Some Good Ol' Southern Cookin

[lavender]

I'm making homemade chicken and dumplings for the first time by myself. I'm crossing my fingers that this isn't a disaster.

I hope it's good. I was craving the fattening stuff.

 

[Pyper]

Fried? Cause I can do fried.

 

[Spinaroonie]

I can't wait until Spring break where I will put on weight instead of losing it.

Homecooked meals ++

 

[Epiphany]

This lady I know from church makes THE BEST homemade chicken and dumplings. I asked her for her "dumplin" secret, because mine come out....yucky.

She told me she used flour tortillas cut into strips....who'd a thunk it??

 

[Pyper]

I don't think I've ever had a dumpling. What is it?

 

[Ask For More]

Fried? Cause I can do fried.

Make me a baked potato

 

[Pyper]

Make me a baked potato

Sure, but by definition baked potatoes are BAKED, not fried.

Sour cream?

 

[morninggirl5]

Dumplings are biscuit dough dropped into the boiling broth that you've cooked the chicken in.


My grandmother makes the very best chicken and dumplings. Of course, it's pronounce chicken-n-dumplins.

 

[Pyper]

Dumplings are biscuit dough dropped into the boiling broth that you've cooked the chicken in.


My grandmother makes the very best chicken and dumplings. Of course, it's pronounce chicken-n-dumplins.

Ah okay, I knew it had something to do with fried dough. I've had fritters before, but those are different, aren't they?

 

[Starblayde]

Dumplings go best in a casserole... usually some kind of beef.

the proper english way

 

[Ask For More]

Sure, but by definition baked potatoes are BAKED, not fried.

Sour cream?

I want extra bacon, cheese and Jamon

 

[Pyper]

I want extra bacon, cheese and Jamon

Bacon AND jamón? Good lord, man, I thought you were on a diet!

 

[red_rose]

We have a friend of the family who uses a secret ingredient in her chicken and dumplings.

For dumplings, she uses tortillas! Apparently the consistency is similar after cooking, but the tortillas hold up longer than the dumplings do.

 

[lavender]

Ah okay, I knew it had something to do with fried dough. I've had fritters before, but those are different, aren't they?

They are not fried.

My dumplings have nothing to do with fried or with biscuit mix. They are very thin and yet delicious. They consist of the water base of chicken broth, salt, pepper and a little other seasoning add flour. Roll out very thin, cut, and then boil in the pot with the chicken and the remainder of the chicken broth.

Or, you can get tortillas and cut them up. But in this dish, you have cream of mushroom with the chicken broth and add lots of heavy cream.

I actually prefer the homemade rolled dumplings to the tortilla stuff.

 

[morninggirl5]

We have a friend of the family who uses a secret ingredient in her chicken and dumplings.

For dumplings, she uses tortillas! Apparently the consistency is similar after cooking, but the tortillas hold up longer than the dumplings do.

I've had chicken and dumplings made with tortillas and they don't taste the same at all.

The school cafeteria's version of dumplings is pieces of tortillas. Definite yuck!

 

[Pyper]

They are not fried.

My dumplings have nothing to do with fried or with biscuit mix. They are very thin and yet delicious. They consist of the water base of chicken broth, salt, pepper and a little other seasoning add flour. Roll out very thin, cut, and then boil in the pot with the chicken and the remainder of the chicken broth.

Or, you can get tortillas and cut them up. But in this dish, you have cream of mushroom with the chicken broth and add lots of heavy cream.

I actually prefer the homemade rolled dumplings to the tortilla stuff.

Very strange, I don't think I've ever had anything like that.

 

[kotori]

Ah okay, I knew it had something to do with fried dough. I've had fritters before, but those are different, aren't they?

Boiled, not fried. Like pasta--just all together in a mass. Like a biscuit (American definition, not British) that's boiled rather than baked.

 

[Starblayde]

Like a biscuit (American definition, not British) that's boiled rather than baked.

What's the American definition of a biscuit when its at home?

 

[Pyper]

I must say I have never had boiled dough in my life. It doesn't retain water? Is it mushy?

 

[Pyper]

What's the American definition of a biscuit when its at home?

Like a heavy roll.

 

[Starblayde]

I must say I have never had boiled dough in my life. It doesn't retain water? Is it mushy?

you dont really boil em... OVer here, at least, you kinda place them on top of the broth, then put them in the oven to harden around the outside.. they go kinda crumbly on the inside... and go great with most kinds of gravy

 

[kotori]

I must say I have never had boiled dough in my life. It doesn't retain water? Is it mushy?

You've never had PASTA?!?!?!?!? You're not American, are you?

 

[Starblayde]

Like a heavy roll.

freaky. So much for original definitions of words (biscuit = french for 'twice cooked')

 

[ksmybuttons]

My dumplings were more like a waffle batter and dropped by spoon on the boiling chicken stew and cooked that way. They end up being more like homemade matzo balls...

 

[Epiphany]

They are not fried.

They are very thin and yet delicious. They consist of the water base of chicken broth, salt, pepper and a little other seasoning add flour. Roll out very thin, cut, and then boil in the pot with the chicken and the remainder of the chicken broth.

I actually prefer the homemade rolled dumplings to the tortilla stuff.

This is the way I make mine....not the biscuit-y kind.

lavender...you are making me hungry!