That ravioli looks good! I'm just hungry for something simple, childhood comfort food, and making my own noodles is messy, laborious and mine are usually tough.
So I will resort to Reames. And it's for the crockpot but I have the original model and don't know if 3-1/2 quart capacity is big enough plus my indicator light doesn't work but it still works on high because I made some of my version of copycat Maidrites in it, set on high, cooked it dry but Maidrites were yummy and my family couldn't tell the difference; if anything, better.
Chicken and noodles, will probably tweak it a little and don't like shredded meat.
http://www.mastercook.com/app/recipe/WebRecipeDetails?recipeId=8509283
There are a few versions which are almost the same on youtube. They use 4 chicken breasts and I can only find pkgs of 3 which might not matter. Plus I wonder if I could combine it with some thighs.
And I'm eating it with some instant mashed potatoes, horror of horrors. Something green for veggie/salad.
Dark meat definitely makes better dumplings. A whole chicken makes the best of course but it does require more work to debone. The next best thing is to use chicken thighs with the bone for extra flavor [and for the collagen around the joint ends which is good for your health] because it’s easy to remove those big bones later.
Oh boy, those chicken and dumplings look good!
I didn’t know about real southern dumplings until moving to the south. I always used the Bisquick fluffy kind. I still like those, but the chewy noodle-like ones are definitely a more comfort-type food.
And I had to learn to make biscuits, of course.
And don’t tell the neighbors, but when nobody is looking - I make cornbread the flour AND sugar. I can’t help it....