Easy Weeknight Chicken & Drop Dumplings

StephieCanCook
StephieCanCook @StephieCooks
Midwest USA

This is a quick and easy, but delicious, chicken and dumplings dish that I enjoy whipping up when I don't have time to make a "long version". This still looks like a lot of ingredients, but I promise it comes together in under 45 minutes.
The dumplings are fluffy and biscuit like instead of dense and chewy because I don't like the texture of dense dumplings.

Easy Weeknight Chicken & Drop Dumplings

This is a quick and easy, but delicious, chicken and dumplings dish that I enjoy whipping up when I don't have time to make a "long version". This still looks like a lot of ingredients, but I promise it comes together in under 45 minutes.
The dumplings are fluffy and biscuit like instead of dense and chewy because I don't like the texture of dense dumplings.

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Ingredients

4-6 servings
  1. ~For the Soup Base
  2. 1.5 lbsboneless skinless chicken breast
  3. 6 cupslow sodium chicken broth
  4. 1 tspall purpose poultry seasoning
  5. 3 tbsunsalted butter
  6. 1small yellow onion - chopped
  7. 1/2 cupsliced baby carrots (or 1/2" diced reg carrots)
  8. 1/4 cupall purpose flour
  9. 1 cupwater
  10. ~For the dumplings
  11. 1 cupall purpose flour
  12. 1 tbsdried parsley
  13. 1/2 tbsbaking powder
  14. 1 tspsalt
  15. 1 tbsunsalted butter
  16. 1large egg
  17. 1/3-1/2 cupmilk (start with less add more if needed)

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    Place chicken, poultry seasoning, and broth in a 4 quart stock pot. Cover. Bring to a boil over medium high heat. Reduce heat to medium low and simmer until chicken is cooked through. About 15-20 minutes (mine took 15).

  2. 2

    While chicken is simmering prep your veggies. When chicken is done remove breasts to a plate. Pour broth into a large bowl. Set both aside.

  3. 3

    Return pot to medium heat. Add butter. When melted add onion and carrots. Cook until onion begins to turn translucent, stirring often. About 2 minutes. Add flour and cook 2 minutes more, stirring frequently.

  4. 4

    Return broth to pot along with 1 cup water, stirring with a wisk as you add to prevent clumping. Bring soup to a simmer. Cover and cook until carrots are just becoming tender, stirring occasionally. About 8 minutes. While soup is simmering shred the chicken and make the dumplings.

  5. 5

    To make the dumplings: in a medium bowl stir together flour, parsley, baking powder, and salt. Cut in butter with a fork, knife, or even clean fingers. Stir in egg and 1/3 cup milk just until dough comes together in a tacky ball (if dough seems dry add more milk 1 tbs at a time until it comes together, if too wet add more flour in same fashion).

  6. 6

    Stir shredded chicken into broth. Use 2 spoons to drop roughly tablespoon sized dumplings onto top of soup. Be careful not to overcrowd dumplings, and do not stir into broth, let them fall in and float back to the top on their own (you should get about 12).

  7. 7

    Cover and poach dumplings in simmering soup until firm. About 8-10 minutes. Dish out 2-3 dumplings with soup per serving. Enjoy!

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Cooking is a hobby and a passion of mine. I love cooking and trying new and different things. The best thing about cooking? I get to prepare delicious food for my family and friends that they (almost) always love! Lol.Many of my recipes are experiments in what I could make with what was available at the time. Many are simply my version of classic and/or popular dishes. A few are variations of recipes I have found elsewhere online but adjusted to our tastes. No matter what, though, each of my recipes is tried and tested before posting and I hope you find as much joy in preparing them as I do.
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