Big Thicket Chicken and Dumplings

This is soooooo good! I can't even believe how good it is! The flavor is amazing, and the smell is to die for! The key is  your chicken broth. Make sure it's homemade if you can. Thank you Susie in Texas!!!

Ingredients:

• 1 (3-4 lb) whole chickens
• 1 gallon water
• 1 teaspoon poultry seasoning
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/8 teaspoon red pepper
• 2 celery ribs, chopped
• 1 onion, sliced thin or 1/2 medium
• 4 carrot chopped
• 6 chicken bouillon cubes

Bisquick Dumpling Ingredients:

• 2 cups Bisquick baking mix
• 2/3 cup milk

Directions:

1. Place whole chicken and water into large pot or dutch oven.
2. Add poultry seasoning, garlic powder& pepper.
3. Add celery, onion, carrot and bouillon cubes to remaining stock and continue to cook on simmer.
4. Bring to boil and reduce heat to medium.
5. Cook chicken for about 1 hour or until tender.
6. When done, carefully remove chicken from pot; set aside to cool.
7. Remove from heat and cover pan.
8. Remove skin and debone cooled chicken, then return the chicken back to the pot
9. Reseason broth if needed
10. In a medium bowl add Bisquick mix and milk stirring until a soft dough forms.
11. Return chicken stock to a boil; drop dumplings in, a few at a time, as quickly as possible.
12. Cook about 10 minutes with the lid off
13. Then cook another 10 minutes with the lid on
14. Last enjoy!!!
15. This recipe will serve a family of 4 two main course meals. Leftovers can be frozen.