Chicken and Dumplings

1. Comfort Food

I made this tummy warming "soup" while listening to Dean Martin's "Baby it's Cold Outside". Of course, it is 99 degrees here in Houston, but the music put me in the mood (that and turning the AC down to 73 degrees).

Chicken and Dumplings

• 2 Quarts Organic Chicken Broth
• 2 cups chicken, cut into bite size pieces
• 1 cup onion, diced
• 2 cups carrots, sliced 1/8" thick (bite size)
• 1 cup celery, sliced bite size
• 1 stick butter

Melt butter in large soup pot, add chicken, sea salt and fresh ground pepper to taste) and saute on low heat approximately 20 min. remove chicken from pan and add onion, celery and carrots saute until onion is clear but not soft. Add broth and chicken and simmer for 20 minutes, in the meantime, make dumplings.

• Follow direction on box of Bisquick (original) for drop biscuits. Before adding liquid add the following to the dry mix and stir:
  
• 1 tablespoon parsley
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
• add liquid per box directions

Put dough onto floured surface and knead about 10 times, adding flour as needed to reduce sticking to fingers.

Cut biscuits into 1"x 1"squares and drop into bubbling broth mixture, reduce heat to med/med low, cover and wait about 15 minutes. Uncover and check inside of one dumpling, should not be raw, should be flaky like a biscuit.

If your biscuits dissolve, don't worry, just rename your soup to creamy chicken.

Serve with a plate of fresh veggies and fruits. Don't forget the beer.