Southern dumplings use chicken fat to create a texture and flavor you won't find anywhere else. Make the stew in advance and steam the dumplings in the pot right before you're ready for dinner.

Homemade chicken and dumplings are a staple comfort food, especially in the South. Simple and rib-sticking, this dish has been chalked up by some as a Depression-era or antebellum invention, but ...

and a bowl of stewed chicken and fluffy homemade dumplings in a peppery gravy with a huge hunk of sweet cornbread on the side. The prices are ridiculously cheap — chicken and dumplings is $6.50 ...

bring to the boil and drop the dumplings on to the surface of the stew. If the stew is being cooked in the oven, allow around 30 minutes for the dumplings to cook. Put the seasoned flour in a ...