Microwave Chicken And Dumplings - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 Tbsp. butter or margarine
1/4 c. chopped onion
2 Tbsp. chopped celery
1 small clove garlic, minced
2 Tbsp. flour
2 c. chicken broth
1/2 tsp. sugar
1 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
1/2 tsp. basil leaves
1 bay leaf
2 Tbsp. chopped parsley
1 broiler-fryer, cut in serving pieces
Basil Dumplings (recipe follows)
1 (10 oz.) pkg. frozen green peas

Preparation

Put butter, onion, celery and garlic into 3-quart glass baking dish.
Cook, uncovered, until crisp-tender, 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 minutes at High; stir after 1 minute.
Sprinkle flour over vegetables and mix well.
Add chicken broth, sugar, salt, pepper, basil, bay leaf and parsley; stir.
Microwave, uncovered, 8 to 10 minutes at High or until thickened; stir occasionally.