Drunken Dumplins

Well first, I must start off by saying, when I met my father-in-law for the first time, he raved about how he made the BEST Chicken and Dumplings ever! Well, one time when he stayed with us over the holiday, he made dumpling, but he was so drunk, they came out so disgusting, and NO ONE would eat them, and I had flour EVERYWHERE throughout the house! lol. Well, today was my first attempt at making them myself, and may I just add, they're AMAZEBALLS!!! So, I shall call them...

DRUNKEN DUMPLINS
 (Serves a family of 4-6 very well.) 

(My measurements and instructions are anything but conventional.)

You will need: 
*2 Chicken Breasts
* 1 QT (8 cups) of Water
* 8 Chicken Bouillon cubes
* 1/2 small bag of frozen green beans
* 1/2 small bag frozen corn
* 2 handfuls of baby carrots
* 1/8 cup vegetable oil
* 1/2 cup milk
* 1-1/4 cups unbleached flour
* .5 tablespoon baking powder
* .5 teaspoon each salt & sugar
* dash of Goya
* dash of lemon pepper
* dash of crushed red peppers
* dash of Tony's Chacheres and Slap yo Mamma

Get to cookin':
Chicken:
Grill or bake your chicken. I baked mine in Tony's and Goya, then when finished and cooled, I pulled it apart into shredds.

Soup:
 In your pot, mix 1 qt water with your 8 bouillon cubes. Add in your veggies and get 'er boiling.

Dumplings: 
In a bowl, combine your seasons, milk, flour, baking powder, oil. Mix until it's a good "dough" Roll it flat with something like a rolling pin, then cut into squares with a pizza cutter or even a butter knife.

(I put some chicken in the middle of my squares and then closed it on top with the dough.)

Once your broth is boiling, add in your dumpling, gently, piece by piece. Cover for about 15-20 minutes. DO NOT PEEK! The broth cooks the dumplings, but the steam is what makes them puffs, so if you open the lid, you'll let the steam out!

Serve either soupy or not. I made it soupy and added some biscuits to the mix. To make it healthier. I made biscuits from scratch (I will add that recipe in a bit.) and made them in a mini-cupcake pan to create smaller portion size to minimize the bread intake!