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Ingredients For the Chicken 1 3- to 4-pound chicken 1 onion, halved but root end left intact 1 large carrot, coarsely chopped 1 celery stalk, coarsely chopped 4 sprigs of fresh parsley 1 turnip, trimmed and chopped 2 parsnips, coarsely chopped 8 to 10 cups water 1 tablespoon coarse salt For the Dumplings 1 cup all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon coarse salt 3/4 cup milk 1 teaspoon chopped fresh dill or parsley

Gallery Lucinda’s Chicken and Dumplings

Recipe Summary Servings: 6

Lucinda's Chicken and Dumplings

Lucinda’s Chicken and Dumplings

Lucinda’s Chicken and Dumplings

Recipe Summary Servings: 6

Recipe Summary

Servings: 6

Servings: 6

6

Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 1 3- to 4-pound chicken 1 onion, halved but root end left intact 1 large carrot, coarsely chopped 1 celery stalk, coarsely chopped 4 sprigs of fresh parsley 1 turnip, trimmed and chopped 2 parsnips, coarsely chopped 8 to 10 cups water 1 tablespoon coarse salt

  • 1 cup all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon coarse salt 3/4 cup milk 1 teaspoon chopped fresh dill or parsley

Directions

To make the chicken, place the chicken into a large pot with a tight-fitting lid. Add the onion, carrot, celery, parsley, turnip, and parsnips to the pot and barely cover with the water.

Bring to a boil over high heat, reduce the heat to a simmer, partially cover, and simmer for 50 minutes. Lift out the chicken and vegetables. Discard the onion halves and parsley sprigs. Continue to simmer the broth for 15 to 20 minutes. Add the salt. When the chicken is cool enough to handle, remove the meat from the bones and shred into large pieces. You’ll have 4 cups of shredded chicken. Use 2 to 4 cups as desired.

To make dumplings, in a small bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Stir in the milk and dill or parsley to combine.

Drop the dough, 1 tablespoon at a time onto the simmering broth. Cover and cook until the dumplings have cooked through 3 to 4 minutes. Carefully return the shredded chicken and the vegetables to the pot. Reheat for 1 minute. Serve in wide bowls with big spoons.

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Add Rating & Review     31 Ratings   5 star values:        8    4 star values:        9    3 star values:        11    2 star values:        3    1 star values:        0

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31 Ratings 5 star values: 8 4 star values: 9 3 star values: 11 2 star values: 3 1 star values: 0

31 Ratings 5 star values: 8 4 star values: 9 3 star values: 11 2 star values: 3 1 star values: 0

31 Ratings 5 star values: 8 4 star values: 9 3 star values: 11 2 star values: 3 1 star values: 0

  • 5 star values: 8 4 star values: 9 3 star values: 11 2 star values: 3 1 star values: 0

    Martha Stewart Member     Rating: 4 stars       03/09/2014   Not really good...my Family did not like it at all....  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       11/01/2012   I am continually disappointed with Lucinda's recipes, and this one was no different. The dumpling recipe is wrong and the seasonings need adjI bought her cookbook and made a few floppers out of it, as well. If I see the recipe is one of her's, from now on, I'm going to pass on it. There is an awesome Sarah Carey recipe from the October 2013 recipe for Chicken and Dumplings that is much better than this one. Having a bad dumpling recipe in a recipe for Chicken and DUMPLINGS is pretty lame-0.  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       02/05/2011   More of a soup than a traditional Chicken and Dumplings. In the future, I'd thicken it with something. Of course I'm cooking for a linebacker sized hubby and two hungry boys. I would also put the salt in when I put the chicken and vegetables in the pot. They seemed under seasoned. I held back on adding other seasoning because I trust Lucinda. Next time I would add a bit of sage, thyme, rosemary, a bay leaf or two,and garlic and more salt. We also had the dumpling problem.  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       02/04/2011   LOVE! *Glad I read the comments before: 1/2 cup of milk was perfect for the dumplings. Thanks "swein":D I made some substitutions .: - Never had fresh parlsley: so, I used 2 tsp of dried paresley and kept it in the water (it also made the end result look more beautiful). AND , for the dumplings I used 1/3 tsp. - Instead of parcnip and turnip I used potatoe (just waited till there was only 30 minutes left on the original 50). Lovely! Easy! CHEAP! And the whole family loved it!!  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       12/01/2010   Hello ladies, Try 1/2 C milk . I did notice that when Lucinda was adding the shredded chicken  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       11/12/2010   Cook the recipe last night for dinner and also found the dumpling mixture too loose. The flavor was wonderful, but will try to adjust the dumplings for a firmer texture.  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       11/03/2010   This looked so promising while cooking, but I also had a dumpling problem. LOVED the flavors, disliked the ending texture. Will definitely do the rest of the recipe again with a different dumpling. It was helpful to see the adding of the chicken and veggies back to the pan on the TV program.  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       11/01/2010   Other than the Dumpling problem, we LOVED this recipe. The house smelled absolutely wonderful. I love veggies, my husband not so much. Neither of us had ever had parsnips nor turnips. I have to admit I had my doubts but they were delicious. This recipe is definitely going into my collection. Also, I wasn't sure why we were throwing the onion out, but we just sliced it instead and added to our bowls.  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       11/01/2010   I believe there must be a mistake in the ingredients list for the Dumplings. I thought something was wrong after adding the milk to the flour mixture, the result was more like pancake batter than Dumplings. I went ahead and dropped/poured the mixture into the simmering broth. Yuck! The Dumplings more or less disappeared. I checked dozens of recipes and I believe that the flour to liquid ratio is off. Should the flour perhaps be 2 cups instead of 1 cup?  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       10/19/2010   save some chicken to make chicken salad the next day

    Martha Stewart Member

    Rating: 4 stars 03/09/2014

Not really good…my Family did not like it at all….

Rating: 4 stars

Rating: Unrated 11/01/2012

I am continually disappointed with Lucinda’s recipes, and this one was no different. The dumpling recipe is wrong and the seasonings need adjI bought her cookbook and made a few floppers out of it, as well. If I see the recipe is one of her’s, from now on, I’m going to pass on it. There is an awesome Sarah Carey recipe from the October 2013 recipe for Chicken and Dumplings that is much better than this one. Having a bad dumpling recipe in a recipe for Chicken and DUMPLINGS is pretty lame-0.

Rating: Unrated

Rating: Unrated 02/05/2011

More of a soup than a traditional Chicken and Dumplings. In the future, I’d thicken it with something. Of course I’m cooking for a linebacker sized hubby and two hungry boys. I would also put the salt in when I put the chicken and vegetables in the pot. They seemed under seasoned. I held back on adding other seasoning because I trust Lucinda. Next time I would add a bit of sage, thyme, rosemary, a bay leaf or two,and garlic and more salt. We also had the dumpling problem.

Rating: Unrated 02/04/2011

LOVE! *Glad I read the comments before: 1/2 cup of milk was perfect for the dumplings. Thanks “swein”:D I made some substitutions .: - Never had fresh parlsley: so, I used 2 tsp of dried paresley and kept it in the water (it also made the end result look more beautiful). AND , for the dumplings I used 1/3 tsp. - Instead of parcnip and turnip I used potatoe (just waited till there was only 30 minutes left on the original 50). Lovely! Easy! CHEAP! And the whole family loved it!!

Rating: Unrated 12/01/2010

Hello ladies, Try 1/2 C milk . I did notice that when Lucinda was adding the shredded chicken

Rating: Unrated 11/12/2010

Cook the recipe last night for dinner and also found the dumpling mixture too loose. The flavor was wonderful, but will try to adjust the dumplings for a firmer texture.

Rating: Unrated 11/03/2010

This looked so promising while cooking, but I also had a dumpling problem. LOVED the flavors, disliked the ending texture. Will definitely do the rest of the recipe again with a different dumpling. It was helpful to see the adding of the chicken and veggies back to the pan on the TV program.

Rating: Unrated 11/01/2010

Other than the Dumpling problem, we LOVED this recipe. The house smelled absolutely wonderful. I love veggies, my husband not so much. Neither of us had ever had parsnips nor turnips. I have to admit I had my doubts but they were delicious. This recipe is definitely going into my collection. Also, I wasn’t sure why we were throwing the onion out, but we just sliced it instead and added to our bowls.

I believe there must be a mistake in the ingredients list for the Dumplings. I thought something was wrong after adding the milk to the flour mixture, the result was more like pancake batter than Dumplings. I went ahead and dropped/poured the mixture into the simmering broth. Yuck! The Dumplings more or less disappeared. I checked dozens of recipes and I believe that the flour to liquid ratio is off. Should the flour perhaps be 2 cups instead of 1 cup?

Rating: Unrated 10/19/2010

save some chicken to make chicken salad the next day

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