TOMATOES AND DUMPLINGS – The Southern Girl 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 positively a type of. It’s straightforward to make and the right consolation meals. For those who love dumplings, give this one a strive!  Chicken and Dumplings are considered one of our favorites too. 

🍴KEY INGREDIENTS

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

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

Sugar – it will assist the acid within the tomatoes

Dumpling Components: 

Self-Rising Flour – when you don’t have any you may make your personal. Learn how! 

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

SWAPS

You should use recent 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 straightforward to make and only some components so give it a strive. It’s not going to take you a very long time to make and it’s great 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. Convey 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 measurement 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 just a few 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 4
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.

⭐TIP

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

This can present you find out how to make drop dumplings like these and likewise flat dumplings that many others want. 

RECIPE VARIATIONS

For those who love dumplings, positively try this Ham and Dumplings recipe. It’s a beautiful manner to make use of leftover ham and luxuriate in a fantastic recipe. For those who love desserts, it would be best to strive our Amish Caramel Dumplings. This a very talked-about recipe

SERVE THIS WITH

This dish will be served as a predominant dish or a facet. For those who serve it as a predominant dish, simply add a facet salad. For those who make this a facet 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 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 components 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 great with recent 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 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 Components:

• 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. Convey 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 measurement 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 just a few at a time into boiling tomatoes placing prime 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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