Homemade Chicken n Dumplings

I love going to Cracker Barrel for their Chicken n Dumplings.  I have always wanted to make something similar at home, but every recipe wasn't quite right.  The dumplings, a lot of times ended up tasting like biscuits, not at all what I want.

I just found this blog called, Comfy in the Kitchen, and she has just the kind of food I love to eat every day.  Easy, simple and delicious.

Chicken n Dumplins made EASY!

1 Pre-Roasted Chicken (near your grocer’s deli area)

6 Cups Low Sodium canned chickenbroth

1 Cup water

Dumplins

2 cups all purpose flour

1 Tbsp baking powder

1 ¼ teaspoon salt

1 cup plus 2 Tbsp milk

Directions:

Pour your broth and water in a large heavy saucepan/pot and boil on high heat. Peel back and discard chicken skin and flake off medium sized chunks of your chicken and set aside.

To make the dumplins: Combine the flour, baking powder, 1 ¼ tsp of salt and milk in medium bowl. Stir well until smooth, then let the dough rest for 5 mins. Roll the dough out onto a floured surface to ½ inch thickness. Cut ½ inch squares with a knife or pizza cutter.

Drop each square into the simmering broth. The dumplins will swell then shrink as they partially dissolve to thicken the broth into gravy. Simmer 20-30 mins until thick. Stir often. Add chicken and cook another 5 mins. Season with pepper (no salt needed because the broth is salty enough).