Chicken and Dumplings

• 4 lbs chicken parts
• 1 cup all-purpose flour, seasoned with salt and pepper
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 6 leeks, sliced thin crosswise and washed thoroughly (white and pale green parts only)
• 6 shallots, sliced thin (about 1 cup)
• 6 carrots, peeled, halved lengthwise, and sliced
• 2 celery ribs, with leaves sliced
• 1 small bay leaf
• 12 teaspoon dried thyme, crumbled
• 3 12 cups low-salt chicken broth
• 12 cup apple cider or 12 cup juice
• 1 12 cups all-purpose flour
• 12 cup yellow cornmeal
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 12 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley
• 1 cup half-and-half
• 3 tablespoons half-and-half
• 1 cup green peas, defrosted if frozen

1. Dredge chicken parts in seasoned flour, shaking off excess, and put on a rack.
2. In a large heavy kettle melt butter with oil over moderately high heat until foam subsides and brown chicken in batches (do not crowd), transferring it to a plate as done, about 5 minutes on each side.
3. Stir in leeks and shallots and cook 3 minutes, scraping the bottom and stirring occasionally.
4. Stir in carrots, celery, bay leaf, and thyme and cook 3 minutes.
5. Stir in broth, cider, and chicken and bring liquid to a boil.
6. Reduce heat and simmer, covered partially, until chicken is cooked through, 10 to 15 minutes.
7. Make dumplings while chicken is cooking:.
8. Into a bowl sift together flour, cornmeal, baking powder, and salt and stir in dill.
9. With a fork stir in half-and-half until dough is just blended.
10. With a large soup spoon scoop out 12 dumplings and arrange over chicken mixture.
11. Simmer chicken and dumplings, covered, 9 minutes.
12. Sprinkle in peas and cook until dumplings are done, about 3 minutes more.
13. (Dumplings are done when a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.)
14. Discard bay leaf.

chicken, flour, unsalted butter, vegetable oil, leeks, shallots, carrots, celery, bay leaf, thyme, lowsalt, apple cider, flour, yellow cornmeal, baking powder, salt, parsley, green peas

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/chicken-and-dumplings-436815 (may not work)