Homemade Chicken and Dumplings Recipe
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.
Servings: 4
Calories: 463kcal
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
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
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 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.
Nutrition
Calories: 463kcal | Carbohydrates: 42g | Protein: 34g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 85mg | Sodium: 1423mg | Potassium: 736mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 5818IU | Vitamin C: 21mg | Calcium: 211mg | Iron: 5mg