Chicken (or turkey) and dumplings

This was dinner tonight and one of the ways I used up some of our leftover turkey. This is one of Travis's favorite dinners so I make it often.  When I don't use leftover turkey I usually boil a whole chicken - it's good both ways but the broth from the chicken makes it extra yummy :)

 

Here's what you need:

 

1 whole chicken

poultry seasoning

garlic powder

black pepper

 

Dumplings:

2 C flour

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp poultry seasoning

1/4 tsp salt

1/3 C butter

1 egg, beaten

2/3 C chicken stock, cooled

 

Place whole chicken and enough water to cover into large pot or dutch oven, add poultry seasoning, garlic powder and pepper.  Cook chicken for about an hour or until done. When done, carefully remove chicken from pot and cut into bite size pieces. Remove 2/3 cup stock and set aside to cool.  Add chicken back to pot and continue to simmer. 

 

To prepare dumplings: combine flour, baking powder, poultry seasoning and salt.  Add butter and combine until mixture is crumbly.  Add egg and cooled chicken stock and stir to form dough.  Roll out to approximately 1/8" thickness and use a pizza cutter to cut dumplings into squares. Drop dumplings into pot and simmer for about 30 minutes.  Easy enough, right? So, no more using canned biscuits as dumplings ;)