Chicken Paprikas With Dumplings

Ingredients:

2 onions chopped
4 Tbsp. shortening, corn oil or lard
3 Tbsp. Hungarian paprika
1/8 Tsp. black pepper or whole pepper corns
2 Tsp. salt
4 to 5 lbs. chicken disjointed
1 1/2 cups water
1/2 pt. sour cream

Preparation:

Brown onions in shortening. Add seasonings and chicken, brown 10 minutes. Add water, cover and let simmer slowly until it is tender. It will smell wonderful!
Remove chicken, add sour cream to drippings in pan and mix well. To thicken gravy, mix into a paste 1 Tbl. soft butter with 1 Tbl. of flour and stir into drippings.
Add dumplings and arrange chicken on top. Heat through, but do not boil, and serve. Enjoy!!

Hungarian Dumplings

1 cup flour -- sifted
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt 1 egg  well beaten
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon butter  melted

Sift together dry ingredients. Combine egg, milk and butter; add gradually to flour, stirring until dough is smooth and no longer sticks to spoon. Break off pieces of dough about 1 in long and 1/2 in thick and drop into rapidly boiling water; boil covered, for 12 to 15 minutes. Enjoy!!