Granny's Chicken Dumplings

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 large fryer or 1 large hen
• to taste water
• 1 stalk celery, finely chopped
• 1/4 cup green onion, finely chopped
• to taste parsley
• 3 chicken bouillon cubes
• salt
• 3 tablespoons cooking oil
• 2 1/2 cups self-rising flour or 3 tablespoons vegetable shortening (such as crisco)
• milk

Recipe

• 1 clean chicken; cut into pieces and place in large pot with water (enough to cover) and boil until tender (skim top).
• 2 remove chicken and, when cooled, remove meat from bones.
• 3 while chicken is cooling, add enough water to broth to make 2 quarts and finely chopped celery, green onions, chopped parsley, chicken bouillon cubes and salt and pepper to taste. let simmer while you debone chicken and make dumplings.
• 4 dumplings: combine flour and oil or crisco.
• 5 use milk to make manageable dough and roll thin.
• 6 cut in strips about 1 1/2-inches wide and then 4 to 5-inch strips or break pieces and drop in briskly boiling broth, one at a time, and move around so they will not stick together.
• 7 after you get them all to boil for a few minutes, cut down heat; simmer covered 10 minutes.
• 8 if you don't have enough broth, add boiling water for more gravy in dumplings.
• 9 while simmering, add chicken to dumplings.