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Chicken & Dumplings

Recipe Type:	Main Course
Servings:	four servings
Ingredients:
1 Alabama-raised chicken, cut up (or 4 large chicken breasts) Water Salt Pepper 1 or 2 stalks celery 1 carrot 1 onion, quartered 2 cups flour 1 teaspoon salt 1/4 cup shortening Ice water
Directions:
Place chicken in a large pan, cover with water, and season with salt and pepper. Add celery, carrot and onion. Bring to a boil; cover and simmer until chicken is thoroughly cooked. Remove the veggies and chicken from the broth. Discard the veggies. Remove the chicken from the bones and tear it into bite-size pieces. Set chicken aside. Combine flour and salt in a mixing bowl. Cut in the shortening until the mixture resembles fine crumbs. Add ice water, one tablespoon at a time, mixing with a fork after each addition until dough forms a ball and cleans the sides of the bowl. Roll out the dough on a work surface sprinkled with flour. Roll as thinly as possible and cut into strips. Return the chicken to the broth; bring to a rolling boil. Drop dough pieces gently into the broth, one by one. Simmer uncovered until the dumplings are soft and taste done (about 15-20 minutes).    Note: The dough recipe may easily be doubled or halved, depending on the number of servings desired.