Homemade Chicken and Dumplings

This is a comfort food that I enjoy on a cold day. One of the reasons I like this recipe is because I know I always have these ingredients available. I keep a package of chicken in the freezer and of course flour and butter are always on hand at my house.  I have made this recipe for my husband, my sister and my niece and they have all enjoyed. I hope you enjoy as well!

Ingredients
Chicken Thighs or Chicken Legs (2 1/2 - 3 pounds)

1/4 cup chopped white onion
1/2 cup chopped carrots
Salt
Pepper

Garlic Powder

Seasoning Salt

Poultry Seasoning

2 Tablespoons Oil

Dumpling Ingredients

2 cups flour

1 pinch salt
1/2 cup milk

2 Tablespoons butter

(Add more or less milk, enough to make dough)

Directions

Heat oil in Large Pan
Place seasoned raw chicken and chopped onions and carrots in the pan and cook completely (about 20 minutes, test chicken).

Meanwhile:

Mix flour and salt. Work in the butter with fingertips. Gradually add the milk. Mix together.

Dust hands and cutting board with flour. Roll and flatten the dough to 1/2 inch thickness, cut in 1 inch squares.

Take chicken out of pan, remove meat from bone, return chicken meat to pot and add 4-6 cups water to make broth, season broth with more seasoning salt, garlic, pepper (season to taste). Heat to a boil.

Drop flour dumplings carefully into the hot broth and simmer the chicken and dumplings 10 minutes longer, making sure to ladle broth over the dumplings to submerge them as they cook.

Top off with a few sprinkles or sprigs of parsley or chopped green onions.

Delicious!