Description
Enjoy a delightful bowl of homemade Chicken and Dumplings that’s creamy, hearty, and easy to make. Try this comforting recipe today!
Ingredients
Scale
- 6 tablespoons butter
- 1 cup diced yellow onion
- 1 cup matchstick carrots
- 1 cup diced celery
- 4 cloves garlic (minced)
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 (12 oz) can evaporated milk
- 1 (32 oz) quart chicken stock
- 4 cups shredded cooked chicken
- 1 tablespoon fresh thyme (or 1 teaspoon dried thyme, optional)
- 2 teaspoons freshly cracked black pepper (or to taste)
- salt (to taste)
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon, plus 1 teaspoon, baking powder
- 1 teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon fresh thyme (or 1 teaspoon dried thyme, optional)
- 3/4 cup (6 oz) whole milk
- 4 tablespoons butter (melted)
Instructions
- In a large heavy-bottomed pot like a dutch oven, melt butter over medium-high heat.
- Add onion, carrots, and celery. Cook for 5 minutes until vegetables begin to soften.
- Stir in garlic and cook for an additional minute.
- Add flour to the vegetable mixture and stir well to combine.
- Cook for about 1 minute while stirring constantly.
- Gradually add the evaporated milk and chicken stock while stirring continuously to avoid lumps.
- If using raw chicken, add an extra cup of chicken broth (or water) and the raw chicken pieces.
- Simmer for approximately 20 minutes until fully cooked.
- Shred the cooked chicken and return it to the soup.
- If using pre-cooked chicken, bring the soup base to a boil before adding shredded chicken along with thyme, black pepper, and salt.
- Prepare your dumpling mixture by combining flour, baking powder, pepper, salt, thyme, whole milk, and melted butter in a mixing bowl until just combined.
- Drop spoonfuls of dumpling batter into your simmering soup. Cover tightly and let cook for about 15 minutes until fluffy.
- Serve hot for a cozy meal that warms both body and spirit!
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Main
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 420
- Sugar: 6g
- Sodium: 850mg
- Fat: 19g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 40g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 30g
- Cholesterol: 75mg