Chicken and Dumplings
servings
Warm your belly and your soul on a cold night with Homemade Chicken and Dumplings. This classic chicken dish is a family favorite of many with a combination of chicken, broth, and fluffy dumplings.
Ingredients
- 3 cups roughly chopped cooked chicken
- 52 ounces low sodium chicken broth or stock (3) 14-ounce cans
- 10.75 ounces cream of celery soup
- 2 teaspoons poultry seasoning
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- ½ teaspoon dried tarragon
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- 4 tablespoons salted butter room temperature
Dumplings
- ½ cup salted cold butter cubed
- 3 cups self-rising flour
- 1 cup whole buttermilk
Instructions
- Place the chicken, chicken stock, celery soup, poultry seasoning, salt, pepper, tarragon, onion powder, and garlic powder in a large pot over high heat and bring to a boil.
- In a small bowl, mix together the flour and butter to form a paste. Whisk into the pot to thicken the broth.
To Make the Dumplings
- Cut the butter into the flour, using a pastry blender or food processor, until the mixture resembles cornmeal.
- Using a fork, mix the buttermilk into the flour until it forms a soft dough.
- Using a 2-ounce ice cream scoop or tablespoon, drop the dough into the boiling broth. Immediately lower the heat to a simmer and cover tightly. Allow to simmer for 25 minutes without lifting the lid.
- Uncover and gently stir. Let rest, uncovered, for at least 5 minutes, to allow the both to thicken.
Cook's Note:
- In place of poultry seasoning, you may use 1/2 teaspoon each of ground sage, ground marjoram, ground thyme and ground rosemary.
Notes
I seasoned each of the chicken breasts I cooked with 1 1/2 teaspoons of Weber's Kick'N Chicken Seasoning and reduced the amount of poultry seasoning called for to 1 1/2 teaspoons and omitted the salt, pepper, tarragon, onion powder and garlic powder.
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 401kcal | Carbohydrates: 43g | Protein: 32g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 78mg | Sodium: 1694mg | Potassium: 684mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 340IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 63mg | Iron: 2mg