Chicken With Dumplings - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 chicken, cut up
flour
salt and pepper
2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 egg, beaten
1/3 c. milk

Preparation

Cook chicken in boiling, salted water until tender.
Remove chicken, saving 4 cups broth.
Debone chicken; set aside.
Skim broth, saving 6 tablespoons chicken fat.
Combine 6 tablespoons flour with fat in bowl; blend well.
Add a small amount of reserved broth, stirring until smooth.
Stir flour into 4 cups of broth in saucepan.
Cook over low heat until slightly thickened, stirring constantly.
Season with salt and pepper.