Chicken Stew with Rosemary Dumplings

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Chicken Stew with Rosemary Dumplings

Chicken Stew with Rosemary Dumplings
From Slow Cooking Magazine Vol. XVIII, No 1. 2008

1/2 c flour
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1 whole chicken (about 3 lb) OR 3 boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into pieces.
4 large carrots, peeled and sliced 1in thick (I used precut carrot sticks)
2 stalks celery, sliced 1/2 in thick
1 onion thinly sliced
1 tsp dried rosemary
2 cups (one can) chicken broth

Dumplings:
1 c flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp dried rosemary
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 c milk
1 egg


1. Chicken: Combine flour, salt and pepper in a bowl or food storage bag. In batches, add chicken pieces to flour micture and toss to coat. Transfer to a plate. heat oil in a large non stick skillet, over medium high heat. Add chicken pieces and cook 8 to 10 minutes or until brown on all sides. set aside.

2. Add the carrots, celery onion and rodemary to 5-6qt slow cooker. Place chicken pieces over vegetables. Pour 1/2 cup broth into the skillet and cook over medium high heat, scraping up brown bits from bottom of pan. Pour pan juices into slow cooker along with remaining stock or broth.

3. Cover and cook on High 4 to 6 hour or low 8 to 10 hours, until vegetables are tender and stew is bubbling.

4. Dumplings: Whisk flour, baking powder, dried rosemary and salt in a bowl. combine milk and egg in a measuring cup, mix well then add to flour mixture. Stir with a fork to make a lumpy dough (do not overmix- lumps are fine). Drop dumpling mixture over chicken pieces. Cover and cook on high for 25 to 30 minutes or until tester inserted into center of dumpling comes out clean.

Per serving: 381 cal, 49 g pro, 21 g car, 4 g fib, 11 g fat(3 g sat fat), 26% cal from fat, 121 mg chol, 1,391 mg sod