Turkey and Noodles
#1
I love homemade noodles. So here is my version.
You will need:
Turkey or chicken Broth approx 3 quarts
Turkey or chicken approx 2 cups diced
Homemade is best. If you don't have any from roasting your turkey you can make your own by boiling a whole chicken. I cook it for several hours to get a rich broth and the chicken is falling off the bones.
Set your broth on the stove to heat to boiling before you start making your noodles
2 cups flour
4 eggs
I put the flour in a bowl and add the eggs to the center. I don't bother to whisk my eggs I just add them. With a fork cut them into the flour like you would cold butter. Keep mixing until you can form a dough ball. You can add more flour or more eggs according to what your dough is feeling like. You want it to be not sticky and able to form a ball. Add more flour as needed.
I divide the dough into two or three balls.
Flour your surface well
Flatten a ball of dough on the floured service.
Add flour to the top of the dough so it is covered.
Flour your rolling pin.
Roll the dough out to about 1/8" thick. Probably the same as pie crust.
I have cut this with a knife but if you have a noodle cutter that is better. I have a hand held small cutter similar to a pizza cutter. It is an antique I picked up at a junk shop a long time ago. Make sure you flour your cutter if you are using a hand cutter or knife.
So cut the noodles by cutting long strips. Then I cut from left to right so you have 1 1/2" to 2" sections. I push the strips of noodles into a pile and just start jumbling them up and I have found this will help to seperate the noodles without having to pull each one apart. Then I drop them in the hot boiling broth. After you have all the noodles cut add the cubed turkey or chicken. I don't like stringy meat so I add the meat last.
Repeat with the other dough balls.
I cook mine at least 30 mins. Taste test to see if they are done. It is good to stir alot to keep them from sticking to the bottom.
I make alot and I freeze individual portions in ziplock bags.
You will need:
Turkey or chicken Broth approx 3 quarts
Turkey or chicken approx 2 cups diced
Homemade is best. If you don't have any from roasting your turkey you can make your own by boiling a whole chicken. I cook it for several hours to get a rich broth and the chicken is falling off the bones.
Set your broth on the stove to heat to boiling before you start making your noodles
2 cups flour
4 eggs
I put the flour in a bowl and add the eggs to the center. I don't bother to whisk my eggs I just add them. With a fork cut them into the flour like you would cold butter. Keep mixing until you can form a dough ball. You can add more flour or more eggs according to what your dough is feeling like. You want it to be not sticky and able to form a ball. Add more flour as needed.
I divide the dough into two or three balls.
Flour your surface well
Flatten a ball of dough on the floured service.
Add flour to the top of the dough so it is covered.
Flour your rolling pin.
Roll the dough out to about 1/8" thick. Probably the same as pie crust.
I have cut this with a knife but if you have a noodle cutter that is better. I have a hand held small cutter similar to a pizza cutter. It is an antique I picked up at a junk shop a long time ago. Make sure you flour your cutter if you are using a hand cutter or knife.
So cut the noodles by cutting long strips. Then I cut from left to right so you have 1 1/2" to 2" sections. I push the strips of noodles into a pile and just start jumbling them up and I have found this will help to seperate the noodles without having to pull each one apart. Then I drop them in the hot boiling broth. After you have all the noodles cut add the cubed turkey or chicken. I don't like stringy meat so I add the meat last.
Repeat with the other dough balls.
I cook mine at least 30 mins. Taste test to see if they are done. It is good to stir alot to keep them from sticking to the bottom.
I make alot and I freeze individual portions in ziplock bags.
#2
Sounds great. Thanks. We call these Chicken & Dumplings, but have never had it with Turkey. I'll have to try it next time I cook Turkey. Ken will have the turkey I had him get for the freezer smoked before Christmas & I bring some of the turkey & the carcass home to boil it down for broth. My Uncle & folks down close to New Orleans call it Rue. Sometimes I put celery & onions in it. I hadn't tried to freeze it before with dumplings/noodles, but I'm sure I'd eat it more often if I could just unfreeze it. Making noodles is something I don't do much of anymore. When it's just me I don't cook a lot.
#3
I make them about once a month and I love to have them in the freezer to pull out and thaw in the microwave. Takes about 6 mins in the microwave and they are great. I freeze them in ziplocks and then I peel the plastic off and put it in a bowl to cook. Love them!
My friend Dorothy uses baking powder and adds water but I like my version. Hers is more fluffy but I like my rustic(simple) version that is really easy to make.
My friend Dorothy uses baking powder and adds water but I like my version. Hers is more fluffy but I like my rustic(simple) version that is really easy to make.
#4
Sure Lorretta anytime!! My mom cooks from scratch and I cook from scratch mostly. My daughter and both of my sons know how to cook pretty much any thing I do. My daughter creates her own recipes alot too. She wants to publish a cookbook and is working on it. She focuses on how to put together meals and freeze them ahead. She has a lot of shortcuts and ideas that are pretty good.
My youngest called me one day a few years ago and wanted my recipes for homemade from scratch pancake mix/ baking powder biscuits/ and pie dough recipes. Nathan calls and asks questions sometimes to refresh his memory. How long to cook a turkey. What do you add to this recipe etc. Sometimes it's things my mom does and not me and I have him call her instead.
My mother in law taught all 8 of her boys to cook and I didn't learn to cook as a child beyond making cookies. So I learned a lot from my mother inlaw. Her only daughter learned to cook for a larger family and she went on to work as a cook iin a restaurant for a few years.
My youngest called me one day a few years ago and wanted my recipes for homemade from scratch pancake mix/ baking powder biscuits/ and pie dough recipes. Nathan calls and asks questions sometimes to refresh his memory. How long to cook a turkey. What do you add to this recipe etc. Sometimes it's things my mom does and not me and I have him call her instead.
My mother in law taught all 8 of her boys to cook and I didn't learn to cook as a child beyond making cookies. So I learned a lot from my mother inlaw. Her only daughter learned to cook for a larger family and she went on to work as a cook iin a restaurant for a few years.
#5
No I didn't see it. I will have to look it up.
I got one off of the show Food Network's Next Big Star or something like that. The guy that came in second said he uses 3 cups flour and 3 sticks of butter and that is all. So I have been using that one. It is really flaky but I cut back on the butter. The 3 sticks is just too much in my opinion. It is still just as flaky.
I make homemade potpies with that dough and leftover roast beef and vegs. It is really good. Then I usually make enough dough to have some to roll out and I do it like you would for cinnamon rolls. I use canned apple filling and a little cinn and sugar and butter in the center. Roll the pastry over to cover the filling and I brush the top with milk and sprinkle on cinn and sugar. and bake.
I have looked a long time for a good pie crust!!
I will have to try yours out!
I got one off of the show Food Network's Next Big Star or something like that. The guy that came in second said he uses 3 cups flour and 3 sticks of butter and that is all. So I have been using that one. It is really flaky but I cut back on the butter. The 3 sticks is just too much in my opinion. It is still just as flaky.
I make homemade potpies with that dough and leftover roast beef and vegs. It is really good. Then I usually make enough dough to have some to roll out and I do it like you would for cinnamon rolls. I use canned apple filling and a little cinn and sugar and butter in the center. Roll the pastry over to cover the filling and I brush the top with milk and sprinkle on cinn and sugar. and bake.
I have looked a long time for a good pie crust!!
I will have to try yours out!
#7
I've never had a real apple struedel but this dough with the apple filling makes me think of it. It is a long roll and looks alot like the pictures I see of it. I make a Sally Lunn homemade bread and my DH and I have taken that dough as it is sweet and used it for cinnamon rolls. It is fantastic! But being diabetic now I don't do it very often. I like to make them and then freeze them individually so we can pull them out as needed. Yum!
#10
Originally Posted by amma
I am making home made noodles tomorrow...but I have to say the apple streudel you were talking about sounds wonderful, too!!!
My daughter does alot of canning and she cans her own apple pie filling. I ought to ask for some huh? I know she'd share. I'll have to remember to ask!
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