Chicken and Dumplings

[TexasRaceLady]

The dumplings are like eating clouds.

I'm not going into the cooking and boning of the chicken. LOL
Just don't throw away the broth.

Dumplings can either be dropped into the boiling broth or rolled out and cut into strips. Your preference.

Ingredients needed for dumplings

1 1/2 sticks of margarine or butter --- your preference
2 cups of water
2 cups sifted flour
1 teaspoon salt
4 eggs

Bring water, butter/margarine, and salt to a boil. Add the flour all at once. Stir and cook until mixture until it pulls away from the sides of the pan --- only a short time. Remove from heat and let cool for a short time --- 2 minutes, max. Add the eggs, one at a time, stirring well between each addition.

Then either drop into the boiling broth, or roll out and cut into strips. Don't overcook the dumplings. It takes only 1 or 2 minutes in the boiling broth to cook thoroughly.

 

[Professur]

How much is a stick of butter?

 

[highwayman]

How much is a stick of butter?

10 or 6 1/2 depends on the exchange rate..

 

[TexasRaceLady]

How much is a stick of butter?

ROTFLMAO

Not sure how much up in your part of North America ---

But down here, it is 8 tablespoons. hehehe

 

[Professur]

Here we buy butter by the pound, or margarine by the tub.

 

[SouthernN'Proud]

Here we buy butter by the pound, or margarine by the tub.

Savages.

 

[Spirit]

LOL

 

[unclehobart]

Their milk comes in plastic bags as well. Its like a whole 'nother country up there or something.

 

[tonksy]

A stick of butter is 1/2 cup and 1/4 a pound.

 

[TexasRaceLady]

Prof, you can measure out the butter using a measuring cup and water.
The total weight of the butter is 6 oz. Put 6 oz of water in a 2 cup measuring cup --- Put butter into the water until it rises to 12 oz. You now have 6 oz of butter.

 

[Professur]

TRL ... that's completely wrong. You're confusing liquid ounces and weight.

 

[chcr]

I wonder if anyone else is aware that chicken and dumplings is a euphemism for sex? Of course, as a guy I can confidently state that just about everything is a euphemism for sex.

 

[SouthernN'Proud]

TRL ... that's completely wrong.

You, sir, are a braver man than I. She's got shootin irons and such.

(((hugs TRL)))

 

[tonksy]

Anyone ever use flour tortillas cut into strips as a replacement for slick dumplings? I've done it before and while it wasn't the best I've ever had it was pretty damn good.

 

[TexasRaceLady]

TRL ... that's completely wrong. You're confusing liquid ounces and weight.

I know --- but it's close enough for my purposes.

 

[BeardofPants]

Well, speaking of dumplings, the BF made the perfect gnocchi last night. The secrets were having really gnarly old dry potatoes, a little bit of polenta, and using whole meal organic flour instead of white. Yum!

 

[Nixy]

TRL ... that's completely wrong. You're confusing liquid ounces and weight.

True but Tonks has said that a "stick of butter" is 1/2 cup so now you're good to go!

 

[kuulani]

Their milk comes in plastic bags as well. Its like a whole 'nother country up there or something.

milk in plastic bags?

 

[unclehobart]

 

[tonksy]

It's actually cool. Everyone has a pitcher that they put it in in their fridges and the bag has a nozzle on the top for pouring. It's less waste and the milk is fresher as not a lot of air hits the milk. The down side is the container is smaller so you go through more and there is that whole clear packaging robs minerals arguement.