Chicken and Dumplings

Ingredients to Make Chicken and Dumplings

For the Chicken Soup

• Chicken thighs and legs. You can also use chicken breast, but I like using the thighs when making chicken and dumplings instead of chicken breast.

• Onion and Garlic. Using these two vegetables is a must and do not substitute with onion and garlic powder.

• Carrot, corn, and celery. I feel that this combination of vegetables is amazing. Feel free to add more from your favorite vegetables, but make sure that it won’t get mushy, like zucchini.

• Olive oil and Butter. Chicken and dumplings soup has excellent flavor and adding both these fats enhances it and adds richness.

• Milk. Use cream if you wish, but I honestly believe that there is no need to add more calories.

• All-purpose flour. It is essential to thicken the soup.

For the Biscuits

• All-purpose flour.

• Baking powder. It will help the biscuits not only rise but have a light texture.

• Milk.

How to Make Chicken and Dumplings

I will start with preparing the soup and then the biscuits. Making the soup won’t take much time, and it’s best to have all the ingredients ready. I would suggest that you read the list of ingredients before making chicken and dumplings.

1. Add butter and olive oil to a hot pan, sauté the onion until translucent. Don’t let the onion turn brown.
2. Add the chicken and cook until the chicken is no longer pink. If you are using a cooked chicken, then sauté the chicken for two minutes to take the flavor from the onion and both fats.
3. Now is the time to add the spices, garlic, and vegetables—Cook for three minutes on medium heat.
4. Add the flour and stir for a minute.
5. Gradually pour the water while stirring, add the chicken bouillon and keep cooking until the mixture comes to a boil.
6. Add the milk and stir for no longer than one minute; otherwise, the milk will curdle. And the chicken and dumplings won’t have that creamy texture.
7. Pour the soup into a 9-inch baking pan and begin making the biscuits.

How to Make Flaky, Buttery Biscuits

1. Add all the ingredients except the milk in a mixing bowl.
2. Rub the ingredients together till you get wet sand or breadcrumbs-like texture.
3. Gradually add the milk and fold the dough. Form 6 balls and press them down lightly.
4. Gently place the biscuits over the chicken soup and bake in a preheated oven.

How to Store Chicken and Dumplings

If you place the chicken and dumplings in an airtight container, you can refrigerate it for up to 4 days.

It is best to reheat this soup in the oven, but you can also microwave for 2 minutes.

You can not freeze this soup because it has milk. The taste and texture will be different if you freeze it.

You can freeze the biscuits after shaping them and use them in the recipe. Add the frozen biscuits to the soup and bake. The baking time will increase since the biscuits are frozen, so make sure to increase the amount of liquid in the soup by half a cup because it will stay longer in the oven.

More Chicken Recipes

Teriyaki Chicken Skewers.

Chicken and Potato Casserole.

Creamy Lemon Chicken.

Garlic Mushroom Chicken Breast.