Chicken And Dumplings - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 large chicken
2 qt. chicken stock
1 can cream of chicken soup
6 Tbsp. butter
salt and pepper to taste
Dumplings (recipe follows)
2 hard-cooked eggs

Preparation

Boil chicken until tender; remove from bone and cut into small pieces.
Reserve liquid for stock.
If necessary, add enough water to stock to make 2 quarts.
Add soup, butter, salt and pepper. Make dumplings according to directions; cut into strips.
Drop dumplings into boiling chicken stock.
Boil 2 to 3 minutes, stirring gently.
Fold in chicken and eggs.
Simmer for 20 to 30 minutes.
Serves 6 to 8.