Chicken and Dumplings

This hearty comfort food is incredibly popular. It’s easy to make with ingredients you can source with ease and it’s also an affordable option. So, if you want something cozy and delicious for your evening meal, you can’t go wrong with homemade chicken and dumplings.

It’s a crockpot meal, which means adding everything to your slow cooker and letting it gently cook, low and slow, all day long. This really coaxes out all those wonderfully tasty flavors. It’s a great idea for busy days when you might not be going out of the house all day but you have a bunch of chores to get on with and want to prep dinner and then just forget all about it until you’re ready to serve it up.

It’s a low-effort dish which tastes like you’ve spent all day cooking, and everyone will be impressed with the gorgeous flavors this chicken and dumplings meal offers.

Why You’ll Love the Recipe:

Chicken and dumplings is a wonderful homestyle meal which the whole family is going to love. It’s so easy to make when using a crockpot and the buttermilk biscuits make delicious dumplings.

How to Serve It:

Enjoy a bowl of this with some crusty bread on the side perhaps.  

Can You Make It Ahead?

You can prepare it ahead and warm it up again. 

Storage Instructions:

Chicken and dumplings should be kept in an airtight container in the fridge and eaten within 3 days. You can also freeze it in portions for several months.

Variations and Substitutions:

This is also good with turkey or, if you aren’t keen on chicken thighs, you can use chicken breast. Make it with leftover roasted or rotisserie chicken if you want, adding it when you add the vegetables.

Ingredients:

• Chicken thighs
• Cream of celery soup
• Cream of chicken soup
• Yellow onion
• Chicken broth
• Fresh parsley
• Poultry seasoning
• Thawed mixed vegetables
• Refrigerated buttermilk biscuits
• Black pepper, to taste

How to make Chicken and Dumplings:

Step 1. Put the onion in a crockpot and arrange the chicken thighs on top.

Step 2. Mix the canned soups, onion, chicken broth, parsley and poultry seasoning in a mixing bowl.

Step 3. Pour this mixture over the chicken thighs in the crockpot.

Step 4. Cover and cook on high for 4 hours.

Step 5. Add the thawed mixed vegetables and shred the chicken using a pair of forks

Step 6. Flatten each of the refrigerated biscuits and cut each one into 4 long slices.

Step 7. Layer these biscuits on top of the mixture in the crockpot.

Step 8. Cover and cook for an hour, then stir and serve hot, garnished with more chopped parsley if liked.

This chicken and dumplings recipe is truly delicious comfort food. Whether you’re looking for a pick-me-up or you just want a no-nonsense meal you don’t have to stand over stirring, this one ticks all the boxes. And it tastes so good!

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