Pork Rind Style Chicken and Dumplings
Recipe Tags:
classic | comfort | comfort food | Easy | favorite | main | Side | soup | southern | southernrecipeswithSR | stew
Prep Time:
3 hours
Serves:
8
Tender chicken and fluffy dumplings enriched with crunchy pork rind bits for a comforting Southern-inspired meal.
Ingredients
- • 1 cup Southern Recipe Hot & Spicy Pork Rinds, finely ground
• 4 lbs. Chicken
• 1/2 tsp. Garlic powder
• 1/2 tsp. Poultry seasoning
• 1/3 cup Shortening
• 1 cup Milk
• 1/2 tsp. Dried thyme
• 2 1/2 tsp. Salt divided
• 3/4 tsp. Pepper divided
• 1 tsp. Chicken bouillon granules
• 2 cups Self-rising flour
• 2 tsp. Bacon drippings*
• Garnish: parsley, chopped, fresh
Preparation
1. In a Dutch oven, bring chicken, water to cover, garlic powder, thyme, 1 1/2 tsp 1/2 tsp. Salt divided, and 1/2 tsp pepper to a boil over medium heat.
2. Cover, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer for 1 hour.
3. Remove chicken and reserve the Chicken bouillon granules.
4. Cool chicken for 30 minutes, then skin, bone, and shred.
5. Skim fat from the Chicken bouillon granules.
6. Add shredded chicken, bouillon, remaining 1 tsp 1/2 tsp. Salt divided, and 1/4 tsp pepper to the Chicken bouillon granules.
7. Return Chicken bouillon granules to a simmer.
8. In a bowl, combine Self-rising flour, crushed Southern Recipe Hot & Spicy Pork Rinds finely, and poultry seasoning.
9. Cut in shortening and bacon drippings with a pastry blender until crumbly.
10. Stir in milk until a dough forms.
11. Turn dough onto a lightly floured surface and roll to 1/8-inch thickness.
12. Cut dough into 1-inch pieces.
13. Drop dumplings, a few at a time, into simmering Chicken bouillon granules, stirring gently.
14. Cover and simmer, stirring often, for 25 minutes.
15. Garnish if desired.
Recipe Category:
classic | comfort | comfort food | Easy | favorite | main | Side | soup | southern | southernrecipeswithSR | stew