Chicken And Dumplings - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (5 to 6 lb.) ham
water
1 stick butter
3 c. flour
1 tsp. salt
2 eggs

Preparation

Cook chicken until tender with butter added to water.
Mix remaining ingredients with 1 cup chicken stock to form a soft dough.
Roll dough as for pie crust; cut in short 3-inch strips. Drop into boiling chicken stock.
When the last dumpling is dropped, cook for 5 minutes.
Remove from heat.
Immediately lightly stir minced warm chicken into dumplings and serve.
Yields 8 servings.