Chicken and Dumplings

Name: Chicken and Dumplings
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: Whole Chicken, 4-6lb; Chicken Thighs; Carrot; Celery Stalk; White Onion; Black Peppercorn; Garlic Head; Dried Bay Leaf; Fresh Bay Leaf; Chicken Carcass; Butter; All Purpose Flour; Cake Flour; Baking Powder; Kosher Salt; Butter; Milk; Frozen Peas; Chopped Carrot; Leek; Chopped Parsley

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Serves: 6 Save

Ingredients (25)

5-6 pounds of chicken. I used one full chicken (4 pounds) plus about a pound of chicken thighs.
Stock:
2 Carrots
3 celery stocks
1 onion, quartered
15-20 peppercorns
1 garlic bulb, horizontally sliced
2 bay leaves
Carcass from full chicken
6-7 Cups water (until it covers everything)
Gravy for final dish:
6 Tablespoons butter, or fat reserved from chicken stock
6 Tablespoons flour
6 Cups stock
Dumplings:
2 Cups cake flour (you can sub all-purpose flour, but seriously. Try cake flour.)
2 Teaspoons baking powder
1 Teaspoon Kosher salt
2 Tablespoons butter, melted
3/4 Cup milk
Finishing Veggies:
1 bag frozen peas
1 Cup carrots, chopped
1 leek, cleaned and chopped
1/4 Cup parsley