Chicken And Dumplings, Oven Baked

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/4 cup onion, minced
• 1/3 cup flour
• 1 3/4 cups chicken broth
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 cup parmesan cheese, fresh grated
• 2 cups chicken breasts, cooked and shredded
• 2 1/2 cups vegetables, steamed (your choice)
• 2 cups flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup shortening
• 1 cup milk

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• 2 filling.
• 3 steam vegetables until just tender. set aside.
• 4 my favorite vegetable combinations are broccoli, cauliflower and carrots or potatoes, corn, and carrots.
• 5 melt butter in large frying pan over medium heat.
• 6 add onion and saute for approximately 8 minutes.
• 7 stir in flour and cook for an additional 2 minutes.
• 8 add broth and milk. stir until sauce has thickened.
• 9 remove from heat and stir in parmesan cheese. it will become a nice creamy sauce!
• 10 stir in vegetables and shredded chicken.
• 11 pour filling into a 9 inch square casserole pan.
• 12 dumplings:.
• 13 mix together dry ingredients.
• 14 cut in shortening with pastry knife until mixture resembles coarse cornmeal.
• 15 lightly mix in milk until forms a soft dough.
• 16 drop by tablespoons onto filling.
• 17 bake for 20 - 25 minutes.