Friday, September 29, 2006

The recipe

I might just get run out of PA Dutch country on a rail for sharing this but my yaya's are worth it.

Start by boiling off a chicken - a fryer size is fine, but I usually get a roaster. Cook it to death - like meat falling off the bones. Save the broth. Add the chicken meat back to the broth after it's all picked off. Add 1 box of powdered chicken broth - I use Washington's Golden. Simmer while you make the dough.

Mix 6 C flour, 1 stick butter or margarine, 5 eggs beaten with a little water added. Add more flour or water as needed to get a good rolling consistency. Grab out a softball-sized hunk of dough at a time and roll out to about 1/4" thickness. Cut into "squares". Poke each square with the knife so the middle cooks well. Put all squares in the chicken/broth and simmer 20-30 minutes or until thickest squares are cooked through.

Sorry - I guess it's not really a recipe. But that's the only way I know how to make it. Easier done than said.

2 comments:

M said...

So basically it's chicken n dumplins? Well why in the heck don't the just call it that?

Susan said...

ROFL Meredith !