This is definitely one of my favorites! I'm constantly wanting to make it for dinner and usually end up eating all the leftovers by myself. Don't judge me. This is a super easy way to do chicken and dumplings; doesn't take a lot of time or energy and it's done in about 45 minutes from start to finish.
Servings: 4 good sized bowl fulls
Ingredients:
--1.5 lbs chicken breasts *boneless, skinless, cut into bite size chunks
--1 TBSP olive oil
--2 TBSP unsalted butter
--2 russet potatoes, peeled and diced. (I usually cut one into medium sized chunks and the other one into more small pieces)
--2 carrots, peeled and diced very small
--1 medium white onion, diced
--1 tsp celery salt (if you'd prefer to use celery, just add 1 celery stalk, diced)
--1 bay leaf (remember to remove before serving)
--salt and pepper to taste
--1 tsp poultry seasoning
--2 TBSP all-purpose flour
--1 quart good quality chicken stock
--1 box buttermilk biscuit mix (Jiffy Mix--I usually can only find it at Meijer stores near me)
--1/2 cup warm water
--1 TBSP fresh parsley, chopped
Dice chicken breasts, season with salt and pepper and set aside.
Over med-high heat, in a large pot or Dutch oven add oil, butter, vegetables (potatoes, carrots, onion), celery salt (or celery if using) and bay leaf and cook for 5 minutes, stir frequently. Then season with salt, pepper, and poultry seasoning, stir. Add flour to the pot, stir, and cook for 2 minutes. Stir in the chicken stock and bring to a boil. Once boiling add diced chicken and stir, continue boiling while you prepare the dumplings.
Place biscuit mix in a bowl with the parsley and WARM water and combine. Drop tablespoonfuls of mixture into the pot, spacing them around the pot evenly. *I typically use a cookie scoop, but the dish pictured below was dumplings I made with a large soup spoon and you can see they're pretty big; so it really just depends the amount and size of dumplings you want.* After dropping in all the dumplings cover the pot tightly and reduce to medium-low heat. Let them steam for 10 minutes, then remove lid and stir the chicken and dumplings, lightly, to thicken it up a bit.
Remove from heat and serve immediately. Enjoy!!
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