Farmer Cheese Dumplings
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Cooking:
30 min.
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Servings per container:
6
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Ingredients for - Farmer Cheese Dumplings

1. Unsalted butter - 3 tablespoons
2. Skinless, boneless chicken thighs, cubed - ½ pound
3. Yellow onion, diced - 1
4. Flour - ⅓ cup
5. Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste - ⅓ cup
6. Cayenne pepper - 1 pinch
7. Chicken broth - 6 cups
8. Celery, diced - 2
9. Carrot, diced - 1 large
10. Fresh thyme leaves (Optional) - ½ teaspoon
11. Sliced green onions - 2 tablespoons
12. Farmer's cheese - ½ cup
13. Egg - 1 large
14. Minced fresh rosemary - 1 ¼ teaspoons
15. Kosher salt, or to taste - ½ teaspoon
16. Freshly ground black pepper - 1 pinch
17. Self-rising flour - ⅓ cup
18. Cayenne pepper - 1 pinch

How to cook deliciously - Farmer Cheese Dumplings

1. Stage

Melt butter in a high saucepan with a lid over medium-high heat. Add chicken thighs and cook, stirring, until lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Add onion and cook, stirring, until soft and translucent, about 5 minutes. Season with salt, pepper, and cayenne. Mix in flour and stir until flour is well mixed in, making a roux, 2 to 3 minutes. You can add more flour if you want a thicker stew.

2. Stage

Pour in chicken broth and scrape up browned bits from the bottom. Add carrots and celery and bring gravy to a simmer. Lower heat to medium-low and maintain a steady simmer. Add thyme leaves and simmer until gravy is slightly reduced and has thickened, about 45 minutes.

3. Stage

Meanwhile, make the dumplings: Combine farmer's cheese, egg, rosemary, salt, and pepper in a bowl. Mix with a spoon until smooth. Add self-rising flour and mix until a very stiff batter forms.

4. Stage

Raise heat to medium and bring gravy back to a steady simmer. Add green onions.

5. Stage

Remove 1 heaping tablespoon dumpling batter at a time. Shape with the use of a second tablespoon into oval dumplings and carefully drop into the simmering liquid. You should get a total of 6 dumplings out of this recipe. Dust with cayenne pepper, cover, and reduce heat to medium-low.

6. Stage

Simmer and steam dumplings until they are puffed up and cooked through without stirring or peaking, about 15 minutes. Taste and adjust seasoning with salt if necessary. Chef John