Rotisserie Chicken & Easy Dumplings Weekday Meal
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Welcome back everyone to Katherine's
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Plates. I brought you along. I need to
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make a quick and easy dinner. We got
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people coming over and they're going to
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be hungry. So, I'm going to make some
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chicken and dumplings, but I'm going to
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make this the easiest chicken and
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dumplings that I've ever made. We're
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going to use a rotisserie chicken. It's
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got a lot of flavor. It's already
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cooked. It's going to take that less of
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time. And we're going to use a biscuit
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mix because it doesn't take much to make
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these either. Then we're going to put it
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all together with some delicious flavor,
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some broth, some veggies, which I'm just
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going to use some celery and onion to
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kind of pull it all together. All right,
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you guys ready for some chicken and
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dumplings? It's kind of cold outside.
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It's going to be a nice warm comforting
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meal. Ask Thomas. He's ready.
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He may not open the door later when
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people come over to eat this. So,
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[gasps] all right, you guys. Let's go
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ahead and get started.
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Now, generally chicken and dumplings, a
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lot of people do a mirin pa for it,
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which is celery, carrot, and onion.
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Now, I'm just going to be doing the
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celery and onion because I don't have
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any carrots. Y'all didn't hear that from
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me. All right, cuz this was a pretty
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much quick meal that I'm going to be
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putting together for our guest.
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And I'm just going to chop up my celery
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here.
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Go all the way down. Look at those
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flowers. Yeah, they look really good in
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the soup. Pull in your fingers.
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I got two ribs of celery here.
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Now, before we do the onion, I'm going
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to go ahead and get the celery going
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because it's a heartier vegetable. So,
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over here, I have my large soup pot and
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I'm just using it. This is my Dutch
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oven. And we're going to put it on a
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medium high heat soon as I get it
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plugged in. I got Thomas over here
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helping too.
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She putting me to work.
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I am. I'm like, get to work. I even sent
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him to go get the chicken. We're going
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to put in
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some butter into our Dutch oven here.
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Get that melting.
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All right, there we go. All right, while
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the butter's melting, I'm going to go
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ahead and take care of my onion here.
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It's a yellow onion. Just a medium size.
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I just took off both ends.
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Take out the outer layer here. You guys
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don't be in a hurry when you're trying
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to peel an onion.
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Does not cooperate.
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All right. Thomas is going to come over
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here and take all this. We're going to
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go ahead and add the celery so we can
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start softening that down.
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There we go.
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I love that sound.
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All right, let's get back to the onion.
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All right, we're just going to cut it in
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half.
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We're going to slice it.
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Kind of double duty it today. [laughter]
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Going through both parts of the onion
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here at the same time.
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We'll rotate it. Run our knife through.
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And I'm going to add it to the celery
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and get these softening down also.
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Now, as the celery and onion is cooking
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down, we're going to give it lots of
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flavor. So, it's going to seem like you
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were cooking all day long.
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And this was on a simmer.
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All right. So, let's go get the
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seasonings.
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All right. Salt.
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Salt those veggies. I would say about
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a/4 to half a teaspoon of everything.
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Black pepper,
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garlic powder,
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onion powder.
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We're going to put in some parsley
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flakes.
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Go.
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And then some time cuz I need a lot more
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time.
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No, buddy.
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Do y'all think that was funny?
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No.
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All right. Very little time because
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that's all I have.
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Poultry seasoning.
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Poultry seasoning is
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thyme, sage,
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oregano, black pepper, and nutmeg in
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there. Aren't y'all glad that we brought
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y'all with us while we're making this
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recipe for you guys? I'm going to mix
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this all in.
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Oh, let's give it a smell. Oh, that's
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delicious.
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Smells good.
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Smells good, you guys.
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We're going to add one can of cream of
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chicken soup.
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And then we're going to add six cups of
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chicken broth. This is four. We're going
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to bring this to a boil over high heat.
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I'm going to have Thomas raise the heat
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on this to a high. And then I'm going to
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do half of this box, which will give us
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the six cups that we need.
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I'm going to estimate that. Looks good.
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There.
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If we need more later, we can add it.
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All right, we'll just kind of mix that
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together.
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I'm g get a whisk.
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Might work a little better.
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Now, this broth
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has 33 I don't know if y'all can see
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that. All right, there we go. 33% less
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sodium in it. So, check your flavor
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levels as you're going along with this
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soup.
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We are going to be making dumplings and
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we're going to have a rotisserie chicken
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go in too. So, I'm not really sure how
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salty that chicken will be.
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I'm going to give it a taste right now.
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Give that a try.
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Oh, wow. All we need is a few dumplings
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in there and some chicken. It'll be
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good.
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[music] All right. As we bring this to a
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boil,
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we're going to
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shred up the chicken.
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Now, I'm using the traditional flavored
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rotisserie chicken.
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Thomas always gets the darkest chicken
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he can find because you know that's done
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cuz look those legs are falling right
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off of there. So I'm going to leave the
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dark meat for him. The wings, the
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drumsticks, and maybe some of the thigh
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maybe.
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Maybe.
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But the rest we're going to cut off and
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I'm going to shred because I want that
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shredded feel to the chicken.
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So, like we got the skin off of it and
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I'm just going to shred it off. Make
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sure your hands are nice and clean when
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you do this.
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Yeah, I kind of figured [laughter]
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your
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This is pretty fresh chicken.
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So, he just got this.
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Yeah. And he hadn't even had time to gel
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up on you in the refrigerator. You know
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how that goes.
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So, it's fresh. Look at this. So, shred
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that up.
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It just looks more authentic with the
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chicken and dumplings when you got that
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shredded chicken. All right, I'm going
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to finish shredding him up and bring you
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right back.
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All right, we got a simmer going on, so
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we're going to go ahead and add our
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chicken that we've shredded. Now,
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whatever you use, just make sure it's
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fully cooked chicken. You can bake your
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chicken, you can cook it in the crock
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pot if you want. You can boil your
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chicken ahead of time and then give it a
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nice shred. Okay, this recipe is not for
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uncooked chicken. Do not do that at this
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step. Okay. All right, let's go ahead
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and add it to our broth. It's smelling
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really good right now,
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y'all. It made a lot of chicken.
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Don't underestimate the rotisserie
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chicken for a quick meal.
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All right, now we're going to make the
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dumplings.
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I'm going to be using the Bisquick mix
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here.
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Now, if you don't have Bisquick or you
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can't find it in your area,
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go to my website, catherine'splates.com,
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and I show you how to make it.
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All right, my one cup measuring tool
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here. I'm just going to use a medium
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bowl.
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One and
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All right. Two. You know, when you're in
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a hurry, time is not on your side, is
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it? There we go.
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Now, we're going to put in 2/3 cup of
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milk.
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There we go.
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And then we're going to add in two
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tablespoons of melted butter.
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I'm going to get a fork
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first. I'm going to step on my dog. Did
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y'all hear that? [laughter]
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Yeah. She's not very fast getting out of
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the way.
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All right. We're just going to take a
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fork and just kind of mix this together.
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Till we get a nice doughy consistency.
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You don't have to overm mix this. That
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looks good right there. That's perfect.
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Now, I'm going to be using a cookie
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scoop. This is a 1 and 1/2 inch.
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If you don't have a cookie scoop, then
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you can use like a tablespoon and that's
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fine. Now, I'm going to drop them into
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my soup very carefully. Let it sink down
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in there.
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I'm going to kind of do them all over
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the place so they don't stick together.
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they start forming a little bit and then
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it'll be easier to just dip these in
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there.
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I like the cookie scoop because it makes
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nice little round
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dumplings. Now, it's going to create a
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whole layer of them
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and just kind of move around the pot.
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And I think we got one more.
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Put that right there.
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All right. I'm just going to take my
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wooden spoon.
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Now that they've been sitting for a
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little bit, just kind of push them in.
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Now, we're going to place a lid on
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and we're going to simmer this on a
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medium medium low heat.
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Maybe it's on this side here. There we
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go. for about 20 to 25 minutes until
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those dumplings are nice and done. They
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will be fluffy. You can pull one out and
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kind of break it open. It's going to be
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delicious. All right, you guys. Do not
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remove the lid for at least 20 minutes,
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okay? It's like rice. You'll have to
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start over again, and you don't want to
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do that. All right, I'm going to be back
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because that's it. All right, you guys.
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There's my rotisserie chicken biscuit
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dumplings.
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It's an easy dish to put together.
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I'm going to bowl this up. Let's give it
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a try.
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Look at those dumplings. That broth.
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That broth thickens up because of the
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dumplings. And then that chicken. You
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saw I shred all of that chicken in
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there. Celery and onions and the
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seasonings all over the place. Let's
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look and see how fluffy. Oh, it goes
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right through.
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I want y'all to look at that.
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Can y'all see that?
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That fluffiness of that dumpling.
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Let's give that a try. Let's get
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everything on that bite.
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That looks good. Sorry, we had to go get
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the doorbell. [laughter]
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Our guests are here just in time.
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Should
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I take a few more bites? [laughter]
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They're like, "No, no."
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Oh my goodness.
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That dumpling is so good.
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Wow.
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That just warms me up from my head down
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to my toes.
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It was rainy today. Nice and cold.
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This suits that perfectly.
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Mhm.
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All right, you guys. Give me a thumbs up
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on this one. Oh, are you making it?
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[laughter and gasps] All right, you
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guys. Hey, let us know what you want us
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to make. We're looking for some
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inspiration for 2026. We have a lot of
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ideas, too. But hey, if we can insert
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what you like, we will. All right, you
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guys. We'll see you on the next episode.
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There's my light. I'll see you on the
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next episode. Bye.
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