Chicken and Dumplings

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