Here, on the Eastern Shore, chicken dumplings might as well be a food group. My mom made chicken or turkey and dumplings as I was growing up, but she made drop. This chicken and flat dumplings recipe is true to southern fashion. Flat, almost noodle lik,e dumplings in a thick and creamy broth with shredded chicken. Old Fashioned Homemade Chicken and Dumplings Ingredients For The Dumplings 3c360g AP Flour 1tsp5g Salt 1c240ml Chicken Broth 4lb1. Chicken. Roll out dough, working from center. Dough will be firm. Roll to 18 inch thinness. Let it air dry for a minute or two while you return your attention to the boiling pot at the point at which you add the canned soup to the chicken mixture. Cut dumplings into 1 inch strips. Working with one strip at a time, hold strip over pot, pull it in half, and drop into the boiling stock. Remember, do not stir after dumplings have been added to pot. Note Frozen dumplings are available in most supermarkets if you dont have time to make them.