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This is for CAB but posted for all. I know it's not beef but it's an old favorite!
Chicken & dumplings
5 pounds of bone-in skin- on chicken thighs
salt & pepper
4 tsp veg oil
4 TBS butter
4 carrot, peeled & sliced about 1/4 inch thick
2 ribs celery, sliced 1/4 thick
1 large onion, minced
6 TBS flour
1/4 cup dry sherry or I use cooking sherry 7 leave out salt
4 1/2 cups low sodium chicken broth
1/4 cup whole milk - works better w/ whole that skim
1 tsp rosemary
2 bay leaves
1 cup frozen peas
For stew:
Heat part of the oil in a large dutch oven or heavy pot over medium heat until hot. Add 1/2 the chicken & brown on both sides. Remove & add rest of oil & chicken. Tranfer to a plate & allow to cool. remove skin. Pour off chicken fat & reserve.
Add butter to pan & melt. Add carrots, celery & onions & a little salt & cook until softened, about 7 minutes. Stir in flour. whisk in sherry, scraping any browned bits. Stir in broth, milk, rosemary & bay leaves. Place chicken back in & cover pot & allow to simmer until chicken is done, about an hour.
Remove chicken & shred. Discard bay leaves. allow sauce to settle & skim off any fat. Add chicken back to stew. add peas. keep on simmer
For dumplings:
2 cups flour
1 TBS baking powder
1 cup whole milk
3 TBS reserved fat or butter if needed
just before serving, stir flour, baking powder together. Microwave milk & fat until hot. Add to flour mixture. Bring stew to a boil & drop golf ball size dumplings on top.. Reduce heat to low, cover, & cook until dumplings have doubled in size, 15-18 minutes. Take off cover & cook dumplings until done
serve & enjoy!!!!
Chicken & dumplings
5 pounds of bone-in skin- on chicken thighs
salt & pepper
4 tsp veg oil
4 TBS butter
4 carrot, peeled & sliced about 1/4 inch thick
2 ribs celery, sliced 1/4 thick
1 large onion, minced
6 TBS flour
1/4 cup dry sherry or I use cooking sherry 7 leave out salt
4 1/2 cups low sodium chicken broth
1/4 cup whole milk - works better w/ whole that skim
1 tsp rosemary
2 bay leaves
1 cup frozen peas
For stew:
Heat part of the oil in a large dutch oven or heavy pot over medium heat until hot. Add 1/2 the chicken & brown on both sides. Remove & add rest of oil & chicken. Tranfer to a plate & allow to cool. remove skin. Pour off chicken fat & reserve.
Add butter to pan & melt. Add carrots, celery & onions & a little salt & cook until softened, about 7 minutes. Stir in flour. whisk in sherry, scraping any browned bits. Stir in broth, milk, rosemary & bay leaves. Place chicken back in & cover pot & allow to simmer until chicken is done, about an hour.
Remove chicken & shred. Discard bay leaves. allow sauce to settle & skim off any fat. Add chicken back to stew. add peas. keep on simmer
For dumplings:
2 cups flour
1 TBS baking powder
1 cup whole milk
3 TBS reserved fat or butter if needed
just before serving, stir flour, baking powder together. Microwave milk & fat until hot. Add to flour mixture. Bring stew to a boil & drop golf ball size dumplings on top.. Reduce heat to low, cover, & cook until dumplings have doubled in size, 15-18 minutes. Take off cover & cook dumplings until done
serve & enjoy!!!!