Chicken Stew
Chicken Stew
Ingredients:
4 cups chicken stock
2 cup water
1 pound chicken (boneless)
3 large carrots roughly chopped
3 celery stalks, chopped
1 onion, chopped
1 bay leaf
1/4 teaspoon rosemary
1/2 teaspoon thyme
salt and pepper
6 eddoes
1 cup peas
3 tablespoon flour (only required if dumplings are NOT used)
Directions:
1) In a slow cooker, added chicken stock, water, chicken, carrot, celery, onion, bay leaf, rosemary, thyme, salt and pepper.
2) After 4 hours, add eddoes, peas and dumplings.
3) Let is cook for another 2 hours and it should be done!
4) Remove bay leaf before serving.
Dumplings
1/4 cup cornmeal
1 cup whole wheat flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 cup 2% milk
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
Directions:
1) To make dumplings mix together the flour, cornmeal and baking powder in a bowl.
2) Stir in milk and oil and mix until just thoroughly moistened. Drop 6 mounds of dumpling batter approximately 1/4 cup each by spoonfuls into the simmering stew.