![]() If you do want a faster dinner, you cook the chicken and prepare the dumplings the day before. But a lot of that is just waiting for the chicken to cook, so you can go do other things. It’s somewhat time-consuming, so this may be more of a weekend dish. This is not the easiest recipe ever, but it’s not complicated either. I made it with chicken the first time, but this last time I used my leftover Thanksgiving turkey and the stock from it. This is great with Turkey as well as chicken. It will make you feel warm and fuzzy and very, very full. This recipe is the ultimate comfort food. So you’ll just have to take my word that I’m a Chicken and Dumplings convert now. These aren’t the best photos I’ve ever taken, but even if I had perfect lighting, it’s just not a very pretty dish. I’ll be the first to admit that was based entirely on looks. I don’t think I’d ever eaten them before I started on this search. Even though I grew up in Mississippi and Tennessee, I was never a fan of Chicken and Dumplings. I, on the other hand, took a bit more convincing. I have bested Cracker Barrel and his grandmother! In fact, a few weeks after I made this recipe for the first time we actually went to Cracker Barrel and he did not order Chicken and Dumplings! I showed Brandon a photo and he said it looked right and then I made it and he said it was perfect. That’s why I was so happy to find this recipe. (I kid, I love Cracker Barrel, lard and all!) And you know that’s going to be hard to live up to because I’m sure Cracker Barrel makes those things with lard and crack cocaine-like everything else they serve. Every single time we go to Cracker Barrel, that’s what Brandon gets. You can eat your green beans and fried okra on the side like the real Southerners do. There are no silly things like vegetables in here, it’s just chicken, chicken stock and dumplings. You could think of them as really big, thick noodles. They are true southern style, and they don’t actually have dumplings, it’s more like slabs of tender and delicious biscuit dough. They are the kind you get at Cracker Barrel.
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