Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Chicken Stew with Dumplings
This chicken stew is one of my favorite stews, as it's loaded with flavors from some of my favorite veggies -- mushrooms and peppers. Normally, this recipe is made with herb dumplings, but I decided to try Bobby Flay's dumplings for the Food Network Chef's Cooking Challenge.
Chicken Stew with Dumplings - Adapted from Mom
2 C carrots, sliced
1 C onion, chopped
1 large green pepper, chopped
1/2 C celery, sliced
2 cans (14oz) chicken broth
1/3 C flour
1 lb. chicken breasts, shredded
1 large potato, cut into 1-inch cubes
6 oz. mushrooms, sliced
3/4 C frozen peas
1 tsp. basil
1/4 tsp. rosemary
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1/4 C milk
Bobby Flay's Dumplings - Modified from Bobby Flay
1 C milk
4-5 T butter
1/2 tsp. salt
1 C flour
2 eggs
Begin by cooking chicken breasts in a little water in a crockpot. Cook on high for 1-2 hours, or on low for 2-4 hours. Remove chicken from the crockpot and allow it to cool before you shred it! Remove excess liquid from the crockpot.
Place carrots, onion, bell pepper and celery in the crockpot. Stir in all but 1 C chicken broth. Cover and cook on low in the crockpot for 2 hours.
Then, stir in the flour into the remaining 1 C chicken broth until smooth. Stir into the slow cooker. Then, add peas, chicken, mushroom and potato. Season with spices. Cover and cook on low for 4 hours, or until veggies are tender.
When veggies are tender, stir in milk before beginning to prepare the dumplings.
To make the dumplings, bring the milk and butter to a boil in a small saucepan.
When boiling, remove the pan from the heat, and add the flour immediately.
Then, add in the eggs and salt, stirring to make a sticky dough.
Drop the dumplings into the soup and turn the crockpot up to high.
Simmer the dumplings in the soup uncovered until the dumplings rise. .... Slight problem... mine didn't rise. :(
It was still tasty... but the dumplings didn't turn out the best. Maybe Lucy had better luck.....
This post is also linked to Crockpot Wednesdays and Soups, Salads and More at the Krazy Kitchen.
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Sorry to hear the dumplings didn't rise, hmm wonder why? But either way it still looks delicious!
ReplyDeleteThis is definitely soup and stew season:-)
ReplyDeleteI love stew, in fact I am having beef stew for dinner tonight! You did not specify if the flour was to be all-purpose or self-rising. Dumplings won't rise if you use all-purpose flour without adding a rising agent such as baking powder or baking soda. Just a suggestion for you to think about. :)
ReplyDeleteI love dumplings, sorry to hear that they didn't rise. GREAT!!! recipe for the fall. Geri
ReplyDeleteOh my that looks delicious!!!
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Sorry the dumplings didn't rise! It still looks like it was really good. I agree with Emily, I think you needed some sort of leavening agent to get them to rise correctly.
ReplyDeleteWell regardless it looks like great comfort food to me :0)
ReplyDeleteToo bad they didn't rise! Looks yummy though despite not being a big fan of dumplings.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by! The pull apart rolls were yummy along with my chicken pot pie tonight! :) I made 2 dozen rolls out of a 2 lb loaf recipe. I even ended up with some for the freezer which makes them double good! :)
Hi--the oatmeal muffins were a big success! Thanks. I'll be making them again.
ReplyDeleteHow strange that they didn't rise! It still looks amazing! I'm going to be putting this on my menu for next week!
ReplyDeleteLooks yummy to me!!!
ReplyDeleteI am making Chicken and dupmplings tonight - I didn't see this one from Bobby Flay so am not making this recipe. Stews are such comfort food! Thanks for playing along! Can't wait to see what you cook for next week~
ReplyDeleteSorry about the dumplings not working out! At least now you can say you tried this recipe, even though it doesn't match up to your herb ones. The rest of it looks so creamy and delicious, though! The perfect meal for a chilly fall day. I also love that it's a crockpot recipe.
ReplyDeleteWhat an awesome comfort food for this time of year! We appreciate your sharing this recipe with us over at OuR KrAzY KiTcHeN.
ReplyDeleteI found you through the Krazy Kitchen. I'm trying this one out this week, yum!
ReplyDeleteGreat post, as usual!
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I'm bookmarking this...thanks! I will probably add more of the veggies I like and leave a few out. I hope that it doesn't change the soup/stew too much.
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