Mostly From Scratch Homemade Chicken & Dumplings
An easy 7 ingredient recipe for almost homemade Chicken and Dumplings. Well, they really are homemade. This meal is one of our Cook Once, Eat Twice recipes.
Servings 6
Ingredients
- 1 hen
- About 7 cups water
- 1 can cream of celery soup
- Salt & Pepper to taste
- 1 Tbsp. Sage
- 1 pkg. Mary Hill frozen dumplings
Instructions
- Boil the chicken until done in a Dutch oven.
- Drain and cool.
- Remove the skin and discard along with the bones while picking the meat off.
- Separate an equal portion of shredded chicken between two containers. Save one portion for the next day's meal. A medium size hen should yield about 8 cups of meat.
- Scoop out about 4 cups of broth to freeze.
- To the remaining broth, add the seasoning and cream of celery soup and return to a low boil. Stir well.
- Add the shredded chicken and stir well.
- Add the dumplings and cook on a low boil until tender.
- Serve and enjoy.