently boiling to cook the dough correctly.
- Repeat until all the dough is made into dumplings. Let it all cook on a very gentle boil for about 10 minutes or more.
- Salt and pepper to taste. Serve.
Notes
This is one of those dishes that develops flavor the longer it sits. Leftovers are the best!
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
6
Serving Size:
1 grams
Amount Per Serving:
Unsaturated Fat: 0g
Then dish up and enjoy.
Delish on a cold winters day.

The chicken and dumplings are even better the second day.
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Happy Cooking!
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This looks like a wonderful winter dinner! Thank you for sharing with the Clever Chicks Blog Hop!
Kathy Shea Mormino
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It is a well love favorite and it is great as leftovers, maybe even better!
This sounds perfect for a rainy day! Nothing like some good comfort food! This looks like a wonderfully cozy meal!