Easy Chicken and Dumplings

Here it is. An easy recipe for chicken and dumplings. Such a comfort food. Such a delight. I used to ask for this for my birthday dinner. This and Angel Food cake which had to be frosted. Yum.

Ingredients

1 whole Chicken cut into pieces- or you can use chicken breasts or thighs…really whatever mixture of chicken you have…

1 onion- peeled and cut into chunks
3 large carrots, cut into thirds or I often use baby carrots, as many as I want to add in
3 stalks celery, cut into thirds

You can add more carrots and celery if you like.
8 cups low sodium chicken broth

1 bay leaf 
salt & pepper

Instructions

• Combine chicken, onion, carrots and celery, S&P, and Bay Leaf in a large pot.

• Add chicken broth. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer covered 45-60 minutes or until chicken is tender. While broth is simmering, prepare dumplings below.

• Remove chicken and vegetables from broth. Discard skin and bones and chop remaining chicken, set aside.

• Gently add dumplings (see recipe below) to broth. Simmer 15-20 minutes or until tender, with the lid on.

• Stir chicken and vegetables into broth and cook about 2-3 minutes or until heated through.

• At the end to thicken the broth add in:

  1 tablespoon flour, 1 cup milk and 1/2 stick of butter.

Make the dumplings and roll out while you are cooking the chicken and let the dumplings air dry….

Dumplings

2 cups Pioneer Baking mix

1 egg

1/3-2/3 cup milk

Beat egg and add to Pioneer mix in a large bowl.  Pour in milk 1/3 cup at a time, until mixture forms a soft dough.  You want a soft dough, not sticky.  Knead a few times on a floured surface then roll to 1/8” thickness.  Cut dough into 1”x 2” strips.  Flour generously to keep from sticking.

OR

Here’s a recipe for homemade dumplings…if you don’t have Pioneer mix.

I made these recently, and I give them my seal of approval. This site also shows you what it looks like when you roll them out and let them kind of dry out.

These are my dumplings rolled out and waiting to drop into the simmering broth.

Here is what Gluten-Free dumplings look like…

Here is a recipe for a gluten-free version. I had my roadie, Maureen, test these out and she said they were delicious.

Hope you enjoy making some time to make this old fashioned favorite. No matter which dumplings you make, you will have a delicious meal to share.

I would love to hear if you try these and how they turned out in your kitchen. Let me hear!