Chicken and Dumplings Recipe

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Chicken and Dumplings
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Ingredients:

  • 1 (5 lb) whole chickens
  • 3 medium size carrots
  • 1 large sweet onion
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 2 cups flour
  • 4 eggs
  • 3/4 cup water

Directions:

  1. Place chicken in a large stock pot. Fill with water up to the top of the chicken.
  2. Add roughly choped onion, one carrot, two celery stalks plus leaves, and garlic cloves. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, cover and simmer for two hours.
  3. Pull out chicken to cool and discard all vegetables from broth.
  4. Dice two stalks of celery and two carrots. Add to broth along with frozen peas. Add salt and pepper to taste. Let simmer.
  5. When chicken is cool enough to touch shred and add to stock pot.
  6. To assemble dumplings combine flour, eggs, and one tsp of salt. Mix with a spoon and gradually add water until the batter becomes elastic in consistancy. Usually takes about 3/4 of a cup of water.
  7. Bring stock to a boil.
  8. Add a large spoonfull of batter to the back of a non slotted spatula and using the back of a knife scrape a tbs amount of batter off of the spatula and let batter drop into boiling stock.
  9. Let dumplings cook for a few minutes, serve and enjoy.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 430.56 Kcal (1803 kJ)
Calories from fat 165.6 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 18.4g 28%
Cholesterol 132.86mg 44%
Sodium 968.29mg 40%
Potassium 445.12mg 9%
Total Carbs 46.63g 16%
Sugars 4.7g 19%
Dietary Fiber 6.73g 27%
Protein 19.64g 39%
Vitamin C 9.3mg 16%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 8%
Iron 3.7mg 21%
Calcium 165.1mg 17%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 157.25 Kcal (658 kJ)
Calories from fat 60.48 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 6.72g 28%
Cholesterol 48.52mg 44%
Sodium 353.64mg 40%
Potassium 162.57mg 9%
Total Carbs 17.03g 16%
Sugars 1.72g 19%
Dietary Fiber 2.46g 27%
Protein 7.17g 39%
Vitamin C 3.4mg 16%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 8%
Iron 1.4mg 21%
Calcium 60.3mg 17%

* 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

  • 9.3
    Points
  • 11
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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