Chicken with Dumplings

Ingredients

• 1 quart of boiling water
• an onion
• a clove pressed into it
• a bit of bayleaf
• ^ t salt
• % c flour
• % c water

Method

1. 1

   Place the pieces of chicken in a saucepan, cover with boiling water, add onion, clove, bay leaf, and salt.

2. 2

   Boil for 10 minutes, skim off juices, then lower flame and cook until chicken is tender.

3. 3

   Add dumplings made according to directions.

4. 4

   Remove to a hot platter, mix flour with water to the broth, cook until thick, stirring constantly.

5. 5

   Place chicken in center with dumplings around and pour gravy over all.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 2 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Lessons in cooking through preparation of meals (1912) by Eva Roberta Robinson, page 53. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

i quart of boiling water, add an onion with a clove pressed into it, a bit of bayleaf, and ^ t salt. Boil lo m, skim off the coagulated juices which rise to the top, lest they settle upon the chicken and cause it to look unsightly, then lower the flame and let cook below the boiling point until the chicken is tender. Add the dumplings, made according to directions given in Lesson 33. When done, remove at once to a hot platter, add % c flour mixed with % c water

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