Chicken with Dumplings

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Ingredients for 10 portions
  • For the chicken
  • 500 g QimiQ Sauce Base
  • 1150 g Chicken breast fillet
  • 10 g Salt
  • 2.5 g Pepper
  • 35 g All purpose flour
  • 45 g Butter
  • 250 g White onions, finely diced
  • 150 g Celery, diced
  • 500 ml Chicken stock
  • 250 g Carrot(s), diced
  • 290 ml Water
  • 1 g Bay leaf
  • 25 g Garlic clove(s), minced
  • 1 g Thyme leaves
  • 0.5 g Curcuma, dried
  • 0.25 g Cayenne pepper
  • For the dumpling batter
  • 75 g QimiQ Sauce Base
  • 60 Egg(s)
  • 75 ml Milk 2 % fat
  • 310 g All purpose flour
  • 18 g Baking powder
  • 3 g Salt
Method
1.
Season the chicken with salt and pepper. Dust with flour and set aside.
2.
Brown the chicken pieces in the butter and set aside.
3.
Place the diced onions, celery and carrots into the same pot used to brown the chicken. Sauté the vegetables. Dust with a little flour and top with the chicken stock.
4.
Simmer for a minute, add the QimiQ Sauce Base and chicken pieces. Stir well. Allow to simmer, covered in the oven until the chicken is almost done. Add the spices and water.
5.
For the dumplings: whisk the eggs, QimiQ Sauce Base and milk smooth. Sift the flour, baking powder and salt.
6.
Blend the dry ingredients well and slowly add them to the liquid mixture.
7.
Roll out the dumpling mixture, cut into 1 inches squares about 1/16 inch thick.
8.
Place the cut dumplings into the chicken dish and cook covered in the oven until the chicken is tender .