What makes this version of classic chicken and dumplings extra delicious is its long and slow simmer time.
While this chicken and dumplings recipe will take about three hours to cook, everything comes together in a single Dutch oven, meaning this one-pot meal will require little clean-up afterwards.
The chicken, celery, carrot, onion and parsley in this dish makes for a meaty, flavorful slow.
Ingredients of Chicken and Dumplings
- You need 1-1/2 of lbs. boneless breast of chicken, diced.
- You need 2 tbs. of extra virgin olive oil or vegetable oil.
- It's 1 cup of diced raw carrots.
- It's 1 cup of diced onion.
- Prepare 4 cloves of garlic, finely chopped.
- You need 5 TBS. of butter.
- It's 6 TBS. of flour.
- Prepare 6 cups of chicken broth.
- You need 1/2 cup of heavy cream.
- It's 1/2 tsp. of thyme.
- Prepare 2 of bay leaves.
- You need 1 cup of frozen corn.
- You need 2 TBS. of dried parsley.
- Prepare of For the Dumplings:.
- You need 2 cups of flour.
- You need 1 TBS. of baking powder.
- You need 1/2 tsp. of each of salt and pepper.
- It's 1-1/3 cups of heavy cream.
Chicken and Dumplings step by step
- First, prepare the dumplings by mixing together flour, baking powder, salt, pepper and heavy cream. Mix together until it forms a ball of dough. Form small meatball sized balls, apx. 12. Set aside..
- Next, sautee chicken in a soup pot on high in extra virgin olive oil until lightly browned (about 10 minutes). Remove chicken from pot and set aside..
- Add to the soup pot the carrots, onions, garlic, butter and 6 tablespoons of flour. Stir until the mixture becomes pasty..
- Add the chicken back into the pot along with chicken broth, heavy cream, thyme, 2 bay leaves and frozen corn. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes..
- Remove the bay leaves, drop the dumplings in, top with parsley. Cover and simmer an additional 15 minutes..
- Ladle into bowls and enjoy!.
Cook, covered, on high until mixture reaches a simmer. Drop dumplings on top of simmering soup, a few at a time. Chicken and tender dumplings meet in Sunny's hearty, comforting main dish. Alton cooks Chicken and Dropped Dumplings just like his mom used to make. This chicken and dumplings soup is super easy to make thanks to Pillsbury™ biscuit dough, but you can make it even easier!
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