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Chicken and dumplings The dumplings are tender and absorb the savory broth and every bowl is filled with chunks of chicken. This easy Chicken and Dumplings Recipe is just like mom used to make! Add the chicken and cook until browned on both sides. You can have Chicken and dumplings using 22 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Chicken and dumplings

  1. Prepare of chicken broth.
  2. You need of bay leaves.
  3. Prepare of fresh thyme sprigs.
  4. You need of garlic cloves, peeled.
  5. Prepare of crushed red pepper flakes.
  6. It's of chopped carrots.
  7. You need of chopped celery.
  8. Prepare of olive oil.
  9. It's of butter.
  10. You need of garlic cloves, minced.
  11. Prepare of flour.
  12. Prepare of frozen peas/asparagus.
  13. You need of rotisserie chicken, shredded.
  14. You need of heavy cream.
  15. It's of Dumplings:.
  16. You need of flour.
  17. Prepare of baking powder.
  18. It's of salt.
  19. You need of cayenne pepper.
  20. It's of buttermilk.
  21. You need of eggs. lightly beaten.
  22. You need of chives, for garnish.

Chicken and dumplings makes the most of chicken in scarcity, when a single bird must feed a multitude. Although it gets top billing, the meat itself isn't the star of the meal. Chicken and dumplings is one of the classic Southern American comfort food that everyone loves. This comforting savory treat consists of chicken cooked to tenderness.

Chicken and dumplings instructions

  1. In large saucepan, combine first 5 ingredients. Bring to boil. reduce heat, simmer for 30 min. Strain and set aside..
  2. Saute carrots and celery in oil and butter in a 6 qt sauce pot on med until tender. Add minced garlic for 1 min. Whisk in flour until blended and add broth. Bring to boil. Cook 2 min until thickened..
  3. Add peas and return to boil. Cook 3-5min. Stir in chicken and cream, heat through. I use asparagus instead of peas..
  4. For dumplings: combine flour,,baking powder, salt and cayenne in a large bowl. Combine buttermilk and eggs in a bowl. Stir into dry ingredients until moist. ** I use half the amounts for dumplings and have plenty to cover chicken mixture. **.
  5. Drop by tablespoonsfuls onto simmering chicken mixture. Cover and simmer 20 min or until a toothpick inserted in a dumpling comes out clean and do not lift lid while simmering. Garnish with chives.

Prepare dumplings and set them aside for a few minutes. Shake the pot gently in a circular motion to submerge dumplings in stock. Making the dumplings is easy, you just whisk together some dry ingredients (flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt), add butter and buttermilk, and dollop the dough on top of your chicken stew mixture. 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.