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    Home » Recipes » Amish Chicken Recipes

    Mennonite Chicken and Dumplings

    Published: Mar 4, 2021 · Updated: Mar 4, 2021 by Kevin Williams | Leave a Comment

    This is Mennonite Chicken and Dumplings recipe is a farmhouse favorite, hearty and full of tender chicken and cooked-perfectly vegetables.

    Dumplings are very popular in Amish and Mennonite kitchens. The ingredients for a good dumpling are very basic, almost every Amish or Mennonite cook has them on hand. And almost every family has some sort of variation of a favorite dumpling recipe that gets passed on through the generations.

    This recipe comes to me from a Mennonite women in the community of Dayton Virginia. Dayton is a Mennonite community that I’ve explored quite a bit it’s a beautiful settlement tucked away in the Shenandoah Valley. If you ever get a chance to explore that area I highly recommend it. Recipes there are very basic, tinged with a little bit of southern influence, and very old.

    Recipes, like this Mennonite Chicken and Dumplings, have been passed down through the generations. Unlike other old order Mennonite settlements, German is not the main language here. Most Mennonites speak English. They do use horse and buggies and generally frown upon most modern technologies.

    Now, let's take a photo journey of our chicken and dumplings:

    Eggs!

    If you make the entire recipe, you'll need to add about a dozen eggs, but you can cut this recipe in half easily.

    The dumplings are what really round out this recipe. Super easy and delicious. The hardest part for most people will be keeping the lid shut while the dumplings are cooking.

    Make sure you make the dumplings into round balls! And, wow, this turns out delicious!

    Mennonite Chicken and Dumplings

    🍗 Chicken & Dumpling Ingredients

    • 1 cup of butter
    • 2 cups eggs
    • 4 ½ cups of all-purpose flour
    • 1 tbsp. baking powder
    • ¼ tsp. salt
    • 4 sprigs of parsley finely chopped
    • 3 large carrots peeled and sliced
    • 1 cup of green beans cut to preference
    • 2 ½ cups of shredded chicken
    • large pot of chicken broth or stock

    📋 Instructions

    1. Beat butter until fluffy.
    2. Add eggs slowly.
    3. Add dry ingredients and mix until thoroughly blended (don't over-mix it).
    4. Flour your hands and form balls slightly larger than golf balls, lay them on a greased tray Make broth and boil sliced carrots and green beans until soft.
    5. Add parsley and chicken.
    6. Bring the soup to a rolling boil and carefully spoon in the dumplings.
    7. Put on the lid and cook for 10-15 minutes or until soft and fluffy.
    8. Do NOT open the lid! Do not overcook them or they will fall apart.

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    Mennonite Chicken and Dumplings

    Mennonite Chicken and Dumplings

    This is Mennonite Chicken and Dumplings recipe is a farmhouse favorite, hearty and full of tender chicken and cooked-perfectly vegetables.
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    Prep Time 30 mins
    Cook Time 1 hr
    Course Main Course, Soup
    Cuisine American, Amish

    Ingredients
      

    • 1 cup butter
    • 2 cups eggs (about 12 eggs)
    • 4 ½ cups all purpose flour
    • 1 tablespoon baking powder
    • ¼ tsp salt
    • 4 sprigs parsley finely chopped
    • 3 large carrots peeled and sliced
    • 1 cup green beans cut to preference
    • 2 ½ cups shreddedchicken
    • 1 large pot of chicken broth or stock

    Instructions
     

    • Beat butter until fluffy.
    • Add eggs slowly.
    • Add dry ingredients and mix until thoroughly blended (don't over-mix it)
    • Flour your hands and form balls slightly larger than golf balls. Lay them on a greased tray.
    • Make broth and boil sliced carrots and green beans until soft.
    • Add parsley and chicken Bring the soup to a rolling boil and carefully spoon in the dumplings
    • Put on the lid and cook for 10-15 minutes or until soft and fluffy. Do NOT open the lid! Do not overcook them or they will fall apart.
    • Remove from heat and serve.

    Notes

     
     
     
    Keyword chicken, dumplings
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    About Kevin Williams

    Hi, my name is Kevin Williams and I am owner of Oasis Newsfeatures and editor of The Amish Cook newspaper column.

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