Bacon Smoked Salmon and Dumplings

Bacon Smoked Salmon and Dumplings

Ingredients:

• 3 slices bacon
• 3 large potatoes, peeled and diced
• 1 onion, diced
• 16 oz. Alaska Smokehouse Smoked Salmon, flaked
• 3 cups chicken broth
• 1 teaspoon poultry seasoning
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1 (15.25 ounce) can whole kernel corn, drained and rinsed
• 3 cups half-and-half
• 1 1/2 cups biscuit mix
• 1 cup milk

Procedure:

1. Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain, crumble and set aside; reserve bacon drippings in skillet.
2. Add potatoes, onion and salmon to bacon drippings and cook for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
3. Pour in chicken broth; season with poultry seasoning, salt and pepper. Stir in corn, and simmer all together for 15 minutes.
4. Pour in half-and-half and bring to a boil; add crumbled bacon.
5. In a medium bowl, combine biscuit mix with milk and mix well (dough should be thick).
6. Drop tablespoon sizes of dough into boiling mixture; reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes uncovered, then another 10 minutes covered. (Note: Do not stir while simmering, or dumplings will break apart). Serve hot.