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Old Time Grandma's Chicken and Dumplings - CDKitchen.com

serves/makes:
  
ready in:
  2-5 hrs

ingredients

1 fat hen
1 1/2 quart water
salt
7 tablespoons flour
3/4 cup water
3 drops yellow food coloring

DUMPLINGS

1 egg
2/3 cup milk
1 tablespoon oil or melted shortening
1 1/2 cup flour
2/3 teaspoon salt
4 teaspoons baking powder

directions

Cook hen in first measure of water and the salt. Cook about 3 hours. When cool, pick meat from bones and cut into small pieces. Thicken broth with flour and remaining water. Mix with egg beater and season to taste. Add a few drops of yellow food coloring. Strain over chicken. Reserve 4 cups of gravy in a flat pan for dumplings.

DUMPLINGS: Sift dry ingredients into liquid and stir briskly until blended. Drop dumpling batter by teaspoons into boiling gravy. Cover and cook gently 8-10 minutes or until done.

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nutrition data

714 calories, 45 grams fat, 33 grams carbohydrates, 42 grams protein per serving.
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