TOMATOES AND DUMPLINGS – The Southern Woman Cooks

Tomatoes and dumplings is a straightforward dish to organize and goes nice as a aspect dish to any meal.  My household loves this recipe.

❤️WE LOVE THIS OLD-FASHIONED RECIPE

We love dishes that take us straight again to our grandmother’s kitchen and that is positively a kind of. It’s simple to make and the right consolation meals. If you happen to love dumplings, give this one a attempt!  Chicken and Dumplings are one in all our favorites too. 

🍴KEY INGREDIENTS

Diced tomatoes – You will want 2 cups and you need to use recent tomatoes. You will want the juice too, so that you wont drain them. 

Bacon and Bacon Drippings – All the time successful and makes any dish higher!

Sugar – this may assist the acid within the tomatoes

Dumpling Elements: 

Self-Rising Flour – if you happen to don’t have any you can also make your individual. Learn how! 

Shortening – We use crisco and it’s what we desire. 

SWAPS

You should utilize recent tomatoes on this dish and you may use stewed tomatoes. You don’t have to make use of the bacon drippings however we do suppose it makes the dish higher. 

By leaving out the bacon you should have a vegetarian dish.

🍽️HOW TO MAKE

This dish is simple to make and just a few substances so give it a attempt. It’s not going to take you a very long time to make and it’s fantastic consolation meals. 

PREPARATIONS

Go forward and check out your bacon, drain and put aside. Subsequent get all of the stuff able to make your dumplings and begin water boiling on the range. 

COOKING STEPS

Step 1
Mix tomatoes, bacon drippings, water, salt, garlic powder, pepper and sugar in a pot on prime of the range. Deliver to a boil, flip all the way down to medium and canopy.

Step 2 – Making the Dumplings
Minimize shortening into flour till combination resembles coarse crumbs. Add sufficient boiling water slowly stirring with a spoon till flour holds collectively and you can also make into dumplings in regards to the measurement of a walnut. I simply pull off a bit of the dough and roll it right into a ball with my arms.

Step 3
Take away the highest from pot with tomatoes and drop dumplings a couple of at a time into boiling tomatoes placing the highest again on every time. Prepare dinner for about 10 to fifteen minutes till dumplings are cooked.

Step 4
I normally get about 12 dumplings after I make them. As soon as cooked you possibly can sprinkle with parsley and add crumbled bacon items to the dish.

⭐TIP

Many individuals have other ways of creating dumplings. We really put collectively a publish only for this. Be taught “How to Make Dumplings” 

It will present you the right way to make drop dumplings like these and likewise flat dumplings that many others desire. 

RECIPE VARIATIONS

If you happen to love dumplings, positively take a look at this Ham and Dumplings recipe. It’s an exquisite manner to make use of leftover ham and luxuriate in an excellent recipe. If you happen to love desserts, you’ll want to attempt our Amish Caramel Dumplings. This a very fashionable recipe

SERVE THIS WITH

This dish could be served as a predominant dish or a aspect. If you happen to serve it as a predominant dish, simply add a aspect salad. If you happen to make this a aspect dish, you possibly can serve this with any meat dish, like our Mississippi Pot Roast, Roasted Apricot Chicken, or Salmon Patties. 

❓FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

STORING AND REHEATING

I retailer in a Tupperware container within the fridge and simply reheat within the microwave. You may reheat on low on the range too. 

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SERVING SIZE

This dish makes about 6 servings, and you’ll simply double it. This dish is made with quite simple substances and a easy recipe you possibly can double.

Tomatoes and Dumplings

The Southern Woman Cooks

That is an old style recipe that’s fantastic with recent or canned tomatoes. This dish is fabulous consolation meals!

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Prepare dinner Time 15 minutes minutes

Whole Time 25 minutes minutes

Course Foremost Course, Aspect Dish

Delicacies American

• 1 14.5 ounce can diced tomatoes or sufficient recent tomatoes peeled and mashed to make 2 cups. Don’t drain canned tomatoes and use the juice with the recent ones
• 2 to three slices bacon cooked
• 1 tablespoon bacon drippings
• 1 1/4 cups water
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 teaspoon white granulated sugar

Dumplings Elements:

• 1 cup self-rising flour
• 1 tablespoon shortening I take advantage of Crisco
• Boiling water

Instructions:

• Fry the bacon, drain and put aside. Mix tomatoes, bacon drippings, water, salt, garlic powder, pepper and sugar in a pot on prime of the range. Deliver to a boil, flip all the way down to medium and canopy.

Dumplings Instructions:

• Minimize shortening into flour till combination resembles coarse crumbs. Add sufficient boiling water slowly stirring with a spoon till flour holds collectively and you can also make into dumplings in regards to the measurement of a walnut. I simply pull off a bit of the dough and roll it right into a ball with my arms. Take away prime from pot with tomatoes and drop dumplings a couple of at a time into boiling tomatoes placing prime again on every time. Prepare dinner for about 10 to fifteen minutes till dumplings are cooked. I normally get about 12 dumplings after I make them. As soon as cooked you possibly can sprinkle with parsley and add crumbled bacon items to the dish. Makes about 6 servings

Key phrase Tomatoes and Dumplings

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