Chicken Stew w/ Cornmeal Dumplings

I was so stoked for this meal for 2 reasons!! First being, I love stew and dumplings, Second, my wonderful mother in law got me a 7qt kitchen aid dutch over. It is the perfect one pot item to have. It cleans fantastic, never burns food, and is ideal for browning on the stove, then finishing in the oven. We also have the 3.5 qt size, which for smaller soups and meals is perfect as well!!

It doesn't take much for mild inspiration. Shelby and wyatt bought some broccoli at askews yesterday, but we already had a bunch in the fridge. I had some boneless skinless chicken thighs frozen so this was easy!! My cornmeal dumplings come from Better Homes modified with Whole wheat flour rather than white. The stew was just simply the vegetables we had in the fridge at the time!!

For the vegetables I used carrots, red onion, celery, bok choy, minced garlic.
Sweated them out for 10-15 mins. Removed from pot, Browned my cut up chicken in a little oil, added the vegetables, used 2 cartons of low sodium chicken stock, topped the rest up with water. Simmered for 1.5 hrs. At this point I added cut up broccoli cooking another 30 mins. I then added flour and milk and simmered until thick.

 Dumplings are so simple to make. Almost every cook book has some form of dumpling. These had corn meal, flour, baking powder, cheddar cheese, pepper, oil, milk, eggs. I dropped them in wooden spoonfuls, which filled my whole surface of the pot.

Cooked for covered for 15 mins while simmering. Poke with a tooth pick in the middle of  one, if it comes out clean you are good to go!!

Delicious. The dumplings with cheese and cornmeal were an excellent addition to a tasty chicken stew. Very simple, very easy!! I am surprised at how few of people actually cook soup. It is easy!! And best of all CHEAP!!! Its one meal you don't have to sacrifice money for taste. So make a soup today!!

Cory