Chicken Stew and Cornmeal Dumplings

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Main Dish
Stew
Comfort Food
Chicken

Stew

Ingredients

  • 3 pounds chicken cut into pieces
  • 1 tablespoon oil
  • 2 carrots chopped
  • 2 celery stalks chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves minced
  • 1 cup chicken broth
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 teaspoon thyme
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • 2 potatoes peeled and cut
  • 3 tablespoons flour

Preparation

  1. In a Dutch oven, heat oil over medium heat and cook carrots, celery, onion, and garlic for 5 minutes.
  2. Add 1½ cups water, broth, bay leaves, thyme, salt, and pepper and bring to a boil.
  3. Add chicken, reduce heat, and simmer for 20 minutes. Add potatoes and simmer until cooked.
  4. Whisk flour into ½ cup water and mix into mixture. Remove bay leaves.

Dumplings

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup flour
  • 1/4 cup cornmeal
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • salt pinch
  • 2 tablespoons cold butter
  • 2/3 cup buttermilk

Preparation

  1. Whisk together flour, cornmeal, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
  2. Cut in butter until coarse crumbs form. Stir in buttermilk and 2 tablespoons parsley, making a sticky, spoonable dough.
  3. Drop by 8 spoonfuls into simmering stew.
  4. Cook, covered without lifting the lid, until dumplings are no longer doughy underneath, for about 15 minutes.