Chicken & Dumplings
Chicken & Dumplings is such a comfort meal! This recipe includes some ingredients not common to the traditional way of making it, but it's still filling, warming and delicious.
Ingredients
For the chicken
- 6 ounces bacon cut into ¼-inch pieces
- ¼ cup flour gluten-free flour blend works!
- 4 chicken legs
- 4 chicken thighs
- Salt and pepper
- 1½ pounds cremini mushrooms Feel free to use a combination of mushrooms!
- 1 medium onion chopped (about 1 cup)
- 6 garlic cloves chopped small
- ¼ cup dry white wine
- 6 sprigs fresh thyme
- 2 bay leaves
- 8 cups homemade chicken broth
For the dumplings
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup all-purpose flour or gluten-free flour blend
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- ⅛ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 2 large eggs
- ¼ cup whole milk
Instructions
For the chicken
- In a large Dutch oven, crisp the bacon over medium heat and transfer to a paper-towel-lined plate. If there's too much fat left in the pot, pour some out (reserve it!), leaving enough to brown the chicken.
- Place flour on a platter. Season the chicken pieces with salt and pepper, then dredge them in the flour. Working in batches so as not to crowd the pot, brown the chicken over medium heat until deep golden brown and crisp, 12-15 minutes. Transfer to a plate.
- Add more bacon fat if needed, then add the chopped onion. Cook until it is translucent, 5-8 minutes. Add the garlic and mushrooms and cook until the mushrooms are browned and have released most of their liquid.
- Add the white wine to deglaze the pan and reduce it by half, 3-5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
- Add the bacon and chicken back to the pot, then add the thyme, bay leaves, and broth. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat, and gently simmer, partially covered, until the chicken is falling off the bone, 2-2½ hours.
For the dumplings
- Whisk dry ingredients together, then add the eggs and milk. Drop by small spoonfuls into the hot broth, around the chicken and mushrooms. They only take 3-5 minutes and should be light and fluffy.
- Serve the meat in whole pieces, the dumplings on the side, plenty of bacon and mushroom sauce, and green peas.
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