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

 * 4 lbs chicken thighs, skin removed (boneless thighs if you can find them)
 * water
 * 2 small onions, chopped
 * 1 tablespoon butter or oil
 * ½ teaspoon garlic powder
 * 1 teaspoon salt
 * ¼ teaspoon black pepper
 * 1 tablespoon paprika

Dumplings

 * 2 cups all-purpose flour
 * ½ teaspoon salt
 * ¼ teaspoon black pepper
 * 1 teaspoon paprika
 * 1 large egg, beaten
 * water

Directions

 * 1) In a stock pot or dutch oven saute onions in butter until tender.
 * 2) Add water until pot is about ⅓ full.
 * 3) Add chicken thighs, garlic powder, salt, pepper and paprika.
 * 4) Make sure water is covering the chicken, if not add more until it just covers.
 * 5) Bring to a boil and then simmer for 90 minutes.

Dumplings

 * 1) In the meantime, make the dumplings: mix the flour, salt, pepper and paprika in a medium bowl until combined.
 * 2) Make a well in the center and drop in the egg and about ¼ cup water.
 * 3) Stir and add more water by the tablespoon until you have a sticky dough that just leaves the side of the bowl.
 * 4) In a different large pot from chicken, boil water.
 * 5) 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.
 * 6) When dumplings start floating on top, remove them with a slotted spoon or drain them.
 * 7) You may have to reduce the heat to see when they are floating.
 * 8) About 30 minutes before chicken should be done, add the dumplings to the pot with the chicken.
 * 9) After 30 minutes, you should have a delicious dish.
 * 10) 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.