chicken pot pie dumplings 🥰
tonight i went in the kitchen ready to make chicken noodle soup, little did i know i didn't have noodles & barely had carrots or celery. so i started to PANIC
the chicken was already boiling, so i went along added random things seen i had heavy cream & brocolli & ended up with this hearty, comfort soup for a cold night. 🩷
RECIPE 💋
- boil chicken in water
* season water, add garlic (trust)
* let boil for abt 20 mins
-you don't boiled to long cause it's gonna boil again w all the soup & veggies will cause chicken to be overcooked.
- strain chicken & shred
- add chicken back into pot
- add abt 1 whole box of chicken broth (i use the carton great value cardboard one) then ur gonna need abt half of another one.
- add celery
* carrots
* brocolli
* can of peas & carrots
then let that boil for abt 25 mins keep checking for veggie softness
in SEPERATE pan add
* little carton of heavy cream (also used the little great value read one)
* let it warm
* add flour gradually until thick
*once thick and smooth
* add to ur pot w everything else
* give a stir
ADD SEASONING now & taste you wanna do this before adding dumplings !!!
dumpling recipe
* 1 cup flour
* 1/2 tsp salt
* 2 tablespoons melted butter
* 1/2 cup milk
mix !! it will be super thick.
flour a table surface & ur hand will be really sticky keep kneading an add flour it will slowly become less sticky, kneed for abt 1 min,
* roll out & cute into little squares
* add to pot & COVER
DO NOT OPEN LIP let dumpling cook covered the whole time for 10-15 mins
& enjoy !! 🩷
plz leave comment if you enjoyed as much as me or what u changed ☺️
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