Update, when I pulled the chicken out to prep it, this thing was huge, don't know why I did not know that. Anyway, turns out the grandson could not make it, so just me and the wife. Decided to only go with half chicken, even had to cut the breast and thigh into 2 parts each, and those were still on the large side, this was a little over 6lbs chicken whole. Ever sense I mentioned chicken and dumplings, it has been in the back of my mind, so that is the plan at a later date. Even though we only had 1/2 of this chicken last night there is going to be enough leftover for tonight with the grandson, for the life of me I don't understand why the two of us are so fat.
As for my cook it went very well, made bbq baked beans on the pellet cooker along with the chicken which turned out very tasty, also made a tomato and cucumber salad, which includes green pepper and onion, in vinegar, and Italian dressing, also very taste. Have not made either of these two sides in a long while, it turned out to be the right thing to do.:clap:
Now I know some here will say, you should have cooked the whole bird, and used the left over bird for the dumplings , which I personally would love to do, but my wife, and my grandson would not appreciate smoked chicken in that dish, in fact I can't get away with using smoked or grilled meant of any kind in any dish, its just how they are, and it can be very frustrating at times. Besides the broth from using a raw chicken is well worth it.:thumb:
Dave
