Chicken and Dumplings

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Mom's good old Chicken and Dumplings, with the gluten-free modifications. And Justin liked the dumplings, too!

Ingredients
chicken*
oil

Coating for Chicken
1 cup brown rice flour
2 t. salt
2 t. paprika
1/4 t. pepper

Gravy
2 Tbsp. brown rice flour
1 1/2 cup milk

Dumplings
1/2 cup brown rice flour
1/2 cup sorghum flour
1/2 cup tapioca starch
3 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. xanthan gum
3/4 tsp. salt
3 Tbsp. shortening
3/4 cup milk

* (I use whatever quantity of boneless, skinless chicken breasts I want. The recipe calls for a 4 1/2 to 5 pound stewing chicken, cut up.)

Cut chicken breasts into several pieces. Mix 1 cup flour, the salt, paprika and pepper; coat chicken with the flour mixture. Heat a thin layer of oil in a large skillet or Dutch oven and brown chicken over medium heat.

Add water to the skillet. Cover and simmer until the chicken is fork-tender, 2 to 3 hours, adding more water if necessary. Make the gravy by adding a milk and flour mixture to the chicken and water it has been cooking in. (Make as much or as little gravy as you like.)

Heat to boiling, stirring constantly. Boil and stir 1 minute. Prepare dough for dumplings by measuring the dry ingredients into a bowl. Cut in shortening thoroughly with a pastry blender until mixture looks like meal. Stir in the milk.and drop by spoonfuls onto hot chicken. Cook uncovered on medium-low for 10 minutes. Cover and cook 20 minutes longer.

Guedo Tacos

Chicken:
4 chicken breasts – flattened
2 T. oil
2 T. garlic powder
2 t. cumin
2 T. chili powder
¼ t. oregano
dash of cinnamon
juice of 1 lime

Tacos:
2 dozen corn tortillas
½ lb. grated cheese

Garnishes:
½ head cabbage, core removed and shredded
limes- quartered (to squeeze juice on tacos)
tomatoes – diced
onion – diced
sour cream
salsa
Pico de Gallo
guacamole

To flatten chicken place breasts between 2 sheets of plastic wrap and pound with the flat side of a meat mallet. This allows the meat to cook evenly. Place the chicken breasts in a zip lock bag and add oil, garlic powder, cumin, chili powder, oregano, and lime juice. Refrigerate and allow to marinate for at least 1 hour. Remove form marinade and grill until chicken is done. Allow to rest 5 minutes before slicing. Slice into thin strips.

To make tacos: Pre heat a non-stick skillet. Take one corn tortilla and dip in water. Place in the hot skillet. Add a small handful of cheese and top with another wet tortilla. Allow to cook about 1 minute or until tortilla starts to brown. Flip and cook other side. Place on plate. Add several pieces of chicken and top with garnishes.

Banana Nut Muffins

Ingredients

• 3 or 4 ripe bananas, smashed
• 1/3 cup melted butter
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• Pinch of salt
• 1/2 cup rice flour (brown or white)
• 1/2 cup sorghum flour
• 1/2 cup tapioca flour
• 3/4 tsp. xanthan gum
• 1 cup chopped walnuts (toasted or raw)

Directions

No need for a mixer with this recipe.

1 Preheat the oven to 350°F. With a wooden spoon, mix butter into the mashed bananas in a large mixing bowl.

2 Mix in the sugar, egg, and vanilla.

3 Sprinkle the baking soda and salt over the mixture and mix in.

4 Sift the flours and xanthan gum together in a separate bowl before adding to wet mixture. Mix until it is just incorporated. Fold in the chopped walnuts.

5 Pour mixture into a prepared muffin tin. Bake for 25-30 minutes. Check for doneness with a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin. If it comes out clean, it's done. Cool on a rack.

Yield: Makes 12 muffins.

Delicious Gluten-Free Pancakes

My very first submission! These are the pancakes Mom made for our cook-out at Kiwanis a while back. The recipe is from allrecipes.com I made them last week, and they were just as good!

Delicious Gluten-Free Pancakes

1 c. rice flour
3 Tbsp. tapioca flour
1/3 c. potato starch
1 1/2 tsp. sugar
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. xanthan gum
2 eggs
3 Tbsp. canola oil
1 c. buttermilk
1 c. water

In a bowl, mix or sift together the dry ingredients. Stir in wet ingredients until well blended and few lumps remain.

*The original recipe called for 4 Tablespoons of dry buttermilk powder and 2 cups of water. When Mom made them, she did 2 cups buttermilk instead. I used half water and half buttermilk, just to save on buttermilk.

Dutch Babies (or German Pancakes)

I got this recipe from my friend, Tiffany. Everyone at my house enjoyed them.

Ingredients:

6 eggs

1/2 c rice flour

1/4 c cornstarch

1/4 c tapioca flour

1 c milk

1 t vanilla

dash salt
1/3 cube butter

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 420
2. Place butter in 9 x 13 pan and put in the oven until melted
3. Mix all the other ingredients
4. Pour batter over butter, and bake for 20 minutes or until edges are browned
5. Serve with lemon juice and powdered sugar

Enchilada Casserole

This is one of Mom's recipes that we probably all have, but I thought I'd just add it to the blog. I left out the olives, since I don't care for those.

Ingredients
12 corn tortillas, torn
1 1/2 lb ground beef
1 onion, chopped
1 10-oz can red enchilada sauce
2 cans condensed cream soup with 1/2 cup milk
1 small can chopped green chilies
1 lb cheese, grated
sour cream
lettuce
tomatoes

Brown ground beef and onion; drain. Add enchilada sauce, soup/milk, and chilies. Simmer while preparing the rest. Tear tortillas into small pieces. Put a thin layer of sauce in 9 x 13 pan, then layer torn tortillas, cheese, more sauce, etc. Bake at 250 for 45 min. Serve topped with sour cream, chopped lettuce, and diced tomatoes.

Salsa Chicken

I found this recipe here, and made just a slight change.

Ingredients:
1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts
1 recipe condensed cream soup
1 t gf chicken boullion
1 cup salsa
1 T taco seasoning
1/2 can black beans (rinsed and drained)

2 T chopped cilantro

2 t lime juice
1/4 c sour cream
optional: grated cheddar cheese to sprinkle on top when serving

Directions:
Place chicken, soup, boullion, and salsa in a crock pot. Sprinkle taco seasoning over everything. Cook on low for 6-8 hours. Pull the chicken out and shred, then return back to crock pot. Stir in black beans, cilantro, lime juice, and cilantro and continue cooking until everything is heated through. Serve over rice.