Chapter 4
Section 4 of 133 Quicker Ways to Homemade with Bisquick. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. 133 Quicker Ways to Homemade with Bisquick by Betty Crocker.
Add 3 fourths cup milk to 2 cups Bisquick. Mix thoroughly with fork. Drop by spoonfuls onto chicken, meat or vegetables in boiling stew. Not into liquid. Cook over low heat for 10 minutes with kettle uncovered and 10 minutes with kettle covered. Liquid should just bubble gently. Remove dumplings.
Mix 10 to 12. Dress up your dumplings 5 ways. For corn, add to recipe 3 fourths cup whole kernel corn, 1 tablespoon chopped onion, serve with beef stew. For walnut cherry, add to recipe 1 half cup coarsely chopped walnuts, 1 half cup finely chopped celery, serve with chicken fricassee. For raisin, add to recipe 1 half cup raisins, serve with chicken fricassee.
For mint, add to recipe 1 half teaspoon dried mint, serve with lamb stew. For pimento green pepper, add to recipe 2 tablespoons each chopped pimento and green pepper, serve with veal stew. Chicken fricassee with Bisquick dumplings. 1 chicken 4 to 5 pounds cut up, 1 fourth cup fat, 2 sprigs parsley, 4 celery tops,
1 carrot sliced, 1 slice of onion, 2 teaspoons salt, 1 eighth teaspoon pepper. Brown chicken slowly and fat. Place in kettle with just enough boiling water to cover. Add rest of ingredients. Boil 5 minutes. Turn down heat and simmer until tender, 2 to 3 hours. Prepare and cook dumplings. Recipe page 10. Except add 1 fourth cup chopped parsley.
Remove dumplings and chicken and place on platter. Keep hot while making gravy. Recipe below. 8 servings. Gravy. Leave chicken broth, about 4 cups, in kettle over low heat. Skim off excess fat. Mix 1 half cup Bisquick and 1 cup milk or cold water to a smooth paste. Stir into broth.
Cook until thickened, about 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Season to taste. Sauerkraut with Franks and dumplings. Add 2 cups water to 2 number 303 can Sauerkraut in saucepan. Simmer 30 minutes. Bury 8 Frank fritters or 1 pound in Sauerkraut. Prepare and cook 1 half dumplings. Recipe page 10. Add 1 half teaspoon caraway seeds if desired. Serve hot.
4 servings. Pork and dumplings. Brown 6 pork chops in deep skillet or heavy kettle. Season. Add 1 medium onion, thinly sliced, and 1 fourth cup water. Cover skillet. Simmer until meat is tender, 40 to 50 minutes.
Add 1 half to 3 cups water. Prepare and cook dumplings. Recipe page 10. Remove meat and dumplings to hot platter while making gravy. 6 servings. Dessert dumplings. Mix in saucepan 3 tablespoons Bisquick, 3 tablespoons sugar, and 1 fourth teaspoon salt.
Gradually stir in 1 and a half cups juice from canned fruit. Bring to boil. Boil gently, 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Stir in 1 cup canned or fresh fruit, 2 to 3 teaspoons lemon juice, 1 half teaspoon grated lemon or orange rind, and 1 sixth teaspoon nutmeg or cinnamon. Prepare and cook dumplings. Recipe page 10.
Serve immediately. 6 servings. End of section 4.
