Easy to make Bacon dumplings
Gluten-Free Bacon dumplings to pair well with any type of stew or sauce.
Servings: 4 servings
Ingredients
- 4 cups of cubed gluten-free white bread
- 1 packet of bacon or 1 cup of crispy bacon
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup Glute-free flour add more if needed
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 cup of fresh herbs of your choice I use chives
- 1 tsp of freshly grounded nutmeg
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- If you are using fresh bacon, start cutting all your bacon into small pieces and fry till crispy. There is no rule on what flavor of bacon you can use. I also like to use already cooked bacon Crumbles from Costco when I am on a time crunch.Let bacon rest on a paper towel after frying to soak of extra fat from the bacon.
- While bacon is frying, cut all bread into cubes with crust included. Take a large bowl, as you will need space for mixing all ingredients together.
- Wash your herbs and cut them finely. I love to use chives, but parsley or green onion would work great as well, or a mix of all those if you cannot decide.
- Separate egg yolks from egg whites and add yolks, salt, and pepper to taste and a little bit of grated nutmeg. I love using fresh nutmeg. Time to add your crumbled bacon and mix all those goodies.
- We still have milk and flour left to add. After you add your milk and flour, mix everything thoroughly and set aside for about 10 minutes to let the bread soak all the liquid.
- While your bread is soaking, grab another bowl and whisk egg whites into a stiff. Add whisked egg whites to your dumplings and fold gently, to not break too many air bubbles from egg whites. That would make your Bacon dumplings mix too runny. If that would happen, add a couple of Tbsps of Gluten-free flour or more bread.
- Prep coffee mugs with cooking spray or butter. I personally use a dumpling maker, which I brought from Czech, but before I had it, I used mugs and cannot see the difference. They work the same.Fill your mugs about 2/3 full as they will cook; the dumpling will expand a bit.
- Stovetop cookingI tried two methods of cooking: – the first method is in a deeper pot with a lid, full of water. The coffee mugs should be submerged to about 2/3 of boiling water. Less is OK; make sure water is not splashing inside a mug.I also add a silicone ring on the bottom of the pot to ensure the mug is not sitting right on the heated element. I never had a mug to crack for me, but you never know. Cover your pot with a lid to create steam while cooking for 20 min.
- Instant Pot cookingIf you choose the Instant Pot method, it is very similar. Add 1 cup of water and placed the trivet at the bottom of the pot. Cooked dumplings for 15 minutes on a steam setting and let natural release work its magic. That means let’s sit for about 10 minutes after cooking is done. (make sure you are in seal position)
- When your dumplings are done cooking, pop them out from your mug. If they are sticking a bit to your mug, take a skinny knife and separate dumplings from the sides of a mug.Slice them to about 1/2 inch thickness and serve with your favorite dish.