Recipe - Achiote Chicken And Cilantro Dumplings

1 pound Boneless skinless chicken
breasts; cut into cubes
One fourth cup Achiote paste
One fourth cup Freshsqueezed orange juice
2 tablespoon Butter
2 Carrots; cut or sliced up
2 Celery stalks; cut or sliced up
2 JalapeZos; split lengthwise,
seeded, cut or sliced up
6 cup Chicken stock
1 One half cup All purpose flour
1 tablespoon Baking powder
Three fourths teaspoon Salt
2 lg Eggs
One half cup Milk; (about)
1 bn Cilantro leaves; chopped

Season chicken with salt and pepper. Place in medium bowl. Puree Achiote
paste with orange juice in blender. Add to chicken. Toss to coat. Set
aside.

Melt butter in large saucepan over medium heat. Add carrots and celery and
sautJ 5 minutes. Add chicken and jalapeZo and sautJ 3 to 5 minutes.
Gradually whisk in stock. Simmer until slightly thickened. Combine flour,
baking powder and salt in large bowl. Whisk eggs in glass measuring cup.
Add enough milk to measure Three fourths cup. Add chopped cilantro. Whisk to blend.
Add to dry ingredients and stir until blended. Drop dumpling mixture by
rounded tablespoonfuls into bowl of iced water. Using slotted spoon,
transfer to chicken mixture. Add enough dumplings to cover top of stew.
Cover and simmer until dumplings are firm to touch, turning occasionally,
about 12 minutes. Ladle chicken and dumplings into bowls.

Yield: 4 servings
Posted to recipeludigest Volume 01 Number 656 by "Diane Geary."
diane@keyway.net on Jan 31, 1998