Ingredients

• 1 whole chicken 3-4 pounds
• carrots (cut up)
• celery (cut up)
• potatoes (cubed)
• Dumplings
• salt and pepper to taste

Getting started

1. Place chicken in Dutch oven and add about 4 cups of water plus 2 large pinches of salt. Cover.
2. Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer.
3. Cook chicken for 1 - 1.5 hours
4. Remove chicken to cutting board to cool.

Straining the Broth

5. Pour the remaining liquid(chicken broth!) through a wire strainer into a glass bowl. It will be very hot.
6. Clean up the pan.
7. Add the broth back to the pan

Adding the Vegetables & Deboning the Chicken

8. Add vegetables to the pan
9. Remove the meat from the chicken, shred into pieces
10. Put chicken into the pan and mix everything together
11. Cover and simmer for 40 - 45 minutes until the vegetables are cooked.

Adding the Dumplings

12. Mix up Dumplings
13. Drop dough by the tablespoon full into the simmering liquid
14. Cover and let simmer for 10-15 minutes, until dumplings have cooked
15. Remove from heat and let it cool for 10-15 minutes
16. Serve and enjoy!