Southern Chicken & Dumplings – Adventures in Everyday Cooking

Ingredients

• 3 cans chicken broth, plus enough water to make 2 ½ quarts (10 cups total)
• 2 stalks of celery, cut in large chunks
• 1 onion, quartered
• 3 carrots, sliced thin
• 2lbs chicken; boneless, skinless – uncut
• 1 tsp chicken bouillon granules
• ½ t thyme
• 1 bayleaf
• ½ tsp poultry seasoning
• 1 tsp parsley
• 1 tsp salt & 1 tsp pepper
• 3 cups flour
• 1 tsp salt
• ½ cup of crisco
• ½ cup of water (+/-)