Mama's kind of Cookin'



Sometimes you just need some good southern food.

Since we had such a good response with our first post, we thought we'd share a secret family recipe with y'all.

It's called mama's chicken 'n' dumplins!

It was my turn to cook for Timmy boy, so I broke out my mama's (well technically my great-grandma's) recipe.

Here's how it went down:

I boiled 4 large chicken breasts, with a little salt & pepper, for about an hour and allowed the water to cook down so that I had a nice, rich broth. When the chicken was nearly done, I started on the dumplings.

To make the dumplings I used 15 tortillas, and roughly 3/4 cup of flour.

Taking one tortilla at a time, I began sprinkling flour over it and stacking another tortilla on top, and sprinkling that one with flour...blah blah blah... This continued until I had all 15 tortillas covered with flour and nicely stacked. I then cut them into strips vertically and horizontally, creating pretty, little bite-sized squares. While Bronwyn was busy making the dumplings, I was busy asking her when it would be ready. (every FIVE MINUTES.) Don't lie, you know it was at least five and a half.

Anyway, I took my chicken out of the pot and added the dumplings. Tip of the day, do not stir the dumplings, just pat them down with your spoon, until covered with broth. I allowed them to cook for 10 minutes before adding the chicken (which I tore into bite-sized pieces) and a container of, yes store bought, chicken broth. And it still wasn't ready!

I then seasoned with salt and a lot of pepper, and let the chicken n dumplins simmer and get to know each other for about 15 minutes.

 

Now I was FINALLY able to serve this delectable dinner to the dude who was starving to death.... Oh wait, scratch that! I forgot about the green beans! Dangit!

 

I fried 2 strips of bacon in a pot, can't make it too healthy, huh Bronwyn. poured my frozen green beans over them with a tidbit of water, covered & let them cook on med. heat for a few minutes. Then, I added salt, pepper, garlic, and a tbs. of butter, stirred it up and let it finish cooking for another 5 minutes.

The End.

What about the delicious brownies??

I'll get to that ;)

 



This picture perfectly describes how Tim feels at each meal.

The song that plays in his head.....

 

The Delicious Brownies:
I may have cheated a bit on this one.... I used a box brownie mix ;/ Don't judge me. I promise to share my home-made one soon!
Sooo make your brownies according to the box directions, then top them with my home-made frosting!
You'll need 3 oz. choc. chips, 6 tbs, butter, softened, 1 cup powdered sugar, 2 tbs. cream (or canned milk if you don't have cream handy), and 1 tsp. vanilla.
Melt the chocolate. In a small bowl, beat butter until creamy; gradually add sugar, cream (or milk), and vanilla beating until smooth. Add chocolate; beat to spreading consistency (add more cream/milk if needed).
This is my favoritest chocolate frosting! It's okay to love me for it.

Nothing shared today can be eaten with anything but a fork.

SO! Use a fork, Dork!

 

<3 Tim and Bron