TOMATOES AND DUMPLINGS – The Southern Lady Cooks

Tomatoes and dumplings is a straightforward dish to organize 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. Should you love dumplings, give this one a attempt!  Rooster and Dumplings are considered one of our favorites too. 

🍴KEY INGREDIENTS

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

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

Sugar – it will assist the acid within the tomatoes

Dumpling Substances: 

Self-Rising Flour – when you don’t have any you can also make your personal. Find out how! 

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

SWAPS

You should utilize contemporary tomatoes on this dish and you can use stewed tomatoes. You don’t have to make use of the bacon drippings however we do assume 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 only some substances so give it a attempt. It’s not going to take you a very long time to make and it’s great 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 1Combine tomatoes, bacon drippings, water, salt, garlic powder, pepper and sugar in a pot on high of the range. Convey to a boil, flip all the way down to medium and canopy.

Step 2 – Making the DumplingsCut 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 dimension of a walnut. I simply pull off a bit of the dough and roll it right into a ball with my fingers.

Step 3Remove 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. Cook dinner for about 10 to fifteen minutes till dumplings are cooked.

Step 4I normally 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 other ways of creating dumplings. We truly put collectively a submit only for this. Study “Find out how to Make Dumplings” 

It will present you how you can make drop dumplings like these and in addition flat dumplings that many others favor. 

RECIPE VARIATIONS

Should you love dumplings, undoubtedly take a look at this Ham and Dumplings recipe. It’s a beautiful method to make use of leftover ham and revel in a fantastic recipe. Should you love desserts, it would be best to attempt our Amish Caramel Dumplings. This a very talked-about recipe

SERVE THIS WITH

This dish might be served as a fundamental dish or a facet. Should you serve it as a fundamental dish, simply add a facet salad. Should you make this a facet dish, you’ll be able to serve this with any meat dish, like our Mississippi Pot Roast, Roasted Apricot Rooster, 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’ll be able to double.

Tomatoes and Dumplings

The Southern Woman Cooks

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

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook dinner Time 15 minutes minutes

Complete Time 25 minutes minutes

Course Primary Course, Facet 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 ones2 to three slices bacon cooked1 tablespoon bacon drippings1 1/4 cups water1/4 teaspoon salt1/4 teaspoon garlic powder1/4 teaspoon black pepper1 teaspoon white granulated sugar

Dumplings Substances:

1 cup self-rising flour1 tablespoon shortening I exploit CriscoBoiling water

Instructions:

Fry the bacon, drain and put aside. Mix tomatoes, bacon drippings, water, salt, garlic powder, pepper and sugar in a pot on high of the range. Convey to a boil, flip all the way 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 can also make into dumplings in regards to the dimension of a walnut. I simply pull off a bit of the dough and roll it right into a ball with my fingers. Take away high from pot with tomatoes and drop dumplings a number of at a time into boiling tomatoes placing high again on every time. Cook 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’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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