Salmonsmoker
03-17-2001, 06:46 AM
Smoked Turkey Stew with Bacon-Dumplings
Start with 1 gal of smoked turkey soup stock. Bring it to a boil.
While that is cooking, fry out 4 strips of bacon until they are very crisp, then crumble.
Next, put the following into a mixing bowl:
2.5 cups of flour,
1 egg,
1/4 tsp salt,
2 Tbl bacon drippings (or melted butter)
1 Cup of milk
the crumbled bacon.
Mix the above into a stiff dough and then roll it out to a thickness of 1/8 inch.
Cut into strips 1" wide by 3" long and drop them into the
boiling liquid (spreading them around so that they cook individually.)
(When cooking over the camp fire, I take the dough and just slice strips off the dough ball. With a little practice the thickness is fairly thin and consistant - necessary for even cooking.)
Cook for 20 minutes uncovered, stirring frequently to keep the dumplings from sticking together.
This is a hearty and delicious meal. The bacon drippings add more flavor than butter, but that's up to you.
Sure am glad we've got loftovers.
Salmonsmoker
Start with 1 gal of smoked turkey soup stock. Bring it to a boil.
While that is cooking, fry out 4 strips of bacon until they are very crisp, then crumble.
Next, put the following into a mixing bowl:
2.5 cups of flour,
1 egg,
1/4 tsp salt,
2 Tbl bacon drippings (or melted butter)
1 Cup of milk
the crumbled bacon.
Mix the above into a stiff dough and then roll it out to a thickness of 1/8 inch.
Cut into strips 1" wide by 3" long and drop them into the
boiling liquid (spreading them around so that they cook individually.)
(When cooking over the camp fire, I take the dough and just slice strips off the dough ball. With a little practice the thickness is fairly thin and consistant - necessary for even cooking.)
Cook for 20 minutes uncovered, stirring frequently to keep the dumplings from sticking together.
This is a hearty and delicious meal. The bacon drippings add more flavor than butter, but that's up to you.
Sure am glad we've got loftovers.
Salmonsmoker