TOMATOES AND DUMPLINGS – The Southern Girl Cooks

Tomatoes and dumplings is a simple dish to arrange and goes nice as a facet 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 undoubtedly a type of. It’s simple to make and the proper consolation meals. For those who love dumplings, give this one a attempt!  Chicken and Dumplings are one in all our favorites too. 

🍴KEY INGREDIENTS

Diced tomatoes – You’re going to want 2 cups and you should utilize contemporary tomatoes. You’ll need 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 – for those who don’t have any you may make your individual. Learn how! 

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

SWAPS

You need to use contemporary 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’ll have a vegetarian dish.

🍽️HOW TO MAKE

This dish is straightforward 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 take a look at 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 right down to medium and canopy.

Step 2 – Making the Dumplings
Lower shortening into flour till combination resembles coarse crumbs. Add sufficient boiling water slowly stirring with a spoon till flour holds collectively and you may make into dumplings concerning 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 number 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 alternative ways of constructing dumplings. We really put collectively a put up only for this. Study “How to Make Dumplings” 

This can present you how one can make drop dumplings like these and likewise flat dumplings that many others choose. 

RECIPE VARIATIONS

For those who love dumplings, undoubtedly try this Ham and Dumplings recipe. It’s an exquisite means to make use of leftover ham and revel in an amazing recipe. For those who love desserts, it would be best to attempt our Amish Caramel Dumplings. This a extremely popular recipe

SERVE THIS WITH

This dish may be served as a essential dish or a facet. For those who serve it as a essential dish, simply add a facet salad. For those who make this a facet 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’ll be able to reheat on low on the range too. 

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SERVING SIZE

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

Tomatoes and Dumplings

The Southern Girl Cooks

That is an old school recipe that’s fantastic with contemporary 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 Major Course, Aspect Dish

Delicacies American

• 1 14.5 ounce can diced tomatoes or sufficient contemporary tomatoes peeled and mashed to make 2 cups. Don’t drain canned tomatoes and use the juice with the contemporary 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 exploit 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 right down to medium and canopy.

Dumplings Instructions:

• Lower shortening into flour till combination resembles coarse crumbs. Add sufficient boiling water slowly stirring with a spoon till flour holds collectively and you may make into dumplings concerning 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 number 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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