Quick chick'n dumplings

Yield: 4 Servings

Ingredients:

2 1/2 lb Assorted Chicken Pieces
1/2 c Chopped onion
2 Thin lemon slices
1 Bay leaf small
1 ts Salt
1/4 ts Pepper
2 1/2 c Water MMMMM-------------------------DUMPLINGS------------------------------
1 c Sifted flour
1 ts Baking powder
1/2 ts Salt
1 tb Chopped onion
1/8 ts Nutmeg
2 Egg yolks beaten
1/2 c Half-and-half cream

Instructions:

In a kettle with a tight fitting lid place the chicken onion lemon bay leaf salt pepper and water. Bring to rolling boil and skim away any froth that gathers. Cover tightly and simmer for 30 minutes or until a chicken breast can be pierced with a fork. Turn pieces of chicken over once or twice during this cooking period. Dumplings: Mix well the flour baking powder salt chopped onion and nutmeg. Alternately add the beaten eggs and cream to the flour mixture stirring after each addition. Mix until all is smoothly blended. Drop teaspoonsful of the mixture on top of the bubbling chicken mixture. Close cover tightly again and simmer for another 15 minutes without opening cover. When ready to serve break dumplings apart with a fork arrange on a platter with the chicken and pour the remaining gravy over all. Submitted By PGL@IGLOU.COM (DON THOMAS) On 27 FEB 1995 053129 -0700