This chicken and dumplings recipe is really easy to make and is prepared with poultry seasoning and whole allspice. This delicious recipe requires the following ingredients,
Ingredients:
1. A three pound chicken (whole).
2. Three teaspoons of Mccormick's poultry seasoning.
3. Two teaspoons of black pepper, ground.
4. Four medium sized eggs.
5. A teaspoon of Mccormick's whole allspice.
6. One medium sized onion, diced.
7. Three and a half teaspoons of salt.
8. Eighteen ounces of all purpose flour.
9. Sixteen ounces of water.
10. A teaspoon of basil.
11. Six teaspoons of extra virgin olive oil.
12. A small stalk of summer pascal celery (ordinary celery) with it's leaves.
13. A teaspoon of Lawry's seasoned salt.
14. A can of Campbell's condensed cream of chicken soup.
Preparation:
1. Take a large pot and fill it with water. Put the whole chicken , celery and diced onions in the pot of water. Add in the basil, seasoned salt, Mccormick's poultry seasoning, half a teaspoon of salt, whole allspice, and a teaspoon of ground black pepper. Stir all the ingredients well and let the mixture boil. Once the mixture has come to a boil, lower the flame and let it cook for about two hours, in which time the chicken should have cooked.
2. Now take the chicken out of the pot and keep it aside. Run the chicken broth through a strainer to remove any pieces of chicken bone. Pour the strained broth back into the pot and whisk in the Campbell's soup. Let the mixture of cream of soup and broth continue to cook under a low flame.
3. Now take another bowl and add in the four eggs, a tablespoon of salt, 16 ounces of water, six teaspoons of olive oil, and a teaspoon of pepper. Mix all the ingredients together and then stir in all of the all purpose flour. Continue stirring the mixture until it becomes concentrated.
4. Now take spoonfuls of the flour mixture and drop it into the pot containing the chicken broth mix. Continue doing this until there is no more flour mixture left. Now stir the broth well, put a lid on it and let it cook under a low flame for another 20 minutes. Seperate the chicken meat from the bone and plop it into the broth.
Your easy chicken and dumplings soup is now ready to serve.
