Chicken with dumplings
1 stewing chicken cut in pieces and stewed
3 to 4 cups broth
6 tablespoons chicken fat
3 to 6 tablespoons flour
Salt and pepper
Remove pieces of chicken from the broth and keep them hot. Skim fat from broth.
Blend fat and flour, stir in several spoonfuls of the broth, and pour the mixture into the rest of the broth, stirring constantly.
Cook this gravy until it is slightly thickened. Season to taste.