Best 2 Chicken And Cornmeal Dumplings Recipes

CHICKEN WITH PAN GRAVY AND CORNMEAL DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Cook chicken:
• Preheat oven to 200°F.
• Pat chicken dry and season with salt and pepper.
• Heat butter and oil in a 12-inch deep heavy skillet over moderately high heat until foam subsides, then brown chicken well, about 8 minutes total. Arrange skin-sides up, then sprinkle with shallot. Add wine and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, until chicken is just cooked through, 20 to 25 minutes. Transfer chicken with tongs to a heatproof platter, reserving juices in skillet. Cover chicken with foil and keep warm in oven.
• Make dumplings:
• Sift together flour, cornmeal, baking powder and soda, salt, and pepper into a bowl. Blend in butter with a pastry blender or your fingertips until mixture resembles coarse meal. Stir in 2 tablespoons chives and 1 tablespoon parsley, then add buttermilk, stirring just until dough is moistened (do not overmix).
• Make gravy and cook dumplings:
• Skim fat from juices in skillet. Add 2 3/4 cups stock and bring to a boil. Whisk together cream, flour, and remaining 1/4 cup stock in a small bowl until smooth, then whisk into boiling stock and season with salt and pepper.
• Drop 8 heaping tablespoons of dough into simmering gravy, about 2 inches apart to allow dumplings to expand. Reduce heat and gently simmer dumplings, covered, until tops are dry to the touch, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Sprinkle chicken, dumplings, and gravy with remaining herbs.

OLD-FASHIONED CHICKEN AND CORNMEAL DUMPLINGS RECIPE

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven or large sauce pot, heat 1 tablespoon oil over medium-high heat. Sprinkle the chicken with the salt. Add the chicken to the Dutch oven and cook, turning occasionally until browned, about 7 minutes. With a slotted spoon, transfer the chicken to a plate. Add the onion, carrots, celery and remaining oil to the Dutch oven. Reduce the heat to medium-low. Cover and cook, stirring occasionally until the vegetables are very tender, about 8 minutes. Stir in the flour and cook 1 minute. Return the chicken to the Dutch oven. Add the broth, peas and thyme; bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally until the stew begins to thicken slightly, about 5 minutes. Meanwhile, to make the dumplings, stir together the baking mix, cornmeal and buttermilk in a medium bowl until a soft dough forms. Drop the dough by rounded tablespoons onto the simmering stew, making about 10 dumplings. Simmer uncovered, 10 minutes. Cover and simmer until the dumplings have doubled in size and are cooked through, about 10 minutes longer.