My chicken and dumplings recipe

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 I found this recipe many years ago and have since modified it to my liking. It is the best recipe for chicken and dumplings EVER (if I do say so myself…), so I thought I’d share it with you.

Chicken and dumplings recipe

Prep time: 1 hour

Servings: 6-8

What you’ll need:

3-4 chicken breasts

2-3 chicken bouillon cubes

8 cups water

What you’ll need for DUMPLINGS:

2 cups all purpose flour (or whole wheat flour)

3 tablespoons butter (or you can use 3 tablespoons shortening)

½ teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon baking soda

1 cup buttermilk (or 1 cup of regular milk)

In a large pot; boil water, chicken and bouillon cubes on high heat while you prepare the dumplings.

In a large mixing bowl combine all ingredients (for dumplings) and mix until mixture has a sticky dough look.

Once the chicken is cooked thoroughly remove from pot and place on a plate or cutting board. Start dropping teaspoon size amounts of dough into the boiling water stirring occasionally to prevent the dumplings from sticking.

When the dumplings are added, reduce heat to medium/low and cut chicken and return to pot with dumplings. Stir occasionally for the next 15 minutes.

Remove from heat and let cool for 5-10 minutes and serve.