One of my favorite comfort foods!!?? It’s my day off and at 32 degrees nothing is better than this !!????

Ingredients

1. For the Chicken
2. 8 quart pot
3. Large pack chicken thighs (about 8 thighs bone and skin)
4. 8 cups water
5. Half a fresh onion chopped
6. 4 cloves fresh garlic minced
7. 4 stalks celery chopped bite size
8. 4 carrots chopped bite size
9. 4 Tblsp butter
10. Olive oil
11. Garlic powder
12. Cajun seasoning
13. ground thyme
14. For the dumplings
15. See my recipe for Buttermilk Biscuits

Steps

1. Sprinkle the garlic powder, Cajun seasoning and thyme all over the thighs. Put some olive oil into the pot and brown the chicken thighs skin side down

2. After that turn them over to brown the other side and add the fresh garlic and onion

   

3. Next add the butter

   

4. When butter has melted and onion and garlic are soft add 8 cups of water bring to a boil and reduce to a simmer cook for 30 to 40 minutes

   

5. Take the chicken out of the pot to cool off, drain the broth add back to pot and add celery and carrots to cook

   

6. Meanwhile make your biscuit dough for the dumplings use only half the recipe

   

7. Roll them out kinda thin and cut lengthwise and crosswise

   

8. Pick the meat from the thighs and chop if necessary to get the pieces the way you like

9. Heat up broth again to boiling and add one batch at a time making sure the dumplings cook through this may take 30 minutes

   

10. When that is done add the chicken back to the pot and cook for about 10 to 15 minutes together

    

11. You are done !! ENJOY !!??

    

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