Old-Fashioned Chicken And Dumplings - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 whole chicken
1/2 tsp. black pepper
1 tsp. salt
1 stick butter

Preparation

Combine ingredients and cook until chicken is tender.
Remove bones and skin.
Set aside 2 cups of broth.
Put chicken back into broth and boil.
With one cup of water, make a stiff dough.
Roll thin and cut into strips, about 2-inches long.
Drop into chicken, a small part at a time.
Cook without lid about 5 minutes.
Cover and cook about 5 more minutes.