Bacon Cornmeal Dumplings For Stews Or Casseroles.

You can drop these Bacon Cornmeal Dumplings by the spoonful, directly into your favorite casserole, or stew dish, 10 minutes before the dish finishes cooking.

Mary H. | March 20th, 2024

Recipe of United States

Ingredients:

Qty	Unit	Ingredient
1/2	pound	Bacon » diced	Bacon Bacon is a type of meat that comes from pigs. It's made by curing pork belly with salt and sometimes other spices. Bacon is known for its salty and smoky flavor, and it's Read more...
1/2	cup	All-purpose Flour	All-purpose Flour All-purpose flour, pronounced 'awl-PUR-puhs flour' is a staple in baking and cooking. It's a flexible ingredient made from wheat that has been milled to remove the bran and germ, leaving behind the endosperm Read more...
3/4	cup	Yellow Cornmeal	Yellow Cornmeal Yellow cornmeal is a coarse flour ground from dried maize which is another name for corn. The color ranges from pale yellow to deep golden, depending on the variety of corn used and Read more...
1 1/2	teaspoons	Baking Powder	Baking Powder Baking powder is a leavening agent used in baking to make doughs and batters rise. It belongs to the chemical leavening agent family. It's used to help baked goods rise and become fluffy. It's Read more...
1/2	teaspoon	Salt	Salt Salt, pronounced 'sawlt', is a finely ground mineral primarily composed of sodium chloride. It is the most common type of salt used in everyday cooking and seasoning. Above and beyond its basic uses, table Read more...
1/4	teaspoon	Tabasco Sauce » to taste	Tabasco Sauce Tabasco sauce is a brand of hot sauce made from tabasco peppers (Capsicum frutescens var. tabasco), vinegar, and salt. It is known for its distinctive sharp, spicy flavor. The sauce was first introduced in Read more...
1/4	cup	Scallions	Scallions Scallions, also known as green onions or spring onions in some regions, are a type of vegetable from the Allium family, which also includes garlic, onions, leeks, and chives. Scallions have a long, thin Read more...
1	large	Egg » beaten	Egg Chicken eggs, laid by hens, are common food items encased in a shell with a liquid interior that becomes solid when cooked. They're essential for many recipes, providing texture and flavor. Eggs are nutritious, Read more...
1/2	cup	Chicken Stock	Chicken Stock Chicken stock is a flavorful liquid made by simmering chicken bones, and sometimes meat. in water, along with onions, carrots, and celery and herbs like parsley, thyme and bay leaves. The purpose is to Read more...

Prep Time	Process Time	Overall Time
10 Minutes	10 Minutes	20 minutes

Directions:

1. Fry the bacon to crisp. Dice and set aside.

2. Reserve the bacon grease.

3. In a bowl, mix together the flour, cornmeal, baking powder, Tabasco sauce and diced bacon.

4. In another bowl, combine the scallions, 1 tablespoon of reserved bacon grease, the egg and chicken stock.

5. Add this mixture to the dry ingredients and mix just enough to blend.

6. Bring a saucepan of water to a boil and drop tablespoonfuls of mixture into the water.

7. Cover and gently simmer for 10 minutes.

8. Uncover and cook for a few minutes more, just long enough to dry out each dumpling slightly on top.

Submitted by Mary H. | March 20th, 2024 See all of Mary H.'s Recipes.

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@Andreas G. \| November 23rd, 2024
The idea is good, but I found them a bit heavy. Maybe an adjustment with less bacon or a lighter stock would be better. I gave it a 2

@Mia S. \| October 13th, 2024
Was really looking forward to these, but they didn't work out for me at all. They ended up being too dense and didn't absorb the flavors of the stew as I hoped. Not sure if I did something wrong. I gave it a 1

@Andrew C. \| August 1st, 2024
Interesting addition to soup. The texture was a bit different from what I'm used to with dumplings, but they were good. I gave it a 4

@Ayu F. \| June 13th, 2024
Put these in my veggie stew, and they were delicious. A detailed step on frying the bacon perfectly would make this flawless. I gave it a 4

@Emily D. \| March 24th, 2024
Just what my beef stew needed. These dumplings are little flavor bombs, especially with the bacon. Will definitely be my go-to dumplings now. I gave it a 5

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