Chicken and Dumplings

Chicken Ingredients

1 whole cut up chicken. bone-in
2 medium to large onions
1/2-3/4 stick of butter
paprika
salt
pepper

Dumpling Ingredients

4-5 eggs
salt
water
2 cups of flour

Salt and pepper chicken.  Chop onion and saute in frying pan over medium heat with butter; add salt, pepper and paprika.  Remove  about 1/2 of the onion mixture to add later.  When onions are brown add chicken and brown starting with the larger pieces.  Return reserved onions and add 1/4 cup of water.  Add more paprika, salt and pepper to taste.  Cover with lid and cook until done.

Dumplings

Beat eggs and add about 1/4 cup of water.  Add about 2 cups of flour until desired consistency.  Drop by 1/2 tsp into boiling water, cook until done.

Drain dumplings.  Pour chicken and onion mixture over dumplings.

-Barbara Bodnar Cunsolo

*Lorri says chicken may also be cooked in crock pot but eliminate the water from the chicken portion of the recipe