Chicken & Dumplings - The chilly weather made me do it!

[tex_toby]

After the cold front came through Sunday night, I knew I had to cook up a batch of chicken and dumplings. It's a favorite around our house when there is a chill in the air. It hit just the right spot, too.

I really don't have an exact recipe but I will tell you how I do it. First, I boil a whole chicken or chicken pieces. This time I used 5 leg quarters. You can cheat and use boneless chicken breasts, but I think you get a lot more flavor in the stock if you do a whole chicken or chicken pieces. When it is done, remove from pot and de-bone. Shred chicken and add back to the pot with all of the remaining stock and continue to boil. Then, slice a whole package of large flour tortillas into 1" wide strips and then cut some of the longer strips in half. Add them to the pot slowly - about a handful at a time and stir in. They will swell up in the pot pretty fast, so you may or may not need to use all of them. I have had to add water to the pot before because I put too many in there and it got it too thick. Then, add salt (I use coarse salt - Kosher or Sea Salt) and garlic salt to taste and parsley flakes. The long part is boiling the chicken - everything else goes really fast. I can do a whole batch in about an hour and 20 min or so. Enjoy!

Boil Chicken




Cut Flour Tortillas into strips


Remove chicken, de-bone/shred and add meat back to the pot


Slowly add strips to the pot


Season to taste


Finished Goodness


tex
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[Thumper]

Nicely done Tex_Toby. I have never thought of using tortillas as the dumplings. I will have to give this a try. Thanks for sharing.

[Bunqui]

Well done tex_toby. Not much is better on a winter's day than C&D.
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[Louie3]

Gonna put that one on my "To Do" list, looks great.

[marvsbbq]

And here I WAS going to make CLIFF HOUSE Clam Chowder today...Now I have a chicken in the slow cooker as we speak to make THIS dish...THANKS A LOT!
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