Chicken and Dumplings

Chicken and Dumplings

1 box Chicken Stock
One whole chicken
8 lg Carrots diced
2 ribs Celery diced (we are not big on celery here)
1 Onion diced
1 Can diced organic tomatoes No salt added
Sprig of Thyme
1 bay leaf

Heat stock and cook chicken for 40-60 minutes.
Discard chicken skin and bones.
Add veggies, thyme and bay leaf
simmer for an hour or so.
I do it until the chicken and veggies are really soft.

Dumplings
1 1/3 cup flour
2 tsp baking powder
3/4 cup + 1 tsp milk
2T chopped chives

Sift flour and baking powder 3 times. This is important. This makes them fluffy.
Then add milk all at once, and stir in just until wet.
Bring stock to boiling
add the dumplings and cook for 20 minutes.
Serve