Chicken Stuffed Dumplings

You can still enjoy this chicken stuffed dumplings recipe with your favorite pasta or rice. My chicken dumplings recipe is also one of my all time favorite recipes. I am a huge fan of chicken recipes because they are some of the most easy meals to cook, and everybody loves chicken. That makes it easy to please a variety of guests that you may be cooking for. It's also why I love classic chicken and dumplings, because it's one of the most popular southern classic comfort foods. I hope you enjoy my chicken stuffed dumplings recipe as much as I have sharing it with you.

Chicken Stuffed Dumplings

Ingredients:

1 whole chicken cut up
4 cups of water
3 cups of chicken broth
4 tsp. of salt
2 tsp. of black pepper
4 tsp. of parsley
5 cups of self rising flour
4 cups of buttermilk
1 cup of sredded cheddar cheese
4 celery stalks, sliced thin (Optional)
2 carrots, sliced thin (Optional)
1 onion, diced (Optional)

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Directions:

1. In a large stockpot, add four cups of water and 2 tsp of salt.

2. Decide if you are going to leave the skin on the chicken. If not, remove chicken skin from each part of the chicken that you are using, and add it to the stockpot.

3. After steps 1 & 2 are complete, cover the pot, and set on medium/high. The chicken should cook for at least 30 to 45 min.

4. After chicken is fully cooked, remove pot from stove, and carefully remove chicken from pot. Do not drain water.

5. Debone the chicken. This should be fairly easy because the chicken should be very tender at this point.

6. Add the deboned chicken back into pot along with 3 cups of chicken broth, 1 tsp. of pepper, 4 tsp. of parsley, diced onion, and if desired, add sliced celery and carrots. Place pot back on burner, cover and set to medium/high.

7. In a large mixing bowl, add 4 cups of the self rising flour, 1 tsp. of salt, 1 tsp. of pepper, and 2 cups of buttermilk. Mix well until there is one large consistent ball of dough. Depending on how you like your dumplings, add more buttermilk for dumplings that are more loose and less firm.

8. Pull off small peices of the dough and roll into smooth balls, stuff each ball with small piece of chicken, and a pinch of shredded cheddar cheese. Set the dough balls aside on a non-stick or flour dusted surface.

9. After you have your desired amount of dumplings prepared, drop them into the pot one at a time. While doing this, pay attention to the level of the contents in the pot so that it does not boil over.

10. After all the dumplings are added, cover and reduce heat to simmer.

11. After about ten minutes, check the broth of the stew for your desired thickness. For a thicker broth, mix the remaining cup of flour with the 2 remaining cups of buttermilk together, and slowly pour into the pot while stirring.

12. Cover and let simmer for another 10-15 minutes. Serve with steamed rice, or your favorite pasta. Enjoy!