El Jefe Chicken and Dumplings

Ingredients:

4 chicken breasts, cooked and shredded or cubed (tip: rotisserie chickens at the grocery store work great as well!)

1 cup diced white or yellow onion

2 cloves garlic, chopped

1 carrot diced

1 stalk celery, diced

4 tbl butter

1/2 cup all purpose flour

4 cups chicken stock

1/2 cup heavy cream

1/2 tbl El Jefe Garlic Habanero Salt

2 tsp black pepper

Dumplings:

1 1/4 cup all purpose flour

2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp El Jefe Garlic Habanero Salt

1 cup milk

Instructions:

Heat butter in large stockpot. Add onion, carrot, garlic, and celery. Cook until soft.

Add flour and mix into veggies.

Pour in stock and stir until flour is dissolved, leaving a creamy soup.

Season with El Jefe Garlic Habanero and black pepper.

Add in chicken, reduce heat to low.

Dumplings:

Mix flour, baking powder, salt, and milk.

Kneading into a dough-like consitancy.

Place dough onto a floured surface and roll flat until dough is roughly 2-3 inches thick.

cut into 2x2 squares.

Carefully place dumplings into soup 3-4 at a time, stirring gently until pot is full. The dumplings will float to the surface.

Add heavy cream, mixing thoroughly, simmer on low for 10-15 minutes.

Serve up and get ready for the compliments!