Babbling Brook’s Chicken and Dumplings Recipe

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Babbling Brook’s Chicken and Dumplings
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Ingredients:

  • 7 tbsp flour
  • salt and pepper
  • yellow food coloring
  • 1 1/2 cups flour
  • 2/3 tsp salt
  • 1 egg
  • 2/3 cup milk
  • 1 tbsp oil or 1 tbsp melted shortening

Directions:

  1. Cook hen whole or disjointed in 1 1/2 quarts of water seasoned with salt.
  2. Cook for about 3 hours.
  3. When tender, lift out of the broth and cool. Pick meat from bones and cut in small pieces.
  4. Thicken broth with 7 tablespoons flour and 3/4 cup water.
  5. Mix smooth with an egg beater.
  6. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
  7. Add a few drops of yellow food coloring.
  8. Strain over chicken.
  9. Reserve 4 cups of gravy in a flat stew pan for the dumplings. Bring to boil when ready to cook dumplings.
  10. To make the dumplings, sift dry ingredients into the blended egg, milk and oil and stir briskly until blended.
  11. Drop dumpling batter by teaspoonfuls into the boiling gravy.
  12. Cover and cook gently for 8-10 minutes or until done.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 299.36 Kcal (1253 kJ)
Calories from fat 93.49 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 10.39g 16%
Cholesterol 42.53mg 14%
Sodium 1045.26mg 44%
Potassium 438.83mg 9%
Total Carbs 38.36g 13%
Sugars 1.03g 4%
Dietary Fiber 4.06g 16%
Protein 13.13g 26%
Vitamin C 0.7mg 1%
Iron 2.9mg 16%
Calcium 247.5mg 25%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 244.56 Kcal (1024 kJ)
Calories from fat 76.38 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 8.49g 16%
Cholesterol 34.74mg 14%
Sodium 853.91mg 44%
Potassium 358.5mg 9%
Total Carbs 31.34g 13%
Sugars 0.84g 4%
Dietary Fiber 3.32g 16%
Protein 10.73g 26%
Vitamin C 0.6mg 1%
Iron 2.4mg 16%
Calcium 202.2mg 25%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 6.1
    Points
  • 8
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • good source of fiber

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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