This is my first time to make chicken and dumpling and Im confused on the dumpling part. (its almost time to put them in) I have read to cut the biscuits and some say that they flatten the biscuit and cut into strips. Which is best? I dont like thick gooey dumplings so I am thinking the stirps, but I have never seen it made that way?
Thanks for any advice!
just take a bowl and put flour in it, and use the stock that your cooking with to make it as doughy as you prefer. spread the dough out on the flat cutting board and use a pizza cutter to make the strips.
Make little 1 inch balls. Add a little celery seed also, adds a great flavor!
I don't like gooey dumplings either, but thats how my sister makes hers. She just makes the bisquick and when the chicken n stuff is almost done cooking, she plops them on top and cooks them for about a half hour longer, turning the dumplings half way through. She also has them covered while cooking on the stove top.
She also makes bisquits in the oven too, for the people who don't like the dumpling part.
2 cups of AP flour, 2 tbs baking powder, 1 cup of whole warm milk, 1/4 oil ( or chicken fat or bacon drippings), 1/2 tsp salt. Whisk together and then drop batter into the boiling liquid by the heaping tablespoon. Cover and let simmer for about 20 min. Makes about 18 of the fluffiest dumplings and the best for Chicken and Dumplings. Good luck.
They will turn out either way. I use Bisquick for mine and they turn out perfect everytime. I am sure yours will be yummy too.
I usually roll it out and cut strips. I don't like it gooey either :)
