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Chicken and Dumplings for a Crowd Recipe

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Virgina makes 'em at her 1996 October reunion in Ruple. Her helper is her son-in-law Cecil Newman husband of Kay Hollenshead Newman

 

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
2 (lg.) fryers or 1 (lg.) hen, cut up
1 onion
1/4 c. butter
salt and pepper to taste

Dumplings:
2 c. water
1 tsp. salt
1/3 c. shortening
Directions:
Directions:
Cook until done in lg. pot. Chicken may be removed from bones, if desired. Bring back to a boil and drop dumplings in boiling liquid.

Dumplings: Mix in enough flour to make dough stiff enough to roll out thin. Cut into sm. strips and drop in liquid. Cook five min. after last dough is dropped in. Recipe may be doubled and redoubled.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Virginia is the widow of John Hollenshead and the daughter-in-law of the late Charlie and Carrie Lou (Wade) Hollenshead. This "Hollenshead Family Classic" is from the pages of "Favorite Recipes of the Hollensheads" by Jeane (Hollenshead) Finkbeiner.

 

 

 

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