Bohemian Chicken and Dumplings
- 4 each chicken quarters, skinned, if desired to reduce fat
- 1 large onions halved and sliced
- 2 teaspoons paprika
- 1 teaspoon marjoram or to taste
- 1 x salt to taste
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 3 tablespoons butter or margarine
- 3 tablespoons flour, all-purpose
- 4 Drops gremolata bead, (optional)
- 3 slices bread, white day old
- 1 x milk
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon marjoram
- 1 x salt to taste
- 2 teaspoons butter melted
- 1 x bread crumbs
- Chicken and Gravy: Place chicken with onion, paprika, marjoram and pepper in a large stick pot, with enough water to cover (at least 8 cups).
- Bring to boil.
- Reduce heat and SIMMER until tender, about 40 min or until no red juices come out when pierced with a fork.
- Remove chicken and cover to keep warm.
- Save the stock.
- Prepare dumplings as below.
- Roll the dough into one inch diameter dumplings and drop into gently boiling stock.
- Boil over medium heat for 25 minutes, turning over after 12 minutes.
- Remove dumpling and keep warm with the chicken.
- Save stock.
- Make a roux by melting the butter in a small skillet.
- Add the flour to the skillet and cook, stirring constantly until the mixture is the color of a new penny.
- Add enough of this roux mixture to the boiling stock to make a medium thick gravy.
- If lumps form, whisk them out with a wire whisk.
- Add a few drops of bead molasses if you wish for color and adjust spices with paprika, marjoram, pepper and salt to taste.
- (I like more pepper in mine.)
- Simmer 5 minutes.
- Return meat and dumplings to gravy and reheat all to just a simmer.
- Remove from heat.
- Let stand in hot gravy for 10 before serving.
- DUMPLINGS Soak bread in milk.
- Squeeze out surplus milk.
- Shred bread into bowl.
- Add eggs, marjoram.
- salt and melted butter.
- Mix well.
- Add enough bread crumbs to make mixture into 1 inch balls that will NOT become fuzzy when boiled.
- Test one by dropping into boiling stock, then adjust crumbs as needed.
- Cook as above.
chicken quarters, onions, paprika, marjoram, salt, black pepper, butter, flour, drops gremolata bead, bread, milk, eggs, marjoram, salt, butter, bread crumbs
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/bohemian-chicken-dumplings-44266 (may not work)