Cracker Barrel chicken n' dumplins
Cracker Barrel chicken n' dumplins! is one of my all-time favorite foods, After doing some research I found this recipe and I have made it in the past and it is absolutely delicious!
What You'll Need
- 2 cups Flour
- ½ teaspoons Baking Powder
- 1 pinch Salt
- 2 Tablespoons Butter
- 1 cup butterMilk, A Bit Less Than A Full Cup (you can use regular milk if needed)
- 2 quarts Chicken Broth
- 3 cups Cooked Chicken
How to Make It
- A bowl of chicken and dumplings. A glass of sweet tea.
- It’s a meal any Kentuckian would be proud to fix and danged happy to sit down to.
- And it’s not hard to make. Come on, I’ll show you how.
- Preparation Instructions
- In a bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt.
- Cut the butter into the dry ingredients with a fork or pastry blender.
- Stir in the milk, mixing with a fork until the dough forms a ball.
- Heavily flour a work surface. You’ll need a rolling pin and something to cut the dumplings with.
- I like to use a pizza cutter.
- I also like to use a small spatula to lift the dumplings off the cutting surface.
- Roll the dough out thin with a heavily floured rolling pin.
- Dip your cutter in flour and cut the dumplings in squares about 2?x2?.
- It’s okay for them not to be exact.
- Just eye ball it. Some will be bigger, some smaller, some shaped funny.
- Use the floured spatula to put them on a heavily floured plate.
- Just keep flouring between the layers of dumplings.
- To cook them, bring the broth to a boil. Drop the dumplings in one at a time, stirring while you add them.
- The extra flour on them will help thicken the broth.
- Cook them for about 15-20 minutes or until they not doughy tasting.
- Add the cooked chicken to the pot and you’re done!