Bohemian Chicken And Dumplings Recipe

• 4 x Chicken quarters, skinned if you like to reduce fat
• 1 lrg Onion, halved and sliced
• 2 tsp Paprika
• 1 tsp Marjoram or possibly to taste Salt to taste
• 1/4 tsp Black Pepper
• 3 Tbsp. Butter or possibly Margarine
• 3 Tbsp. Flour
• 4 dsh Bead Molasses (optional)
• 3 slc White Bread, day old Lowfat milk
• 2 x Large eggs
• 1 tsp Marjoram Salt to taste
• 2 tsp Butter, melted-NO MORE Bread Crumbs

1. Chicken & Gravy Place chicken with onion, paprika, marjoram and pepper in a large stick pot, with sufficient water to cover (at least 8 c.).
2. Bring to boil.
3. Reduce heat and SIMMER till tender, about 40 minutes or possibly till no red juices come out when pierced with a fork.
4. Remove chicken and cover to keep hot.
5. Save the stock.
6. Prepare dumplings as below.
7. Roll the dough into one inch diameter dumplings and drop into gently boiling stock.
8. Boil over medium heat for 25 min, turning over after 12 min.
9. Remove dumpling and keep hot with the chicken.
10. Save stock.
11. Make a roux by melting the butter in a small skillet.
12. Add in the flour to the skillet and cook, stirring constantly till the mix is the color of a new penny.
13. Add in sufficient of this roux mix to the boiling stock to make a medium thick gravy.
14. If lumps form, whisk them out with a wire whisk.
15. Add in a few drops of bead molasses if you wish for color and adjust spices with paprika, marjoram, pepper and salt to taste.
16. (I like more pepper in mine.)
17. Simmer 5 min.
18. Return meat and dumplings to gravy and reheat all to just a simmer.
19. Remove from heat.
20. Let stand in warm gravy for 10 before serving.
21. DUMPLINGS Soak bread in lowfat milk.
22. Squeeze out surplus lowfat milk.
23. Shred bread into bowl.
24. Add in Large eggs, marjoram.
25. salt and melted butter.
26. Mix well.
27. Add in sufficient bread crumbs to make mix into 1 inch balls which won't become fuzzy when boiled.
28. Test one by dropping into boiling stock, then adjust crumbs as needed.
29. Cook as above.
30. My grandma used to serve steamed cauliflower with this dish.
31. We would ladle the gravy over the cauliflower, too.
32. It tasted great.
33. Stanek
34. A retired guy who loves to cook for his kids!

chicken quarters, onion, paprika, marjoram, black pepper, butter, flour, molasses, white bread, eggs, marjoram salt, butter

Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/bohemian-chicken-and-dumplings-88664 (may not work)