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multipurposegoddessThis time, I used a stewing hen which didn't completely work. The dish ends up pretty much a stew, but the chicken isn't really cooked that long. I went aead and doubled the cooking time because I figured I like tomatoes and peppers more the longer they are cooked, but the chicken was still a little tough. I'll try reheating the leftovers slowly in the oven and hope that helps. It's not terrible, though.
Other compromises - I used canned tomatoes, and made the dumplings with a frozen egg (my fresh eggs come from two sources, one delivers very 4 weeks (which drifts through the month) and the other I can pick up in the first and third week of the month, so sometimes I have way too many eggs and sometimes I have none. Right now I have none except the few I froze one time when I had way too many). That didn't work as well as I hoped. Even surrounded by whites, the yolk somehow thickens up, almost solidifies, in the freezer. Which is kind of gross. Once it was all mixed into the batter I don't think that made much difference, but it's just weird and off-putting to work with. I was figuring on using those frozen eggs for baking, but I think they might actually be more appetizing scrambled up or in a quiche or something.
All in all, not my most successful dumpling dinner, but still pretty satisfying on a cold evening. Mmm paprika.
Other compromises - I used canned tomatoes, and made the dumplings with a frozen egg (my fresh eggs come from two sources, one delivers very 4 weeks (which drifts through the month) and the other I can pick up in the first and third week of the month, so sometimes I have way too many eggs and sometimes I have none. Right now I have none except the few I froze one time when I had way too many). That didn't work as well as I hoped. Even surrounded by whites, the yolk somehow thickens up, almost solidifies, in the freezer. Which is kind of gross. Once it was all mixed into the batter I don't think that made much difference, but it's just weird and off-putting to work with. I was figuring on using those frozen eggs for baking, but I think they might actually be more appetizing scrambled up or in a quiche or something.
All in all, not my most successful dumpling dinner, but still pretty satisfying on a cold evening. Mmm paprika.