chicken - n - dumplins - cassies

How To Make chicken - n - dumplins - cassies

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  Step 1
  Put the chicken in a large stock pot. Cover with chicken broth; and add the cut up vegetable, bay leaves. Bring liquid to a boil, place on a lid, and reduce the heat to simmer. Cook until chicken and vegetables are done. (about 55 minutes or so) Make your dumplings while chicken cooks.
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  Step 2
  Dumplings: Stir together 1 1/2 cups of flour, salt, pepper, and baking powder. In another dish mix the egg and milk. Add the liquid to the flour and stir until a workable dough forms. (You can experiment with more or less flour or milk until you find the exact consistency you want)
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  Step 3
  Dust your workspace with flour and roll out the dough to about 1/4 of an inch..
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  Step 4
  Use a pizza cutter or knife to cut the dough into strips an inch wide and the length you’d like. The strips do NOT have to be perfect.
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  Step 5
  Loosen the dumplings from work space and sprinkle with flour. (Use the flour you rolled the dough out on) Toss lightly to coat.
• Step 6
  Remove the chicken to a platter to cool. Strain the broth, and return to stock pot along with the vegetables. Remove bay leaves. Add the bullion; stir well. Taste the broth for seasoning and add salt if necessary. Bring back to a slow boil. Add the dumplings to the boiling broth. Cover with a lid and reduce the heat to simmer. Cook 20 minutes. Meanwhile pull chicken off bones into preferred size. Set aside.
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  Step 7
  After 20 minutes, remove the lid and stir in the evaporated milk, and the shredded chicken. Taste the broth and add more salt if necessary along with a generous amount of fresh ground black pepper.
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