Chicken And Basil Dumplings Recipe
This chicken and dumplings taste too good ! Try this deliciously herbed and spiced chicken with aromatic basil dumplings for your next meal. Tell me if you've liked this chicken and dumplings.
Ingredients
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
1/4 cup chopped onion
2 tablespoons chopped celery
1 tablespoon chopped celery leaves
1 small clove garlic, minced
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 cups chicken broth (homemade, canned or from bouillon cubes)
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon basil leaves
1 bay leaf
2 tablespoons chopped parsley
1 broiler-fryer chicken ( 2 1/2 to 3 pounds), cut in serving pieces, rinsed and patted dry
1 package (10 ounces) frozen green peas
Basil Dumplings
Directions
1. Put butter, onion, celery, celery leaves and garlic into a 3-quart glass casserole. Cook uncovered in microwave oven 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 minutes
at High, or until crisp-tender; stir after 1 minute.
2. Sprinkle flour over vegetables and mix well. Add chicken broth, sugar, salt, pepper, basil, bay leaf and parsley; stir. Cook uncovered in microwave oven 8 to 10 minutes at High, or until thickened; stir twice.
3. Arrange chicken pieces in casserole with sauce with thin end toward inside and thicker end toward outside. Spoon sauce over chicken. Cover with plastic wrap. Cook in microwave oven 8 minutes at High.
4. Turn chicken pieces over in casserole. Cook covered in microwave oven 8 to 10 minutes at Medium-High.
5. Remove chicken, cover with aluminum foil and keep warm. Add frozen peas to mixture in casserole and, if necessary, break apart with a fork. Cook uncovered in microwave oven 9 to 10 minutes at High, or until boiling.
6. Meanwhile, prepare Basil Dumplings.
7. Return chicken to casserole. Drop dumpling mixture 1 tablespoon at a time next to chicken. Cover with plastic wrap. Cook in microwave oven 5 minutes at High. Remove from oven and let stand covered 5 minutes before serving. (Dumplings when done should lose their moist look and spring back when touched.)
at High, or until crisp-tender; stir after 1 minute.
2. Sprinkle flour over vegetables and mix well. Add chicken broth, sugar, salt, pepper, basil, bay leaf and parsley; stir. Cook uncovered in microwave oven 8 to 10 minutes at High, or until thickened; stir twice.
3. Arrange chicken pieces in casserole with sauce with thin end toward inside and thicker end toward outside. Spoon sauce over chicken. Cover with plastic wrap. Cook in microwave oven 8 minutes at High.
4. Turn chicken pieces over in casserole. Cook covered in microwave oven 8 to 10 minutes at Medium-High.
5. Remove chicken, cover with aluminum foil and keep warm. Add frozen peas to mixture in casserole and, if necessary, break apart with a fork. Cook uncovered in microwave oven 9 to 10 minutes at High, or until boiling.
6. Meanwhile, prepare Basil Dumplings.
7. Return chicken to casserole. Drop dumpling mixture 1 tablespoon at a time next to chicken. Cover with plastic wrap. Cook in microwave oven 5 minutes at High. Remove from oven and let stand covered 5 minutes before serving. (Dumplings when done should lose their moist look and spring back when touched.)
