Chicken And Dumplings - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (5 to 6 lb.) stewing chicken, cut up, or 2 to 3 lb. broiler-fryer chicken, cut up
4 stalks celery with leaves, cut up
1 carrot, sliced
1 small onion, cut up
2 sprigs parsley
1 bay leaf
2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
Homemade Dumplings
1/2 c. all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper

Preparation

Place chicken in Dutch oven or large kettle; add water to cover (about 8 cups). Add celery, carrot, onion, parsley, bay leaf, 2 teaspoons salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Cover; bring to boiling. Reduce heat and simmer until chicken is tender, about 2 hours for stewing chicken or about 1 hour for broiler fryers.