My Mom's Chicken & Dumplings - Country Roads Magazine

Ingredients

• 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1 pound carrots, peeled and cut into quarters
• 1 cup diced celery
• 1/2 teaspoon tomato paste
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 tablespoons minced garlic
• 1 quart chicken stock
• 2 bay leaves
• 4 cups shredded cooked chicken
• 1 tablespoon fresh thyme or 1 teaspoon dried, plus more fresh thyme leaves, for serving
• 2 teaspoons black pepper
• Kosher salt
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 11/2 tablespoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 cup buttermilk