Keto Chicken and Dumplings
Calories 240kcal
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 6 meat bones (in, skin on chicken thighs, this is about 2 lbs)
- 4 stalks celery (in, skin on chicken thighs, this is about 2 lbs)
- 1 onions (medium
- 2 tablespoons fresh thyme (in, skin on chicken thighs, this is about 2 lbs)
- 3 cloves garlic (in, skin on chicken thighs, this is about 2 lbs)
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 stick melted butter
- 2 cups chicken stock
- 4 cups water
- 1/2 cup coconut flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon xanthan gum (in, skin on chicken thighs, this is about 2 lbs)
- 2 cups mozzarella cheese
- 3 egg yolks
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a large dutch oven.
- Season the chicken with salt and pepper.
- Brown the chicken about 4 to 6 minutes per side.
- Transfer the chicken to a plate for later.
- Add the chopped celery, onions, thyme and garlic to the drippings in the dutch oven and cook until the vegetables are soft.
- This will take about 5 to 7 minutes.
- Add 4 cups of water and 2 cups of chicken stock in with the vegetables.
- Add the butter.
- Shred the chicken with a fork (discard the bones) and add it back to the dutch oven.
- Add the bay leaves too.
- Bring the mixture to a simmer and cook about another 20 to 30 minutes until the chicken is fully cooked.
- While that is simmering, you will start to make the dough for the dumplings.
- In a separate microwave-safe bowl, heat up 2 cups of mozzarella cheese for about a minute to a minute and a half or until it’s fully melted.
- In a separate smaller bowl, combine the egg yolks with the baking powder and Xantham powder.
- Mix it until the ingredients become smooth.
- After you remove the melted cheese from the microwave, add the 1/2 cup of coconut flour and the egg yolk mixture to the cheese.
- Mix it with a spoon until it becomes too thick to mix.
- Dump the dough onto a nonstick surface.
- I use a silicone mat.
- Use your hands to knead the dough until it becomes nice and smooth as seen in the photos below.
- Roll out the dough as big as your silicone mat (about 12×18 inches or so).
- The dough will need to be about 1/4 inch thick.
- If you make this dough too thin, it would resemble dumplings when you add it to the hot soup.
- Use a pizza cutter to gentle cut strips of dough for your dumplings.
- I make sure not to press too hard on my silicone mat so that I don’t cut right through the mat itself.
- This dough is really easy to cut.
- Now sprinkle the dough with a bit of coconut flour so the strips don’t stick to one another.
- Carefully add about 4 or 5 strips of dough to the hot soup mixture at a time.
- The dough only takes about 3 minutes or so to cook.
Nutrition
Calories: 240kcal
Originally posted 2019-02-20 18:39:41.
