TOMATOES AND DUMPLINGS – The Southern Girl Cooks

Tomatoes and dumplings is a simple dish to arrange 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 undoubtedly a type of. It’s simple to make and the right consolation meals. In the event you love dumplings, give this one a attempt!  Chicken and Dumplings are one among our favorites too. 

🍴KEY INGREDIENTS

Diced tomatoes – You’re going to want 2 cups and you should utilize recent tomatoes. You have to the juice too, so that you wont drain them. 

Bacon and Bacon Drippings – At all times a success and makes any dish higher!

Sugar – this may assist the acid within the tomatoes

Dumpling Elements: 

Self-Rising Flour – in case you don’t have any you may make your individual. Learn how! 

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

SWAPS

You need to use recent tomatoes on this dish and you possibly can 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 simple to make and only some elements 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. Carry 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 may make into dumplings in regards to the dimension of a walnut. I simply pull off a chunk of the dough and roll it right into a ball with my fingers.

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 often get about 12 dumplings after I make them. As soon as cooked you’ll be able to sprinkle with parsley and add crumbled bacon items to the dish.

⭐TIP

Many individuals have alternative ways of constructing dumplings. We truly put collectively a put up only for this. Study “How to Make Dumplings” 

This may present you the right way to make drop dumplings like these and likewise flat dumplings that many others favor. 

RECIPE VARIATIONS

In the event you love dumplings, undoubtedly try this Ham and Dumplings recipe. It’s an exquisite means to make use of leftover ham and luxuriate in an important recipe. In the event you love desserts, you’ll want to attempt our Amish Caramel Dumplings. This a very talked-about recipe

SERVE THIS WITH

This dish may be served as a major dish or a aspect. In the event you serve it as a major dish, simply add a aspect salad. In the event you make this a aspect dish, you’ll be able to 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 elements and a easy recipe you’ll be able to double.

Tomatoes and Dumplings

The Southern Girl Cooks

That is an old school 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

Complete Time 25 minutes minutes

Course Most important 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. Carry 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 may make into dumplings in regards to the dimension of a walnut. I simply pull off a chunk of the dough and roll it right into a ball with my fingers. 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 often get about 12 dumplings after I make them. As soon as cooked you’ll be able to sprinkle with parsley and add crumbled bacon items to the dish. Makes about 6 servings

Key phrase Tomatoes and Dumplings

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