Recipe: Perfect Chicken and Dumplings

Chicken and Dumplings. This chicken and dumplings soup is super easy to make thanks to Pillsbury™ biscuit dough, but you can make it even easier! Chicken and dumplings are the ultimate comfort food, aren't they? When we were kids, my mother used to make chicken and dumplings for us by simply adding Bisquick biscuit dough to chicken stew.

This easy Chicken and Dumplings Recipe is just like mom used to make! This recipe will teach you how to make chicken and dumplings that's full of old fashioned homemade goodness. Chicken and dumplings can be a little difficult to get right, but the flour and cornmeal in this recipe help prevent gloopy flour balls. You can cook Chicken and Dumplings using 15 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Chicken and Dumplings

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

Slightly brothy, slightly creamy, with the most delectable dumplings. How do you make chicken & dumplings in a slow cooker? This recipe is broken down into two parts: cooking chicken and cooking biscuits. Prepare dumplings and set them aside for a few minutes.

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.

Shake the pot gently in a circular motion to submerge dumplings in stock. For the dumplings: While the chicken is simmering, make the dough for the dumplings. Drop tablespoons of dumpling dough into the simmering pot. Add the minced parsley if using. Chicken and dumpling stew is a quick and easy weeknight dinner that will warm you up and put a smile on everyone's face.

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