Recipe: Perfect Grandma's Chicken and Dumplings

Grandma's Chicken and Dumplings.

You can have Grandma's Chicken and Dumplings using 9 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Grandma's Chicken and Dumplings

1. Prepare 1 of 3-6 lb whole chicken.
2. It's 2 quart of water.
3. Prepare 2 tsp of salt.
4. You need 1 tsp of course black pepper.
5. It's 2 cup of all-purpose flour.
6. It's 1/2 tsp of baking powder.
7. It's 1/2 tsp of salt.
8. You need 3 tbsp of shortening.
9. You need 3/4 cup of buttermilk.

Grandma's Chicken and Dumplings instructions

1. Add water and 2 tsp salt to dutch oven and bring to a boil.
2. Add whole chicken and boil at medium heat for one hour.
3. Take chicken out of dutch oven to cool then debone (should be falling off the bone).
4. Mix flour, baking soda, 1\2 tsp salt, shortening, and buttermilk. Knead 4 times.
5. Roll out dough 1\4 inch thick and cut into squares (or pinch off pieces the size of quarters).
6. Add dumplings one at a time to remaining boiling water one at a time and simmer for 15 minutes.
7. Add deboned chicken and pepper and simmer for 15 more minutes....
8. Enjoy!!.