Mom's Chicken and Dumplings

Description
This was a staple at our house when I was growing up. My mom made this about two times a month and often had to double the dumplings! Since my mom is not good at exact measurements, I tried my best to recreate this great one pot meal from her verbal instructions. She calls this Chicken Paprika, but I am told it would have to have sour cream in it, and it doesn't, which is fine with me.



Ingredients
water Dumplings water
 * 4 lbs chicken thighs, skin removed (boneless thighs if you can find them)
 * 2 small onions, chopped
 * 1 tablespoon butter or oil
 * 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
 * 1 teaspoon salt
 * 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
 * 1 tablespoon paprika
 * 2 cups all-purpose flour
 * 1/2 teaspoon salt
 * 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
 * 1 teaspoon paprika
 * 1 large egg, beaten

Directions

 * In a stock pot or dutch oven saute onions in butter until tender.
 * Add water until pot is about 1/3 full.
 * Add chicken thighs, garlic powder, salt, pepper and paprika.
 * Make sure water is covering the chicken, if not add more until it just covers.
 * Bring to a boil and then simmer for 90 minutes.
 * In the meantime, make the dumplings: Mix the flour, salt, pepper and paprika in a medium bowl until combined.
 * Make a well in the center and drop in the egg and about 1/4 cup water.
 * Stir and add more water by the tablespoon until you have a sticky dough that just leaves the side of the bowl.
 * In a different large pot from chicken, boil water.
 * Drop dumpling mixture by the teaspoon into the boiling water.
 * (I use a regular teaspoon from my flatware, not a measuring spoon.) If dumpling mix is too sticky to drop from spoon, then dip the spoon into the boiling water, the dumpling should slide right off.
 * When dumplings start floating on top, remove them with a slotted spoon or drain them.
 * You may have to reduce the heat to see when they are floating.
 * About 30 minutes before chicken should be done, add the dumplings to the pot with the chicken.
 * After 30 minutes, you should have a delicious dish.
 * the chicken should be tender enough that it is falling off of the bone and the dumplings should have made a thicker sauce out of the liquid the chicken was cooking in.