Chicken and Dumplings
Chicken and Dumplings

Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, chicken and dumplings. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Chicken and Dumplings is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look wonderful. Chicken and Dumplings is something which I have loved my whole life.

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.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have chicken and dumplings using 21 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken and Dumplings:
  1. Take Chicken
  2. Prepare 2 tbsp butter
  3. Take 2 tbsp olive oil
  4. Make ready 1 whole medium chicken, cut into pieces
  5. Make ready to taste Salt
  6. Make ready to taste Ground black pepper
  7. Take 1/2 cup carrots, finely diced
  8. Take 1/2 cup celery, finely diced
  9. Prepare 1 large onion, finely diced
  10. Make ready 1/2 tsp ground turmeric
  11. Make ready 1/2 tsp ground thyme
  12. Take 1.5 L/6 cups chicken broth
  13. Take 1/2 half and half (see step 3 for substitute)
  14. Prepare 2 tbsp all-purpose flour/plain flour
  15. Take Dumplings
  16. Prepare 1 1/2 all-purpose flour/plain flour
  17. Take 1/2 cup yellow cornmeal/fine polenta
  18. Take 1 heaped tbsp baking powder
  19. Make ready 1 tsp salt
  20. Take 1 1/2 cups half and half (see step 3 for substitute)
  21. Make ready 2 tbsp minced parsley

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.

Steps to make Chicken and Dumplings:
  1. Melt the butter with the olive oil over a medium/high heat. Season the chicken with a little salt and pepper. Over 2 batches brown the chicken on all sides and transfer to a clean plant and set aside.
  2. Using the same pot add the carrots, onions and celery. Stir and fry for 3-4 minutes over a low/medium heat. Add in the turmeric and thyme, then pour in the broth. Stir and add the chicken back into the pot. Cover with a lid and simmer for around 20 minutes.
  3. In the meantime while the chicken is simmering prepare the dumpling batter. Sift together into a bowl the flour, cornmeal, salt and baking powder. Then add the half and half and gently stir together until combined. Set aside. (Substitute for half and half: Mix 1 tsp of melted butter per 1/4 cup of milk)
  4. Remove the chicken pieces from the pot and set aside on a plate. Using two forks remove the chicken from the bones and shred it. Remove most of the chicken skin aswell. Return the shredded chicken to the pot. Mix together the half and half and flour and then add it into the pot and stir to combine. Check seasoning, add more salt and pepper if needed.
  5. Using a tablespoon drop the dumpling batter into the pot one by one. Sprinkle with the parsley. Cover again with the lid and allow to simmer for another 15 minutes. Allow to rest for 10-15 minutes before serving.

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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