Yesterday when I got home from work, it was cold and rainy - perfect chicken and dumpling weather. Since I had been looking for a recipe for whole wheat dumplings I decided that it was time to try.
I started a pot of water boiling on the stove, added lots of chicken tenderloins, and then I seasoned it with salt, pepper and poultry seasoning. I got two onions, some green, yellow and red pepper strips and several stalks of celery. I chopped it all finely and added it to the water. To that I tossed in some grated carrots. I like my chicken and dumplings with some color and flavor, and all the little bits of veggies do that. When the chicken was well-cooked, I removed it from the boiling water. Now for the dumplings.
All the recipes that I had found for whole wheat dumplings had half whole wheat flour and half white flour. However, I wanted entirely whole wheat. After all, I reasoned, in the olden days whole wheat flour was all they had. So surely it’s not that difficult to make whole wheat dumplings.
I mixed up a couple cups of whole wheat flour with some buttermilk and seasonings. I added baking powder and baking soda and salt as leavening so the dumplings wouldn’t be so dense. I rolled out the dough, cut it into strips and pinched off little pieces into the boiling broth. Once the dumplings had boiled awhile, I chopped the chicken and added it back to the pot.
Once it had all simmered awhile, I was ready for the taste test. My anticipation was high. Alas, I was disappointed. I was looking for SCRUMPTIOUS, and I got nourishing. They’re healthy and nutritious, but they didn’t qualify for the delicious rating. Â
Sigh. RT has been out of town this week and will be home in a couple hours. I’ll get him to try them and see if his opinion is the same as mine.
However, I trust my taste buds enough to know that it’s back to the drawing board to find a truly delicious recipe for whole wheat dumplings.
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October 28th, 2006 at 7:41 pm
That’s too bad. Sometimes just because it SOUNDS good doesn’t mean it IS good!! I am sure you will find the right recipe.
October 28th, 2006 at 11:20 pm
I tried whole wheat macaroni once - nasty!
October 31st, 2006 at 1:13 pm
For a different kind of dumpling, cut up flour tortillas and simmer in the broth - that’s what my grandmother did. You could use whole wheat tortillas.
April 2nd, 2007 at 11:31 pm
What about the possibility of pulling out of Iraq, letting Iran invade and lose resources fighting their own kind,
and then come in and mop up the dregs?
May 3rd, 2008 at 8:22 pm
I use whole wheat for pancakes and substitute 100% whole wheat flour. It is a different texture, but it tastes fine. Dumplings don’t work. They come out SOUR. Cutting the whole wheat down to 20% still leaves the dumplings sour. I can’t figure out why.