Chicken and cornmeal dumplings

[Sheila]

Chicken and cornmeal dumplings
9 oz Pk frozen cut green beans;
-thaw
2 c Cooked chicken; cube
2 c Potatoes; dice
13 3/4 oz Can chicken broth
12 oz Vegetable juice cocktail
1 ts Chili powder
6 dr Bottled hot pepper sauce
1/3 c Yellow cornmeal
2 tb Parsley; snip
1/2 c Celery; chop
1/2 c Onion; chop
1/2 ts Salt
1 1/4 c Packaged biscuit mix
1 c Sharp American cheese; shred
2/3 c Milk

Transfer beans to crockpot. Add chicken, potatoes,
chicken broth, vegetable juice, celery, onion, chili
powder, salt and hot pepper sauce, mixed together.
Cover. Cook on LOW for 4 hours. Turn to HIGH and heat
until bubbly. Add water at this point if needed.
Combine biscuit mix, cornmeal, 1/2 cup cheese and
parsley. Add milk and stir until just moistened. Drop
by tablespoons onto stew; cover. Cook 2 1/2 hours more
(don't lift cover). Sprinkle dumplings with rest of
cheese.