Hello everybody, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, chicken and dumplings. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Chicken and Dumplings is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They are nice and they look wonderful. Chicken and Dumplings is something that I have loved my whole life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have chicken and dumplings using 21 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken and Dumplings:

1. Make ready Chicken
2. Prepare butter
3. Get olive oil
4. Make ready whole medium chicken, cut into pieces
5. Prepare Salt
6. Take Ground black pepper
7. Get carrots, finely diced
8. Take celery, finely diced
9. Make ready large onion, finely diced
10. Prepare ground turmeric
11. Prepare ground thyme
12. Make ready L/6 cups chicken broth
13. Take and half (see step 3 for substitute)
14. Prepare all-purpose flour/plain flour
15. Make ready Dumplings
16. Prepare all-purpose flour/plain flour
17. Prepare yellow cornmeal/fine polenta
18. Prepare heaped tbsp baking powder
19. Get salt
20. Make ready half and half (see step 3 for substitute)
21. Prepare minced parsley

Instructions to make Chicken and Dumplings:

1. Melt the butter with the olive oil over a medium/high heat. Season the chicken with a little salt and pepper. Over 2 batches brown the chicken on all sides and transfer to a clean plant and set aside.
2. Using the same pot add the carrots, onions and celery. Stir and fry for 3-4 minutes over a low/medium heat. Add in the turmeric and thyme, then pour in the broth. Stir and add the chicken back into the pot. Cover with a lid and simmer for around 20 minutes.
3. In the meantime while the chicken is simmering prepare the dumpling batter. Sift together into a bowl the flour, cornmeal, salt and baking powder. Then add the half and half and gently stir together until combined. Set aside. (Substitute for half and half: Mix 1 tsp of melted butter per 1/4 cup of milk)
4. Remove the chicken pieces from the pot and set aside on a plate. Using two forks remove the chicken from the bones and shred it. Remove most of the chicken skin aswell. Return the shredded chicken to the pot. Mix together the half and half and flour and then add it into the pot and stir to combine. Check seasoning, add more salt and pepper if needed.
5. Using a tablespoon drop the dumpling batter into the pot one by one. Sprinkle with the parsley. Cover again with the lid and allow to simmer for another 15 minutes. Allow to rest for 10-15 minutes before serving.

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