Low Fat Easy Chicken with Dumplings Recipe

Low Fat Easy Chicken With Dumplings Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 pounds chicken, cut up and skinned
• 1 stalk celery, cut into thirds
• 1 medium onion, quartered
• 2 quarts water
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons margarine, softened
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
• 3/4 cup nonfat buttermilk

Method

1. Place first 5 ingredients in a Dutch oven; bring to a boil.
2. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 1 hour or until chicken is tender.
3. Remove chicken, reserving broth in.
4. Dutch oven; discard vegetables.
5. Let chicken and broth cool.
6. Bone and cut chicken into bite-size pieces.
7. Place in separate containers; refrigerate 8 hours.
8. Remove fat from broth.
9. Bring to a boil, and add pepper.
10. Combine flour, soda, and tsp salt; cut in margarine with pastry blender until mixture is crumbly.
11. Add parsley and buttermilk, stirring with a fork until dry ingredients are moistened
12. Turn dough out onto a heavily floured surface, and knead lightly 4 to 5 minutes.
13. Pat dough to 1/4 inch thickness
14. Pinch off 1 1/2-inch pieces and drop into boiling broth
15. Add chicken
16. Reduce heat to medium-low and cook 8 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally servings

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