Chicken and Dumplings

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By Joan Niesen

Bacon grease lends deep, smoky spirit to this mentation of chickenhearted and dumplings, a stew afloat of thick, dense noodles. It is chiseled from different variations you whitethorn spot with the equivalent of driblet biscuits simmered connected top. The bacon grease is simply a cardinal portion of this recipe, but successful a pinch, you tin usage butter. This crockery takes a small portion to travel together, but the effect is worthy it. It makes an perfect Sunday supper during cold, dreary days.

To marque this look spell faster, lavation and chopped the vegetables for the stew portion the chickenhearted is poaching.

From writer Joan Niesen.

Ingredients

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Servings: 6 (makes astir 9 cups)

2 1/2 to 3 pounds bone-in, skin-on chickenhearted breasts
1 mean yellowish bulb (8 ounces), unpeeled
1 tiny clump caller chives
1 tablespoonful full achromatic peppercorns
2 teaspoons good salt, divided
5 tablespoons unsalted butter, divided, positive much arsenic needed
Generous 3/4 cupful positive 1/3 cupful all-purpose flour, divided, positive much arsenic needed
1 ample egg
1 mean carrot, scrubbed and diced
1 leek, achromatic and airy greenish parts only, thoroughly washed, halved and thinly sliced
1/2 spoon freshly cracked achromatic pepper
Pinch crushed reddish capsicum flakes
3 tablespoons bacon grease (see Substitutions)
Water, arsenic needed

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (1 1/2 cups)

Calories
437
Fat
22 g
Saturated Fat
10 g
Carbohydrates
22 g
Sodium
693 mg
Cholesterol
156 mg
Protein
38 g
Fiber
2 g
Sugar
2 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From writer Joan Niesen.

Tested by Olga Massov.

Published May 6, 2024

Updated March 17, 2026