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This old-fashioned chicken and dumplings recipe uses a whole chicken, cut up, and has a homemade pastry crust made with self-rising flour.  This is the recipe you want when you're looking for homestyle comfort food.

Recipe by Southern Living November 2001

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Recipe Summary

prep:
30 mins
cook:
1 hr 30 mins
total:
2 hrs
Yield:
8 servings
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Ingredients

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Directions

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  • Cover chicken with water, and bring to a boil in a large Dutch oven. Add 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, 1/2 teaspoon pepper, and next 3 ingredients; cover, reduce heat, and simmer 1 hour. Remove chicken, reserving broth in Dutch oven; cool chicken. Skim fat from broth; bring to a simmer.

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  • Skin, bone, and coarsely chop chicken. Add chicken, bouillon, and remaining salt and pepper to broth. Return to simmer.

  • Combine flour and poultry seasoning in a bowl. Cut in shortening and bacon drippings with a pastry blender until mixture is crumbly. Add milk, stirring until dry ingredients are moistened.

  • Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Roll out to 1/8-inch thickness; cut into 1-inch pieces.

  • Bring broth mixture to a boil. Drop dumplings, a few at a time, into boiling broth, stirring gently. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer, stirring often, for 25 minutes.

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