Webb's Chicken & Dumplings

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 whole chicken
• 3 quarts water
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 cups self-rising flour
• 6 eggs
• 1 cup shortening
• 1/4 cup milk

Recipe

• 1 boil chicken in 3 qts.
• 2 water, with 1 teaspoons salt, until done.
• 3 remove skin and debone.
• 4 strain broth.
• 5 chop chicken, set both aside.
• 6 in large mixing bowl add flour and shortening.
• 7 mix until crumbly.
• 8 add eggs.
• 9 mix by hand until dough ball forms.
• 10 add milk a little at a time, till ball forms.
• 11 separate into 4 balls.
• 12 on floured surface roll out each ball, using enough flour to keep rolling pin from sticking.
• 13 roll out as thin as possible.
• 14 cut into 1" squares.
• 15 sprinkle with flour and using large knife scrape dumplings from surface and into floured bowl.
• 16 in 6 quart pot bring broth to a rolling boil.
• 17 add 2 or 3 drops yellow food color (optional).
• 18 begin dropping dumplings into pot a handful at a time, keeping them separated, so as not to have clumps.
• 19 stir from bottom of pot occasionally to prevent sticking.
• 20 fill the pot with dumplings.
• 21 when broth begins to thicken and most is absorbed, stir often from bottom.
• 22 cook another 10 minutes this way.
• 23 remove from burner.
• 24 add chopped chicken.
• 25 cover for 5 minutes, then ready to serve.