Granny’s, Old-Fashioned Chicken and Dumplings

There are some recipes that just make you feel good. Chicken and dumplings is always one of those recipes for me! If it’s cold outside. If you aren’t feeling well. If you’ve had a bad day. It’s just one of those warm yummy comfort foods, that makes everything better. Plus its super simple and can be a whole meal in itself!

I feel like chicken and dumplings is a simple recipe, but I’ve had several women tell me they don’t make them. They tried one time and it turned out like glue and they are too scared to try again. I hate that, because I feel like this is one of those recipes that is so simple, but still so good and flavorful. Everyone should enjoy the comfort of chicken and dumplings!

I’ve seen several different recipes, but the way I was taught to make it, like Granny, is literally-

chicken and dumplings

Of course, the best way to start it out is to cook a chicken so you have that yummy broth, but many times I don’t have fresh broth and store bought tastes fine too. I make biscuit dough and just loosely roll it into balls, but you could roll it out and cut it if you like flat dumplings. OR you can even use canned biscuit dough if you are in a hurry. You see, its a pretty simple and forgiving recipe!

For me, the trick is the boiling. Get the broth and chicken to a boil and then drop in the dumplings. Reduce to a low simmer for a few minutes and they are the perfect consistency! I can whip this up in about 30 minutes and its also a great one pot meal!

With flavorful stock, big chunks of chicken, and fluffy dumplings, it’s a perfect wintertime meal.

Now the important question. Do you call them dumplings or dumplin’s???

Old Fashioned Chicken and Dumplin’s

Recipe by Ellie @ourlifefromscratchblog.comCourse: Food From ScratchCuisine: AmericanDifficulty: Easy

Servings

8

servings

Prep time

5

minutes

Cooking time

30

minutes

Resting Time

10

minutes

Ingredients

• 4 chicken breasts (uncooked)

• 6 cups of chicken broth

• 1 teaspoon of parsley

• 1 teaspoon of celery salt

• salt and pepper to taste

• Dumpling Dough

• 2 Cups of all purpose flour

• 1 Stick of butter

• 3 teaspoon of baking powder

• 2 teaspoons of sugar

• 1/2 teaspoons of salt

• 3/4 Cup of milk

Directions

• In a large stock pot, bring chicken broth to a boil. Add in seasonings.
• Place the chicken breast in the chicken broth and cook the chicken.
  While the chicken is cooking make the dumplings dough. Mix all of the dough ingredients together and roll into balls.
• Once chicken is cooked thoroughly, shred it and add back into the broth.
• Once it’s back to a boil, start adding your dumpling dough to the mixture.
• After adding dumplings, boil for 3-5 minutes, then reduce to low until you serve.

Recipe Video

Notes

• If you prefer flat dumplings, you can roll out the dough and cup into sections. I just pinch off sections and roll loosely into balls. It saves time and my family likes the big dumplings.
• You can also add celery, carrots, or other vegetables to cook with the chicken in step two if you’d like.
• This is an easy recipe to double if you’re feeding a crowd! I not only double the chicken and broth, but also the dumpling dough too!

See what products I used:

I use this to store my flour and sugar. It’s functional and also looks pretty on my counter top!

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