Our Homemade Chicken and Dumplings Recipe is most definitely the ultimate comfort food. Tender herb dumplings rest atop a creamy chicken and vegetable soup making this a favorite recipe for sure.
Trust me when I tell you not to be intimidated with making chicken and dumplings from scratch. It’s really easier than you would imagine.
Our easy chicken and dumplings recipe will quickly become a go-to comfort food when there’s a chill in the air.
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Homemade Chicken and Dumplings Recipe
Typically chicken is cooked in water which then becomes a light broth.
However, I’ve simplified this for you and stirred in shredded cooked chicken towards the end of the recipe.
I used rotisserie chicken but you can use any cooked chicken that you have in your kitchen.
Homemade flour dumplings are so easy to make with basic kitchen ingredients you probably already have on hand.
These herb dumplings are seasoned with garlic powder and fresh parsley.
Feel free to use chives in place of the parsley. Chives will impart a slight onion flavor.
Other fresh herbs, such as thyme, basil, rosemary and marjoram can also be used in place of the chopped parsley.
Just be sure you don’t overpower the dumplings with these fresh herbs.
Thyme and rosemary are really strong flavors so you would want to only use a teaspoon or two of those fresh herbs.
This flavorful chicken and dumplings will quickly become a family favorite recipe!
The creamy chicken dumpling soup is brimming with fresh vegetables and chicken and gets its creaminess from milk and flour. Honestly, so easy to make!
So when the air has a chill and you are craving that bowl of comfort food to warm up your bones, you know it’s time to make creamy chicken and dumplings, the ultimate comfort food!
If you love soup, with or without seasoned dumplings, you’ll definitely want to check out all of our easy homemade soup recipes here at Swirls.
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Substitutions
- Substitute 1/4 teaspoon salt for the 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- Substitute chopped chives for the chopped parsley
- Substitute melted butter for the olive oil
- You can use self rising flour in place of the all purpose flour to make the dumplings. Just omit the baking powder.
- Replace the dried marjoram with dried Italian seasoning
- Replace the dried marjoram with dried basil
Swirls of Flavor Recipe Tips
- You can make this recipe with any cooked chicken you have on hand.
- Get out your hefty dutch oven and turn this recipe into dutch oven chicken and dumplings. This recipe will cook beautifully in a dutch oven right on your stove top.
- Combine chopped parsley and chopped chives in the dumplings
Storage
- If you have leftovers, store the dumplings separate from the chicken mixture. Otherwise the dumplings will absorb too much of the liquid from the chicken soup mixture.
- Leftovers will be good in the refrigerator for 2-3 days.
How to make creamy chicken dumpling soup
Scroll down for the full recipe instructions and ingredient amounts in the recipe card below
- First, make the dumplings. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, garlic powder, salt and parsley.
- Slowly add in ½ cup milk and 1 Tablespoon olive oil. Stir with a spoon. The mixture should be slightly sticky.
- Shape into 8 dumplings and refrigerate until chilled.
- Meanwhile start making the homemade soup while the dumplings are chilling. Heat 1 Tablespoon oil in a medium saucepot.
- Add onion, carrots, celery, marjoram, kosher salt and pepper and cook until vegetables are tender-crisp.
- In a small bowl combine milk and flour until smooth.
- Stir milk mixture and chicken broth into the pot and bring to a boil. Boil until mixture thickens, about 1 minute.
- Stir in chicken.
- Reduce heat to low and top the soup with the chilled dumplings.
- Simmer until the dumplings are cooked through, turning at least once.
Easy Chicken Soup Recipes
- Creamy Chicken Soup
- Avocado Lime Chicken Soup
- Chicken Orzo Soup
- Hearty Chicken Vegetable Soup from Jersey Girl Cooks
- Italian Style Chicken Sausage Soup from Juggling Act Mama
Ingredients for chicken and dumplings from scratch
You probably already have most, if not all, of these basic ingredients on hand in your kitchen to make this easy chicken dinner:
- all-purpose flour
- baking powder
- garlic powder
- kosher salt
- parsley
- milk
- olive oil
- onion
- carrots
- celery
- dried marjoram
- pepper
- chicken broth
- shredded cooked chicken
Homemade Chicken and Dumplings Recipe
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Ingredients
Dumplings
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt or ¼ teaspoon salt
- 2 Tablespoons chopped parsley
- ½ cup milk
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil or melted Butter
Chicken Soup
- 1 Tbs. olive oil
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 1 cup chopped carrots
- ½ cup chopped celery
- 1 tsp. dried marjoram
- ½ tsp. kosher salt
- ¼ tsp. pepper
- 1/2 cup milk
- ¼ cup flour
- 3 cups chicken broth
- 3 cups shredded cooked chicken
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Instructions
Dumplings
- In a medium bowl, whisk together 1 cup flour, baking powder, garlic powder, salt and parsley.
- Slowly add in ½ cup milk and 1 Tablespoon olive oil. Stir with a spoon. Mixture should be slightly sticky.
- Shape into 8 dumplings, arrange on a flat surface and refrigerate until chilled, about 15 minutes.
Chicken Soup
- Meanwhile, heat 1 Tablespoon oil in medium saucepot.
- Add onion, carrots, celery, marjoram, kosher salt and pepper and cook 5-7 minutes or until vegetables are tender crisp.
- In small bowl combine 1/2 cup milk and 1/4 cup flour until smooth.
- Stir milk mixture and chicken broth into the pot and bring to a boil. Boil until mixture thickens, about 1 minute.
- Stir in chicken.
- Reduce heat to low and top the soup with the chilled dumplings.
- Simmer until the vegetables are tender and the dumplings are cooked through, turning at least once, about 20 minutes
Notes
- You can make this recipe with any cooked chicken you have on hand.
- Get out your hefty dutch oven and make this recipe dutch oven chicken and dumplings. It will cook beautifully in a dutch oven on your stove top.
- Substitute 1/4 teaspoon salt for the 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- Substitute chopped chives for the chopped parsley
- Substitute melted butter for the olive oil
- You can use self rising flour in place of the all purpose flour to make the dumplings. Just omit the baking powder.
- Replace the dried marjoram with dried Italian seasoning
- Replace the dried marjoram with dried basil
- If you have leftovers, store the dumplings separate from the chicken mixture. Otherwise the dumplings will absorb some of the liquid from the chicken mixture.
- Leftovers will be good in the refrigerator for 2-3 days.
I have made a similar soup, just without the parsley in the dumplings. I will have to give this recipe a try!
My absolute favorite recipe to make. This soup is so flavorful and yet so comforting.
Thanks so much for this recipe! You made my evening a very happy cozy one with this wonderful soup.
This is wonderful! Quick, easy and warms me to my very core! I will eat this year round - delish!
Doesn't get more cozy and comforting than a bowl of this soup on a cold winter day. The dumplings are so delicious!
Definite comfort food, right Gina?
Always a good way to warm up on a chilly day!
Happy to have made your evening happy and cozy Joyce!
Do you have a crock pot version?
I do not, sorry!
A recipe that provides a comfort in a rainy day it what i will call it from now on. It looks awesome so it would be fair to expect that it taste great right? Overall this is awesome!