====== Chicken and Dumplings ======
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===== Equipment =====
  * Pot
  * Microplane or grater
  
  
===== Ingredients =====
Soup: 
  * 5 cups chicken stock
  * ++ 2 cups soffrito | ~1/2 onion, 2 stalks celery, 1 carrot all diced++
  * 1 cup frozen peas
  * ++ 2 carrots | chopped 1/4" rounds++
  * ++ 2 cloves garlic | rough chopped ++
  * 1 tablsepoon dried parsley
  * 1 tablespoon dried thyme
  * 3 tablespoons butter
  * 2 bay leaves
  * 1/2 breast ++chicken | cooked, cubed++

Dumplings: 
  * 1 cup flour
  * 1/2 cup milk
  * 2 tablespoons ++butter | cold/frozen, grated into flour++
  * 2 teaspoons baking powder
  * 1 teaspoon white sugar
  * 1/2 teaspoon salt

===== Steps =====
  - Melt butter over medium heat; cook soffrito until soft (~8 minutes)
  - Reduce to low heat; add garlic, parsley, and thyme (~1 minute)
  - Sprinkle in 2 tablespoons flour, stirring constantly (~1 minute)
  - Add chicken stock, bay leaves, carrots; simmer 20 min
  - Make ++dumplings | grate cold/frozen butter into flour, add dry ingredients, then stir in milk until just combined and still a little lumpy++
  - Remove bay leaves; add salt/pepper to taste; add chicken
  - Drop dumplings singly into soup; cover and simmer 15 minutes
  - Cool and serve :) 

{{tag>[cozy "low prep"]}}