Simple Way to Make Any-night-of-the-week Chicken and dumpling casserole

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The ingredients needed to make Chicken and dumpling casserole:

1. Provide 1-2 of chicken thighs.
2. Take of Plain flour.
3. Provide Knob of butter.
4. Take of Drizzle of olive oil.
5. Take of Chopped onions carrots & celery (I always keep some in freezer).
6. Prepare of Glug of red wine.
7. Take 50 g of or so of pancetta.
8. Get 250 ml of chicken stock.
9. You need to taste of Salt and pepper.
10. Provide of For the dumplings:.
11. Provide 100 g of Self raising flour.
12. Take 50 g of cold butter.
13. Take 50 ml of cold water.
14. Get of Thyme.

Instructions to make Chicken and dumpling casserole:

1. Turn on oven to 180. Wash and dry chicken. Coat in plain flour. Melt butter with a little oil in large casserole dish. Brown all chicken pieces, set a side.
2. Fry onions carrots and celery, add chopped pancetta and cook for 2-3 mins on high. Put chicken back in, add wine and stock, let wine evaporate.
3. Cover and cook for 20-25 mins. Meanwhile, make the dumpling mix.
4. Rub self raising flour and butter together with finger tips, until you get a breadcrumb texture. Add thyme. Drizzle over the water and mix with a knife or spoon to get the sticky texture.
5. Make balls with the dumpling mix using floured hands, add to chicken. Cover and cook for another 25 mins. Check for salt and pepper, serve :).

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