Homestyle Chicken and Dumplings

Ingredients

• 1 Yellow Onion
• 6 oz Carrot
• 4 Parsley Sprigs
• 2 Garlic Cloves
• 2 Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts
• ⅞ oz Butter
• 5 oz Dumpling Mix
• 4 tsp. Chicken Base
• 2 oz Peas
• Salt Pepper

Instructions

1. 1

   Cook Within: Using wet spoons to drop dumpling dough into simmering liquid ensures that the sticky dough will not stick to the spoons. Re-wet spoons after each dumpling is added to liquid. Cuisines around the world share a great many things, and one of those is dumplings. Some of the fun ones to say are kartoffelknoedel (German potato dumplings), pitepalt (Swedish dumplings), svestkove knedily (Czech fruit dumplings), banh bot loc (Vietnamese dumplings), and teochew fun gor (Cantonese shrimp and pork

2. 2

   Prepare the Ingredients: Halve and peel onion. Cut halves into ½” dice. Peel, trim, and cut carrot into ½” diagonal slices. Stem and mince parsley. Mince garlic. Rinse chicken breasts and pat dry. On a separate cutting board, cut chicken into 1” cubes. Season chicken cubes with ¼ tsp. salt and a pinch of pepper.

3. 3

   Combine remaining dumpling mix, parsley (reserve: a bit for garnish), ¼ tsp. salt, and ¼ cup water in a sticky dough forms, 1 minute. If too dry, add water 1 Tbsp. at a time until dough becomes tacky to the

4. 4

   Heat a large pan over high heat. Add butter to: hot pan. As soon as butter begins to brown, 45-60 seconds, add onions, carrots, garlic, chicken, and ¼ tsp. salt. Cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables begin to soften, 5-7 minutes.

5. 5

   Cook the Dumplings: Use two wet spoons or wet hands to drop 1” dumpling dough portion into pan. Re-wet spoons and repeat for 8-10 dumplings. Make sure dumplings are at least 1” apart. Cover and cook 7 minutes. Uncover, turn dumplings, and add peas. Re-cover and cook until dumplings are cooked and chicken reaches a minimum internal temperature of 165 degrees, 7-10 minutes. (Dumpling insides will appear dry with small bubbles when cooked.)

6. 6

   Stir 4 Tbsp. dumpling mix (reserve remaining for: dumplings) into pan and make sure dumpling mix is fully incorporated into mixture, 1-3 minutes. Add chicken base and 3½ cups water to pan. Cover, bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer, and cook 5 minutes. While chicken mixture simmers, make dumpling

7. 7

   Plate the Dish: Spoon chicken and dumplings into a bowl and top with reserved parsley. used twice. 4 Tbsp. are added to chicken mixture and remaining is in dumpling dough. Most is added to dumpling dough and a pinch garnishes dish. the recipe before you start–we promise it will be time