Welcome to a new year! I've been blogging for about a year now. I hope that you found some interesting recipes over the last year and maybe learned a few things you didn't know before. I'm going to try to include more pictures (and I'll try to update older posts with pictures, too).
Here's my ultimate comfort food for when I'm feeling down or sick.
Yum! Get a big chicken and a couple cans of biscuits and you've got a great meal! I set this at medium difficulty since it takes a bit of time to do - it's still easy, but lengthy on time.
Chicken & Dumplings (MizWasy Style)
1 whole chicken (4-5 lbs)
12 oz bottle pale beer
2 cups water
12 baby carrots - 3 ribs celery, broken into 2 or 3 pieces - 1 unpeeled onion, quartered
2 cloves garlic smashed
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp whole peppercorns
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1 bag (12 or 16 oz) frozen mixed vegetables (or peas/carrots or soup vegetables)
2 cans (10 3/4 oz) cream of chicken (or celery or mushroom)
1/2 tsp each salt and pepper
1/2 stick butter/margarine
2 cans biscuits - 10 or 8 count (not flaky)
3 Tbsp flour
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I cook my chicken for this recipe in an electric pressure cooker. It only takes 25-30 minutes to cook a whole chicken and it's fall apart, off the bone tender. Plus the broth is awesome. I like to cook the chicken the day before I make the dumplings.
Unwrap and wash/rinse chicken off - inside and out. If yours has giblets, etc. you can save them for another use (freeze them) or toss them out (sometimes I cook them for the dogs). I remove the skin, too, because it generates too much fat that I have to skim off my broth. Toss carrots, celery, onion, garlic, salt and peppercorns into pot. Next put in the chicken, add the beer and water, then set the PC for 25 or 30 minutes on high pressure (15 psi or 80 kpa depending on your model).
If using a regular stock pot, make sure the chicken is covered with liquid. Cover pot and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer chicken until done (about 1 1/2 hours). Remove chicken to a platter. Strain broth through a mesh colander into a large bowl before pouring into container for the refrigerator. Debone and remove fat from the chicken meat. Place meat into a container for the refrigerator. Put broth and meat into the refrigerator.
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