Southwest Chicken And Dumplings

Total Time: 2 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 6 tablespoons butter
• 6 tablespoons flour
• 1/2 cup onion, chopped
• 12 cups chicken broth
• 1 (4 ounce) can diced green chilies, undrained
• 1 (14 ounce) can creamed corn, undrained
• 1 cup salsa
• 2 cups shredded cooked chicken, seasoned with
• southwest seasoning
• 8 ounces processed cheese, cubed
• 10 flour tortillas, cut in strips

Recipe

• 1 melt butter in the bottom of a large heavy saucepan. saute onions in butter until tender.
• 2 stir in flour and cook to create a light roux.
• 3 slowly stir in chicken broth, then add remaining ingredients.
• 4 the flour tortillas will take a while to start absorbing the liquid and become dumpling-like. simmer for at least two hours until tortillas become swollen and soft, replacing liquid with water or chicken broth as it evaporates and is soaked up by the tortillas. i usually start mine about 2:00 in the afternoon and let it simmer for several hours until dinner.