Shawn's Cracker Barrel Style Chicken And Dumplings

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup whole milk
• 4 tablespoons oil
• 8 cups water
• 3 chicken bouillon cubes
• 1 whole chicken, cut up
• 1 garlic clove, left whole
• 1 stalk celery, cut into 4 pieces
• salt
• pepper
• 1 onion, cut into 8 wedges
• 2 bouillon cubes
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1/2 cup dumpling water (about a ladel full) or 1/2 cup chicken water (about a ladel full)
• 1 teaspoon chicken base

Recipe

• 1 boil chicken at a low boil in very large dutch oven with celery, onion, and garlic. season with salt and pepper, add chicken bouillon.
• 2 let chicken low boil for about 1 hour.
• 3 remove all chicken, celery, onion, and garlic from pot- let cool until you can work with the chicken. debone chicken and shred a little with hands. discard celery, onion and garlic.
• 4 in bowl mix dumpling ingredients well and turn onto a floured surface. knead 5-6 times and divide into 2 parts.
• 5 roll out one section into 1/8" thickness and cut into 1" squaresrepeat with other section.
• 6 in large pot boil water with 3 bouillon cubes.
• 7 cook about half of the dumplins unitl just about cooked through remove, strain and set aside. repeat until all are done.
• 8 in sauce pot melt butter add salt and flour and whisk together. once incorporated increase heat to medium high.
• 9 add milk and whisk until smooth, whisk in chicken base unitl disolved into mixture reduce heat to a low simmer.
• 10 add the 1/2 cup of cooking water (either the dumpling liquid or the chicken water) simmer whisking to make sure there are no lumps. remove from heat.
• 11 bring chicken water to a boil, return chicken to the pot and add dumplings.
• 12 scoop out one ladel of sauce and add to chicken pot stirring constantly. continue to add ladel at a time until the desired thickness you like is achieved.
• 13 taste for seasoning. serve in deep bowls!