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Ingredients
- 5 pound stewing chicken, cut up
- 12 small white onions, peeled
- 2 whole cloves
- 4 peppercorns
- 1/4 teaspoon thyme, crushed
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 3 cups water
- 2 large carrots, scraped, cut in 2" pieces
- 2 parsnips, cut in 2" pieces
- 1 cup biscuit mix
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup milk
Method
- Arrange chicken in a large kettle or pressure cooker.
- If you are using the kettle, add one of the onions stuck with the cloves, the peppercorns thyme, salt and water.
- Cover, bring to a boil, and simmer gently for 2 hours or until chicken is very tender.
- Add remaining vegetables during last hour.
- If you are using a pressure cooker, add only 1 1/2 cups water, place all the vegetables in the cooker with the chicken at the beginning, bring to 15 pounds pressure, cook for 35 minutes, let cool before removing petcock.
- Meanwhile, mix the batter for the dumplings, using the biscuit mix, egg and milk.
- When chicken is cooked, place dumplings over the top of chicken and vegetables, turn on heat once more, cook covered for 12 minutes or until dumplings are puffed.
- Serve dumplings in place of potatoes, spooning the rich chicken broth over the top of each serving.
