Chicken and dumplings

Before Monday, I had never eaten chicken and dumplings (page 280). I actually don’t think I had ever tasted any dish with dumplings. The mystery of a dumpling was a challenge. I didn’t know how a dumpling was supposed to taste or look. In the end, I think I executed this dish fairly well on a technical level, although Mike says the dumplings were a little too dense. All tasted fine, but I have to say I am not a huge fan of the dairy taste accompanying meat dishes. The two cups of milk used in the dish comes through in the flavor. I cut the amount of chicken called for in half and we still had tons of leftovers, which is always a plus. All the effort and related mess felt a little much for a weeknight dinner, but we decided it was actually a special occasion with Martin Luther King, Jr. day and all.