It was the first state to ratify the Constitution and enter the Union. It's known for horseshoe crabs, blue chickens, and a whole bunch of corporations. It's the home state of President Joe Biden, and Aubrey Plaza.
It may be one of the smallest states in America, but Delaware has more than a few claims to fame. But what kind of food is it best known for? Delaware shares most of its famous food with other states. , with scores of shacks dotting the coastline, but it's somewhat overshadowed by Maryland in that category.
You can find , on Delawarean tables, but this, too, is overshadowed by its association with Pennsylvania (specifically Philadelphia, which sits a little over 30 miles away from Wilmington). There is one innovation, however, that's quintessentially Delaware (well, sort of): the state's take on chicken and dumplings, "slippery dumplings." Delaware does chicken and dumplings differently Anyone with a passing knowledge of Southern comfort food knows about chicken and dumplings.
Like a down-home version of matzo ball soup, the dish consists of a thick, gravy-like chicken broth with pieces of chicken and balls of biscuit dough floating in it. Although it's commonly claimed that it was invented to get families through the Depression, it likely originated in the antebellum South. It makes sense that Delaware, with its sizable poultry industry and its mid-Atlantic location (not too far removed from the South), would take to the dish.
But they do it a little differently. .
