About time for some Chicken and Dumplings

Easy, kickass C&D:

Cook a whole chicken in a big, heavy pot in a lot of water seasoned with salt and pepper until the meat is practically falling off the bones. Cool the chicken IN the broth. (very important--makes the broth a lot richer). Remove chicken, take the meat off the bones, and set aside. Strain anything icky out of the broth, then bring it to a boil. Throw in a couple pinches of thyme. Open a couple of boxes of Anne's frozen dumplings (red and yellow box)and drop the dumplings one or two at the time into the broth. You may need to add a little additional water or chicken broth to the pot as you go along--just make sure it's hot. Turn heat down a little and stir a lot as they will want to stick and/or scorch if you're not careful. When the dumplings are almost done, throw in the chicken. Check seasoning and add S&P if needed. When dumplings are totally done, turn the heat wayyy down and stir in a little heavy cream. Pure heaven!

 

I've never bought frozen dumplings. Are they as good as homemade?

 

BTW- I've got an ornery rooster that has been screaming "throw me in a pot" for awhile now. He'd make good dumplins

 

Well, hardly anything is as good as homemade, but these are incredibly good. And--ya gotta factor in bonus points for convenience. Go behead that rooster and give 'em a try!

 

A coupla dashes of Texas Pete makes'em extry special.

 

Texas Pete, like bacon,makes everything extra special imo.