Chicken Stew with Cannabis-Infused Dumplings

There’s nothing better than a large bowl of hot chicken stew with delicious, fluffy, canna-infused dumplings, on a cold winter day or night. This chicken stew is a pure comfort food! Since I got myself a new oven a month ago, I wanted to experiment more with my dishes. I bought an oven-safe pot for my soups, and wanted to see how it works, so I ended up making this incredibly tasty chicken stew. While I was making the stew, I realized that it can be improvised it in some way. That’s when the idea of adding canna-infused dumplings came to my mind. These fluffy dumplings added such a good flavor to the stew and made it absolutely perfect!

Cooking Method medium

Cuisine American

Courses Entrees, Soups

Time

Prep Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 90 mins Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins

Servings 6

Description

There’s nothing better than a large bowl of hot chicken stew with delicious, fluffy, canna-infused dumplings, on a cold winter day or night. This chicken stew is a pure comfort food!

Since I got myself a new oven a month ago, I wanted to experiment more with my dishes. I bought an oven-safe pot for my soups, and wanted to see how it works, so I ended up making this incredibly tasty chicken stew.

While I was making the stew, I realized that it can be improvised it in some way. That’s when the idea of adding canna-infused dumplings came to my mind. These fluffy dumplings added such a good flavor to the stew and made it absolutely perfect!

Ingredients

For Chicken Stew

6 chicken thighs with skin removed
6 cups chicken broth
1 sliced celery stalk
ground salt and pepper, use as per your preference
¼ lb. trimmed green beans cut into pieces
2/3 cup fresh or frozen green peas

For Cannabis-Infused Dumplings

2 tsp baking powder
1½ cups all-purpose flour
2/3 cup milk
¼ tsp black pepper
½ tsp salt
1 egg
4 tsp cannabutter
1 tbsp fresh dill (finely chopped)
1 tbsp fresh Italian parsley (finely chopped)

Instructions

To Prepare Chicken Stew

1. Cook Ingredients in a Large Soup Pot
In a large soup pot, add chicken broth, chicken thighs, carrot, celery, black pepper & salt, and cook over medium heat for 1 hr, or until chicken is done.
Note: Skim foam on top of soup, periodically.
2. Remove Chicken from Soup Pot
Remove chicken from soup pot. When cool, cut meat off bones. Return meat back to pot. Add green peas & beans to the pot, and simmer for about 10 min.

To Prepare Dumplings

3. Add Ingredients in Large Bowl
Add baking powder, flour, black pepper & salt, in a large bowl. Stir in milk, egg, dill, parsley & cannabutter. Mix until the dough is just combined.

Tip: Do not overwork batter. Otherwise, dumplings will become hard.
4. Drop Batter on Top of Stew and Cover
Drop batter into 8 portions, on top of stew & cover.
5. Cook for About 12 Minutes
Cook for about 12 min, and then uncover & cook for another 10 min.
6. Store Leftovers in Airtight Container
Store leftovers in an airtight container, in the refrigerator for up to 3 - 4 days.