Chicken and Dumplings

From my Grandma~a comfort food favorite

Stew in a stockpot on the stove for 3-4 hours or pressure cooker for 15 minutes:
1 cut up chicken
bay leaf
1/2 cup diced onion
1/4 cup diced celery
1-2 diced carrots
water to cover all

Once chicken is cooked and falling off bones, remove chicken parts from pot, shred meat, add meat back to pot with broth and veggies.  Skim fat off or chill overnight and then skim all fat off top

Thicken broth with 1/3 cup flour and enough broth to make a paste, bring soup to a boil

For dumplings:
Mix together until lumpy:
2 cups flour
4 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
2 Tbs oil
1 cup milk

Drop dough by the tablespoon into stewed chicken.  Cover and steam for 15 minutes without peeking

Pressure Cooker Mediterranean Chicken

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• ½ cup plain yogurt
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• ½ teaspoon finely chopped tarragon
• ½ teaspoon each salt and fresh ground black pepper
• 8 bone-in chicken thighs, skin on
• Fennel, ¼ inch slices
• Onion, diced
• 1 ½ cups dry white wine
• 2 lemons, quartered
• 2 cups of your favorite variety of pitted olives
• 3 artichokes, leaves removed and quartered, choke removed
• 4 sprigs thyme
• 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
• Salt, pepper and chili flakes to taste

Directions:

1. Combine yogurt, lemon juice, one tablespoon olive oil, garlic, tarragon, salt and pepper. Place chicken in a glass dish or plastic bag and toss with marinade. Marinate for 45 minutes to an hour.

2. Remove chicken from marinade; wipe off excess marinade, reserving for later. Heat 3-4 tablespoons of olive oil in a 4 to 6-quart pressure cooker. Brown chicken, a few pieces at a time and set aside. Add the fennel and onion and sauté until translucent. Add the white wine and scrape browned bits off the bottom of the pan.

3. Return all chicken to pressure cooker. Add remaining marinade, olives, lemon wedges, artichokes, thyme, mustard, salt, pepper and chili flakes.

4. Close pressure cooker cover and place pressure regulator on vent. Cook for 8 minutes, with regulator rocking slowly. Cool pressure cooker at once.

5. Transfer contents of the cooker to a warm platter and serve with rice or bread for soaking up sauce.

Serves 4-6