Chicken And Dumplings - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 broiler chicken
2 qt. broth
3 c. self-rising flour
4 Tbsp. shortening

Preparation

Stew chicken until tender.
Remove bones; cut into bite size pieces and return to broth.
Cut shortening into flour.
Add enough milk to make dough as for biscuits.
Roll out to about 1/8-inch thickness.
Cut in strips, then into 1 1/2-inch pieces. Drop a few at a time into boiling broth.
Stir gently occasionally as dumplings are being added.
Lower heat.
Cover.
Cook 5 to 8 minutes.
Remove from heat and allow to set 2 hours.
Broth will thicken.