Yosemite Chicken Stew and Dumplings
Adapted from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, US Department of Health and Human Services
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size | 1¼ cup stew with 2 dumplings |
Calories | 307 |
Total Fat | 5 g |
Saturated Fat | 1 g |
Cholesterol | 43 mg |
Sodium | 471 mg |
Ingredients and Preparation TOP
Ingredients | Measures |
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Skinless, boneless chicken meat, cut into 1-inch cubes | 1 pound |
Onion, coarsely chopped | ½ cup |
Medium carrot, peeled and thinly sliced | 1 |
Celery, thinly sliced | 1 stalk |
Salt | ¼ teaspoon |
Black pepper to taste |
Ground cloves | 1 pinch |
Bay leaf | 1 |
Water | 3 cups |
Cornstarch | 1 teaspoon |
Dried basil | 1 teaspoon |
(10 ounces) frozen peas | 1 package |
Yellow corn meal | 1 cup |
Sifted all-purpose flour | ¾ cup |
Baking powder | 2 teaspoons |
Salt | ½ teaspoon |
Low-fat (1%) milk | 1 cup |
Vegetable oil | 1 tablespoon |
- Directions
- Place chicken, onion, carrot, celery, salt, pepper, cloves, bay leaf, and water into a large saucepan. Heat to boiling; cover and reduce heat to simmer. Cook for about ½ hour or until chicken is tender.
- Remove chicken and vegetables from broth. Strain broth.
- Skim fat from broth; measure and, if necessary, add water to make 3 cups liquid.
- Mix cornstarch with 1 cup cooled broth by shaking vigorously in a jar with a tight-fitting lid.
- Pour into saucepan with remaining broth; cook, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a boil and is thickened.
- Add basil, peas, and reserved vegetables to sauce; stir to combine.
- Add chicken and heat slowly to boiling while preparing corn meal dumplings.
- Directions
- Sift together corn meal, flour, baking powder, and salt into a large mixing bowl.
- Mix together milk and oil. Add milk mixture all at once to dry ingredients; stir just enough to moisten flour and evenly distribute liquid. Dough will be soft.
- Drop by full tablespoons on top of braised meat or stew. Cover tightly; heat to boiling. Reduce heat (do not lift cover) to simmering and steam for about 20 minutes.