Pennsylvania Dutch Style Chicken Potpie Recipes

Steps:

• Season the cavity of the chicken with salt and pepper, put the chicken in a kettle just large enough to hold it, and add 14 cups water. Bring the water to a boil, simmer the chicken, covered, skimming the froth, for 45 minutes or less, or until it is tender, and transfer it to a large bowl. When the chicken is cool enough to handle, discard the skin and bones, cut the meat into bite-size pieces, and chill it, covered. Measure the stock remaining in the kettle and boil it until it is reduced to about 10 cups. Strain the stock through a sieve into a bowl, let it cool, uncovered, and chill it, covered, overnight.
• In a bowl blend together the flour, the shortening, and the salt. In a small bowl whisk together the egg and 2/3 cup cold water, add the mixture until it forms a soft but not sticky dough. Halve the dough, keeping half of it under an inverted bowl, roll out the other half on a heavily floured surface into a 12- by 10-inch rectangle, and cut it with a pastry wheel into 2-inch squares. Transfer the squares to a lightly floured baking sheet and roll and cut out the remaining dough in the same manner.
• Discard the fat from the stock, return the stock to the kettle, and bring it to a boil with the chicken, the carrots, the celery, the onion, the potatoes, peeled and sliced thin, and salt and pepper to taste. Add the noodle squares, a few at a time, stirring gently, simmer the mixture, covered, for 20 to 30 minutes, or until the vegetables and noodles are tender, and stir in the parsley.

Steps:

• Cover meat with water. Add bay leaf, celery, carrots and salt and pepper. Stew until the meat falls apart. Shred meat and return to pot. If using chicken, remove bones and skin and return meat to pot.
• To make pot pie noodles: MIx one cup of flour with one egg and one teaspoon of salt. Mix till soft ball forms. Roll out on a floured table. Cut in to 2" squares. Allow to dry for several hours.
• Add pot pie noodles, salt and pepper to taste and cook till desired texture. (al dente). Serve over mashed potatoes.

Steps:

• For the stock: Fill a large Dutch oven with about 2 quarts of water. Add the chopped onion, celery seed, garlic powder, parsley, bouillon cubes and the chicken.
• Bring to a boil, cover with lid, and then turn down to simmer for about an hour, or until chicken can be easily removed from the bones.
• When chicken is done, remove from the pot, reserving all of the stock.
• Turn off the burner until after the noodles are made (recipe follows). Remove chicken from bones and cut into small chunks and set aside.
• For the noodles: Pour flour into a good sized mixing bowl and add softened butter and egg.
• Add about 1/2 teaspoon of salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper (or to taste). Begin mixing using your hands, and then add milk.
• Completely mix dough with your hands until you reach desired consistency (you may need to add a little flour or a little more milk, depending...dough should not be sticky to the touch. If too sticky, add a little flour until just right).
• Flour your surface, then roll out dough with rolling pin to about 1/4 inch thick.
• Using a sharp knife, cut slices the entire way across, and then the other direction, to form square noodles about 1-1/2" square.
• Bring stock to a rolling boil, add potatoes and carrots, and a handful of the noodles at a time. Stir soup after each addition of noodles to help keep them from sticking together.
• Cover again with lid, and let cook for about a half hour to 45 minutes, or until noodles are cooked completely through and the vegetables are done.
• When all is finished, add the chicken once again, to heat through, and serve. (Your broth will thicken up a little after you add your noodles.)

Steps:

• Noodles:
• In a mixing bowl stir together flour and salt. Cut in shortening till pieces are the size of small peas. Sprinkle water on 1 Tbsp. at a time, gently tossing with a fork. Push to side of bowl. Repeat until dough is moistened and forms a ball. Roll out on a lightly floured surface and cut into medium sized squares. Place on platter and cover with plastic wrap. Set aside.
• Stew:
• Put chicken, celery, onion, poultry seasoning, bouillon cubes, garlic powder, salt and pepper in a large pot (a 5 qt Dutch oven works well). Fill the pot with water. Cover and cook on medium to high heat. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to a simmer. Cook 1-2 hours until chicken is falling off bones.
• Meanwhile, make noodles and set aside. When chicken is done, remove from pot and set aside to cool. Bring broth back to a boil and add noodles one at a time, trying not to place noodles on top of each other. Cover, reduce heat to a simmer.
• Remove the skin and bones from the chicken, discarding bones and skin. Shred the meat; add the chicken back to the pot. Once the noodles are starting to firm, stir. Continue cooking until noodles have firmed and the broth becomes milky white in appearance.

Steps:

• Place whole chicken in stock pot, fill water so that it just covers the top of chicken (about 3 1/2 quarts). Add bay leaf and bouillon cubes. Cook on medium heat for about 1.5 hours. Dice onion and cut potatoes while chicken cooks.
• Once chicken starts to fall off bone, remove from pot and add potatoes, noodles, onion, garlic, parsley and pepper. Piece chicken and begin roux (instructions below), set chicken aside.
• Cook potatoes and noodles until tender and being careful not to cook off to much of broth.
• Add chicken once potatoes and noodles are tender; add roux to thicken.
• ROUX:.
• Heat small skillet on high, remove from heat.
• Add butter and brown; be careful not to burn butter (butter should completely melt and brown within seconds).
• Add olive oil, then flour and whisk until smooth (if needed add slightly more flour until thickened).