Mom was a farm girl, she started cooking at 11 yrs. old for 20 to 30 farmers during harvest time. She and her 4 sisters would go to whatever farm was harvesting and cook for all the men, that woman could cook up a storm. She always made drop dumplings for chicken n dumplings or beans n hocks stew. Nothing better than good old country cooking!
My mom made chicken and dumplings all the time, when visiting her, we always requested it, so good, didn't use cream of chicken soup, did her own thing, so good.i miss my mom and her cooking 😢
Augusta GA; my mom made the best chicken & dumplings I've ever eaten out of leftover biscuit dough. That woman could make anything out of biscuit dough😂. I sure miss my mama, wish I had a third of her culinary skills😢. Blessed day everybody😇!!
My grandma's on both sides and momma and wife all made theirs drop style, and are southern born and bred. I have actually never tried them rolled style.
My mom dropped her dumplings and they were so good, she used baking powder in them so they would puff up and get fluffy! She also never stirred her chicken and dumplings, just put the lid back on the pot and steamed them. I always ate more dumplings than the chicken and broth! Thank you for the video Tammy and Chris!❤
@@tinathorpe2747 i don’t remember the measurements, flour, baking powder, salt, pepper and milk. Back then all we had was regular flour, but now I would use self rising. She was from the UK, a WWII bride, and did things a little differently in her cooking including using curry in her chicken stew.
My grandma made them the same way you are showing. I am 55 and still make them that same way but I am goin to get that flower you are showing that is a big help. Thank you for that. May God bless you and your family
From southern Ontario Canada and a foody. My wife and I love your channel, we can’t get enough homestyle southern cooking. Thank you for sharing your recipes, we appreciate it and love it! 😋
Louisiana Girl here. Living in Texas now - I use homemade rolled out dumplings. Not made with biscuit mix. But, very similar to your recipe. Looking forward to making it again this Fall! Love your show!
Never knew how to make the dumplings thank you so much, I was hoping I lived next door or across the street from you I sure would be bringing over an empty bowl. ❤❤ From Southern California.
my mom did not know how to cook. she just boiled everything. my dad cooked til he went blind with glaucoma. I do remember my dad took a Navy beans and cornbread a lot because there are six kids and a mom and dad.
My Grandmother did it that way, she was a farm girl. She taught me how to cook, I was blessed because of her cooking. I love watching you. I am a Pa. girl.
My dad lives in blairsville ga.i just watched Paula Dean and she put butter in her chicken and dumplings yours look delicious I'm Lisa and I'm in Palm City FL
Just what I was craving. I prep my chicken similar to how you do it, but I also add bay leaf while boiling the chicken. I've only done drop dumplings, but my husband makes it like his grandmother and does the dumplings like you do.
My mother and her sisters made chicken and dumplings by just using cool chicken broth and flour. They were fabulous. Every recipe I searched for has milk instead. Does anyone else just use chicken broth? They would add enough broth to flour to make a wet dough and then would turn it out on to a floured surface and work in enough flour to.make a dough that could be rolled out, cut and added to boiling chicken broth. The dumplings cooked until they were tender and were never stirred while cooking.
Absolutely that's how my Mom made them back in hills of SW Virginia. But the key to that was using her own home grown hen and boil it to pieces with skin on. The broth would be golden and rich in the fat. That broth had enough fat in it that you only need the broth and self rising flour. They were the best fluffy dumplings you ever tasted ☺💓
That sounds delicious. I make chicken and dumplings fairly often, have not tried making them like your Mom and her sisters, but will give it a try. I seldom will do anything different than my normal because one time an acquaintance suggested I add cream of chicken soup to them, and I did, I absolutely hated them. In fact I don’t really like anything that uses canned soup. It’s been years since I bought any, although as a kid I could have lived on chicken noodle soup and canned cream corn. I also would pass on any canned biscuit dumplings.
I'm so glad that I finally found someone who make dumplings like my mom and her family. I can't remember if they used regular flour or self rising. I haven't made dumplings in years. I'm guessing since it's hard to find a fat hen, maybe some butter should be added to the broth? I'm from southern Illinois but most of my family came from Kentucky and Tennessee.
Kathie says…That would be me! I am 74 years old and I still make my great grandma’s recipe for Chicken-‘n-dumplins! One fatty, Whole Fryer boiled with just salt and pepper until the meat falls off the bone. That makes the best broth…no vegetables! To regular flour, add about 1 cup of the cooled chicken broth with that good yellow fat! (and salt to taste.) Pick all of the meat off of the bones and fat and set aside. In a medium-large bowl, start with about a cup of flour. Make a well in the center and pour in the chicken broth. With a fork, whisk the flour and broth…it will be liquidy. Combine really good, then gradually add flour enough to knead the dough until it is soft, smooth, and easy to roll out. Dust the table really well with flour then cut the dough into 3 pieces. Cover 2 of them with a towel, and on the well floured surface, roll out the dumplins’ thin enough that you can see through them. (Make sure that they aren’t sticking to the table as you roll them out). Grandma cut the dumplins with a very sharp knife (I use a pizza cutter). Push the dumplins aside and do the same thing with the rest of the dough. Dust the dumplins with flour. With the chicken removed from the broth (with enough salt and pepper added to your taste) bring the broth to a boil and in the center of the rolling boil, quickly drop in the dumplins. With a wooden spoon, if needed, gently move the dumplins to the edge of the pot. Work fast and add all of the dumplins to the broth, give them a gentle stir and cook them until they don’t taste like raw dough. Add the chicken back to the broth with the dumplins and cook a little longer. Taste ‘em…you’ll know when they are right! These dumplins are about 2-2 1/2” square, and they will slide down your throat! Soooo Good!! You can add a little Baked Chicken Soup base but No Soup!! Grandma Deakins was not only a midwife in the coal mining camp that their family lived in, but she made these Chicken-n-Dumplins for A LOT of people, including their family. Hard times back then and they had no Chicken Soup base or canned soup to add to her dumplins,….but let me tell you…they…are…delicious!! I was raised on ‘em, my kids were raised on ‘em, and now my granddaughters make ‘em! There isn’t a time that I make these that I don’t think of my Great Grandma Deakins, in Jackson Hill #4 Coal Mining Camp, Shelburn, Indiana. ❤️👩🏻🦳 Rest her soul…she would be so proud to read this!!!
I live in South Carolina but grew up in middle Illinois. Yes we made and I make homemade noodles and cut them on the kitchen table. She learned from my grandma who lived a lot in eastern Texas we use milk too!
Hey y'all!! I enjoy watching you cook. I'm from Athens Georgia. Go Dawgs ! My Grandmother used to cut her dumplings they were so good. I'm going to look for this flour. Thank you, for sharing your recipes with us. Happy Cooking😊
I really appreciate your honest comments about Master Chef. There are many cooking shows that are fun to watch. But it is discouraging to learn that they want you to say unkind things about others. I am a believer in traditional dumplings. They are the best! Yours look wonderful.
You're a great teacher. I have always cooked and baked from scratch , like my great mamaw , mamaw & mommy did. People think it's a big deal but it really isn't
Hi Tammie, my mama didn’t cook it all but my grandmother made dumplings like you did and that’s the same way. I’m making 77. Sorry I never catch you live
*Looks really good!* You asked how our Mom made dumplings. My Mom, Chloie, boiled the chicken, adding salt & pepper. When done she took out the chicken, cooled it and took the chicken off of the bone. For dumplings,she always used "all purpose flour" and milk or broth. This is the way I make my dumplings, too: "Like Momma did!" In a pinch, if I haven't had chicken, I would use cream of chicken soup & water to make dumplings! ❤
You can waste my time, Mamma Dumpling!!!😊. Your very pleasant and enjoyed every second I been watching. I don't have any family that lives near and it's almost like I'm home again.
Hey from Virginia, this is my first time seeing you. I will definitely be trying your chicken and dumplings for my husband. Thanks for sharing. God bless.
I made these tonight for the first time. They tasted great !! I did buy the biscuit mix from our walmart. This will be my new dumplings recipe. Thank you.
I want YOUR dumplings Tammy! Not the other thin ones. Your chicken and dumplings look SO yummy! I will attempt to make this Fall🍁 Thank you! I want the Southern Biscuit mix also.
we make drop dumplings large ones. from flour. We use milk. Then we cut the dumplings open and put the chicken and gravy on it. Yum. We Cover the pot when we reduce the heat. The steam cooks the tops. the insides are dry and the outsides are moist. we do not overwork the dough. I have had it both ways.
Hi guys ,I'm from Loogootee Indiana and my mom always used canned biscuits when she made hers and I always loved them since I probably had never had them any other way and I'm pretty sure she still makes them that way today.love ya guys have a wonderful sunday!!
My daddy made the best rolled dumplings and drop biscuits along with cherry rhubarb pie Sunday dinner twice a month we ate the most wonderful chicken and dumplings and nearly every Sunday morning was biscuits and milk gravy fried eggs and bacon or sausage. Thank you for bringing me some very nice memories with your cookin'. Love y'all stay blessed.
I love hearing you talk, your Down Home Georgia accent! My mama was from Gainesville Georgia. Their all gone now and I am the Californian but how I miss their Southern hospitality and their down to earth life style...❤
You are a good instructor on this.love homemade rolled out dumplings.The restaurants I worked never used shortening and Reg.Sweet milk and never celery in broth and they were delicious.Keep teaching.
Thanks for sharing, now I know why my dumplings were falling apart. I didn't have enough flour and I didn't work the dough enough. I will never use tortillas shells for dumplings.
Chicken and dumplings are my favorite food. My momma made hers like u do. I add 1can evaporated milk, 1can cream of celery soup, 1can cream of mushroom soup to my broth. I don't like the tortillas for dumplings. I live in South central Oklahoma about 2 miles from Okla/Texas border.
My grandma taought me to make my dumplings like you are making them except she used stock instead of milk and we always rolled out dumplings. We added cream of chicken soup too. I prefer to make them with milk
Watching from northern Minnesota, about an hour from Canada. My 95 year old mom loves chicken and dumplings, so we're really enjoying this! I plan on making this next week. I love your recipes and feel like I'm watching a pro with a tender touch of home! Keep the amazing hints you always give, especially when I don't even know I need them! Be blessed!!
Hello there, I’m new to your channel. I love your videos! I’m from Northern Maine, I didn’t grow up eating chicken and dumplings. I’ve made them but I used bisqick and I didn’t like the flavor of them. I just ordered some of that biscuit mix on Amazon. I can’t wait to try it. Love all your recipes ❤
My mom did it pretty much the way your doing it and every once in awhile drop dumplings. I use milk and I buy the Mary B brand of dumplings an use those I do however add the large family can of Cream Of Chicken. I like a little chicken and some dumpling in every bite so I also use a smaller hen in its entirety.
I use flour salt and sour cream for my dumplings. It tastes amazing. I also love your rolling pin. South Texas here. One of my favorite dinners are Biscuit and gravy and chicken and dumplings ❤.
♥️👋♥️Miss Tammy and Mr Chris. I am sorry I missed your live stream. I do try to. We are asking for prayers for our 48 yo daughter. She’s recently suffered a massive stroke. She needs prayers for sure, to help her and our immediate family to get through this horrible ordeal. We’d appreciate if y’all could put prayers up for her. Thank you and everyone have a blessed day and week ahead. Love and prayers for y’all. Jennifer 👋♥️🙏♥️👋
Mom mixed them up then rolled ‘em out, like her biscuits, dropped in the pot, made sure they were all under the broth surface, and let them cook without stirring till done. I miss momma’s cooking♥️ She did use the canned biscuits after she got a bit older. Were good but not like the ‘real’ dumplins’.
I just use water in my flour when I make my dumplings. And I don’t use margarine or butter in it. I use a tablespoon of peanut oil. Everybody loves my dumplings. They are not noodles at all, they are like yours are nice and a little thick. I learned how to cook them from my mother-in-law 50 years ago and I make them the same way that she did.
My mom used to make her dumplings like this. But she would use one can of cream of chicken and one can of cream of onion. I have made them myself but it's so hard trying to find cream of onion nowadays. I love your show
Hey Tammy that's some good look I ng dumplings. I am out here in southern califorina. We do have a Walmart here, I am going to see if they have the biscuit mix out here. I do like a good dumpling. Thank you❤❤
I love watching you make chicken and dumplings. My mama didn't make dumplings. She made homemade noodles and we all love that. I should try making your dumplings. Yum! Thanks Tammy!
I love your videos. Being of Hispanic/ Italian decent, I didn't grow up with the opportunity to learn how to cook recipes like this. Looks delicious Tammy. You two have a wonderful day
My mama made dumplings just like that and “tough”, not fluffy. They were so good. I’m going to look for that biscuit mix, not paid attention here. Thank you! I live in Tennessee now but my mama was from Jasper, Alabama originally.
