Granny's Chicken & Dumplings

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 large whole chicken
• 2 cups flour
• 1/4 cup shortening
• 3/4 cup boiling water
• salt

Recipe

• 1 cook chicken in boiling salted water until tender.
• 2 remove chicken from broth. cool chicken, cut from bone, & set aside.
• 3 measure 1 qt broth into large saucepan. bring to a boil.
• 4 put flour in large bowl; cut in shortening with pastry blender or fork.
• 5 add boiling water a small amount at a time.
• 6 shape mixture into a ball & roll to a thickness of 1/8" in a lightly floured board.
• 7 cut into strips. drop strips into boiling broth and cook for 8-10 minutes.
• 8 add salt & pepper to taste. (granny doesn't use pepper in her dumplings).