Fast and Easy Chicken and Dumplings
Fast and Easy Chicken and Dumplings
3- 4oz. boneless, skinless chicken breasts
8 cups water
1/4 teaspoon ground sage
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
10 5inch flour tortillas
Place chicken breasts whole in water in dutch oven pot. Bring to rapid boil, then reduce heat to slow boil(med heat). Slow boil for twenty minutes. Remove chicken breasts and remove chicken broth from heat. Let chicken breasts cool, and then pull all apart until almost shredded. Slice tortillas in strips. Bring chicken broth to rapid boil and drop tortilla strips in a few at a time. Add salt, pepper, and ground sage. Add back in chicken. Slow boil on medium heat for 15 minutes or until tortillas are softened into dumpings. For a homeade old fashioned touch, add two drops of yellow food coloring(grandma's secret for that perfect golden broth) Makes 12 servings.
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