Chicken and Dumplings Chicken and dumplings can be a little difficult to get right, but the flour and cornmeal in this recipe help prevent gloopy flour balls. Slightly brothy, slightly creamy, with the most delectable dumplings. Chicken and dumplings is one of the classic Southern American comfort food that everyone loves.

Ingredients of Chicken and Dumplings

  1. Prepare 1 1/2 pounds of cooked chicken, cubed or shredded.
  2. Prepare 1 tablespoon of olive oil, 2 tablespoons butter.
  3. You need 2-3 of carrots sliced thinly.
  4. You need 2 of ribs celery sliced thinly.
  5. Prepare 1 of onion diced.
  6. You need 1 clove of garlic minced.
  7. You need 1 of bay leaf.
  8. Prepare to taste of salt and cracked pepper to taste (don't skimp on pepper.
  9. You need 2 teaspoons of poultry seasoning.
  10. Prepare 2 tablespoons of flour.
  11. You need 1 quart of chicken stock.
  12. Prepare 1 of small box biscuit mix, I prefer Jiffy.
  13. It's 1/2 cup of warm water.
  14. Prepare handful of flat leaf parsley, chopped.
  15. You need 1 cup of frozen peas.

Chicken and Dumplings step by step

  1. Dice or shred the cooked chicken into bite size pieces, set aside.
  2. Place a large soup pot over med high heat. Add oil, butter, vegetables (minus peas), bay leaf and stir about 5 minutes.
  3. Season with salt, pepper, poultry seasoning. Add flour to the pan and stir for 2 minutes.
  4. Stir in chicken broth and bring to a boil, add chicken, stir.
  5. Combine biscuit mid and warm water in a bowl. Add parsely, a little cracked pepper and mix until combined.. Do not over work or your dumplings will be tough.
  6. Drop tablespoons of biscuit mixture into the pot. Space them out let them get a coating before adding them all in together. Cover pot tightly, reduce heat to low and steam for 8-10 minutes.
  7. Stir soup a bit to help thicken. Stir in peas and cook until peas are thawed. Remove from heat, discard bay leaf and serve.

It's comforting, filling and made with healthy, real food ingredients! This is one of those meals that I had never cooked or even eaten before. The first step in making chicken and dumplings soup is to make the dumplings. This homemade dumpling recipe is so easy. This Homemade Chicken and Dumplings recipe adds hearty, biscuit-style dumplings to a rich chicken stew filled Southern Chicken and Dumplings.

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