Chicken with Herb Dumplings

Prep time: 30 minutes Cook time:4 1/2 hours Servings:4

Ingredients:

Chicken:

1 whole chicken (3 1/2 – 4 lbs)

2 carrots cut into 2” pieces

1 onion quarted1 bay leaf

4 tbsp unsalted butter

4 tbsp all purpose flour

Salt and Pepper

Dumplings:

1 1/2 cups flour

1tbsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

2tbsp chopped fresh herbs (thyme,oregano)

2tbsp unsalted butter

1 large egg

1/2 cup milk

Make chicken:

1. Put first 5 ingredients in a slow cooker (chicken-flour). Pour in 6 cups cold water.Cover and cook on high until chicken is tender about 3 1/2 hours.Remove chicken from cooker and set aside.When cool remove meat and shred into large pieces.

2.Strain cooking liquid and set aside. Melt butter in a sauce pan over medium-high heat. Add flour and whisk until smooth. Add cooking liquid to pan and increase heat to high bring to a boil and whisk until smooth and slightly thickened. Return sauce and chicken to slow cooker.Season with salt and pepper.

Make Dumplings:

1.In a small bowl combine flour,baking powder salt and herbs.Add butter and use fingertips to work butter into dry ingredients until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.Whisk egg and milk to blend then stir into flour mix to form a sticky batter. Drop batter by tbsp. into cooker. Cover and cook on high until dumplings are fluffy. (About 1 hour)