CHICKEN & ROSEMARY DUMPLINGS

      Title: CHICKEN & ROSEMARY DUMPLINGS
  Categories: Seasonings, Poultry, Vegetables
       Yield: 4 Servings
  
       6    Chicken pieces or
       1 sm Whole chicken; skin removed
       3 qt ;Water
       1    Onion; finely chopped
       2    Garlic cloves
            -- minced or pressed
       2    Celery stalks; fine chopped
       1    To 2 carrots; finely chopped
       2 tb Cornstarch; dissolved in
     1/3 c  ;Cold water (opt'l.)
       2    Rosemary sprigs, 3" each
 
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       3    Fresh rosemary sprigs
            -- 3" each
   1 1/4 c  ;Water
       2 c  Buttermilk biscuit mix
  
   Add chicken to the water in a stockpot and bring to a boil; simmer,
   covered, about 20 minutes or until tender. Remove chicken to a plate
   to cool.
   
   Add onion, garlic, celery, and carrots to the stock; bring to a
   simmer.
   
   Cut or tear chicken into 2" pieces; return it to the stock. Simmer for
   about 30 minutes, or until all the vegetables are very tender. Stir
   the cornstarch mixture into the stock, if you like a thick sauce.
   
   To make dumplings and while vegetables are cooking, bring to a boil 1
   1/4 cups water in a small pan.  Turn off the heat and add three
   sprigs of rosemary. Cover; let steep for 30 minutes.
   
   Strain the rosemary tea and mix with about 2 cups of biscuit mix,
   slightly more if mixture is very gooey.
   
   Bring the chicken stock back to a low boil; drop scant teaspoons of
   dumpling batter into the bubbles.  Gently push each dumpling aside
   with a spoon to keep dumplings from clumping together. Add two more
   rosemary sprigs.  Lower heat, cover, and simmer 5 to
        10    minutes.
   
   Yield: 4 to 6 servings.
   
   Recipe from Nancy Brewer/New Orleans, Louisiana.  In "Kitchen Table:
   Where Herbs and Spices Make a Difference" column in "The Herb
   Companion." Dec. 93/Jan. 94, Vol. 6, Number 2. Pg. 82. Posted by
   Cathy Harned.
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