Recipe - Stewed Chicken And Dumplings

CHICKEN
3 One fourth pound Chicken pieces
1 One half teaspoon Salt
8 Peppercorns
1 Stalk celery with leaves,
cut in 2" pieces
1 md Onion, quartered
1 small Carrot, cut in 1" pieces
1 Bay leaf
1 cup White wine
1 One half cup Water
1 tablespoon Parsley, chopped

GRAVY
7 tablespoon Water
5 tablespoon Flour

DUMPLINGS
1 One half cup Flour
2 teaspoon Baking powder
One half teaspoon Salt
1 Egg
1 tablespoon Parsley, chopped

To cook reduced quantities: reduce all ingredients proportionately but not
below onethird.

To save time, do steps 1 and 2 for Chicken; then steps 1 and 2 for
Dumplings; finish Chicken; make Gravy; finish dumplings.

Chicken 1. Put all ingredients for Chicken except parsley in cooker,
distributing vegetables among chicken pieces.

2. Close cooker. Bring to full pressure on high heat. Reduce heat and cook
for 10 minutes.

3. Remove cooker from heat. Allow to cool naturally for 5 minutes. Press
fingertip control lightly to release pressure.

4. Open cooker. Remove chicken. Strain, measure and return cooking liquid
to cooker. Discard bay leaf and vegetables.

Gravy Measure 1 One half tablespoons flour and 2 tablespoons water for each cup
of cooking liquid. In a small bowl, gradually add water to flour, blending
until smooth. Place cooker with liquid on medium heat. Simmer. Stirring
with a wire whisk, gradually add flour mixture to cooker. Cook, stirring
constantly, until sauce thickens (approximately 5 minutes). Remove cooker
from heat. Return chicken to cooker.

Dumplings 1. Sift together flour, baking powder and salt thrice into a
bowl.

2. In a separate bowl, beat egg with milk until well blended.

3. Gradually add egg mixture and parsley to flour. Mix lightly with a fork
just until blended.

4. Place cooker on medium heat. Simmer. Using moistened, heaping
tablespoons, drop dumpling dough on chicken pieces.

5. Close cooker without pressure regulator. Reduce heat to low and cook for
12 minutes.

6. Remove cooker from heat. Open cooker.

7. Transfer dumplings to the rim of a platter. Arrange chicken in the
center. Pour onehalf gravy over chicken. Garnish with parsley. Serve hot,
accompanied with remaining gravy.

Recipe by: Hawkins Futura Cookbook 1987 Supplement Posted to MCRecipe
Digest V1 #569 by Rooby MsRooby@sprintmail.com on Apr 15, 1997