{"id":735,"date":"2015-02-04T01:55:54","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T01:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/?p=735"},"modified":"2016-12-23T04:39:23","modified_gmt":"2016-12-23T04:39:23","slug":"chicken-and-dumplings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/?p=735","title":{"rendered":"Chicken and Dumplings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_1358.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-744\" src=\"http:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_1358-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1358\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_1358-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_1358-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_1358-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_1358-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is great comfort food. \u00a0The soup turns into a gravy as you cook the dumplings and the chicken shreds apart and the whole dish turns into this hot, stick-to-your-ribs gravy goodness that warms any winter day.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to make this dish look pretty, you could roll the dough out about 1\/2 thick and make nicely squared dumplings similar to how the dish is served at Cracker Barrel (the inspiration behind the recipe). \u00a0But over the years I have just come to pinch off small bits of the dough and throw it in the boiling liquid. \u00a0It puffs up like traditional dumplings, and saves time. You can choose to make the chicken broth or stock from scratch, but I always use home canned stock to save time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3qt. chicken broth<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3c3c3c;\">1-1\/2 ts salt\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3c3c3c;\">1 small onion sliced\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3c3c3c;\">2 stalks celery, chopped\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3c3c3c;\">1 clove garlic, minced\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3c3c3c;\">1 bay leaf\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3c3c3c;\">2ts parsley flakes<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3c3c3c;\">1 ts pepper<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3c3c3c;\">1tb lemon juice\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>1-2c shredded chicken (or more if you like a more meaty meal)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dumplings<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3c3c3c;\">2 c flour\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>1tb baking powder<\/li>\n<li>1-1\/4ts salt<\/li>\n<li>Milk (about 1c)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Method<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Pour the chicken stock and all vegetables and seasonings into a pot and begin heating it up. \u00a0Bring it to a boil, then simmer for about 20 minutes. \u00a0Once 20 minutes has passed add your shredded, cooked chicken.<\/li>\n<li>Begin preparing the dough for your dumplings. I use a food processor because the dough comes together very quickly, but you can do it by hand too. \u00a0Add the flour, baking soda and salt together. The milk is added until the dough comes together to form a ball of dough &#8211; this amount may vary from time to time. \u00a0Using a food processor makes this process very quick.<\/li>\n<li>When your dough is no longer sticky to the touch, you may choose to roll it out and cut it into squares, or pinch off small bits and add it to your simmering soup. \u00a0As the dough cooks, it will swell up, and a small amount of it will dissolve into the soup, turning it into a gravy like consistency. \u00a0Simmer the dumplings for about 20-30 minutes or until cooked through, then serve.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>This is great comfort food. The soup turns into a gravy as you cook the dumplings and the chicken shreds apart and the whole dish turns into this hot, stick-to-your-ribs gravy goodness that warms any winter day.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to make this dish look pretty, you could roll the dough out [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=735"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":747,"href":"https:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735\/revisions\/747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}