This easy Chicken and Dumplings Recipe is just like mom used to make! This recipe will teach you how to make chicken and dumplings that’s full of old fashioned homemade goodness.
Chicken and Dumplings is a classic American comfort food. It consists of a chicken and vegetable soup base, topped with a biscuit dough dumpling. You can find a wide variety of methods and preparations out there for chicken and dumplings, particularly when it comes to the dough for the dumpling itself.
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Drop Biscuit vs. Flat Noodles
Dumplings vary from being flat and noodle like, to being more like a drop biscuit. This will depend on your region and personal preferences. This particular recipe uses the drop biscuit type dough. It’s a simple dough with only a handful of ingredients. Buttermilk is used to interact with baking powder to form a puffy dumpling. The dough is dropped into the simmering liquid in various sizes for a rustic, homestyle look.
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How do you make chicken and dumplings from scratch?
For a true from scratch chicken and dumplings recipe, you’ll want to use a whole chicken that you have butchered up into individual pieces (IE breasts, wings, thighs, drumsticks). Sear those in some olive oil at the beginning of the recipe. Once seared, remove them from the pan and continue with the recipe. Because you seared the chicken and have the whole chicken in there, you can use water instead of chicken broth, as the chicken itself will create it’s own chicken broth. You will need to simmer your broth for much longer, 45 minutes to 1 hour, in order to make sure you chicken is cooked through. The disadvantage of using a whole chicken is that the skin and bones will need to be discarded. This, along with the searing, adds additional work and cooking time.
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How do you thicken up chicken and dumplings?
If you want to thicken the soup base on your chicken and dumplings, you’ll need to do it BEFORE you add in your dumplings. Take about 1/3 cup of the liquids and place it into a bowl. Whisk 2 teaspoons of cornstarch into this liquid. Once the mixture is smooth, pour it back into the soup pot and stir in. Then, you are ready for dumplings. The soup base will thicken as the dumplings cook.
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The very best I’ve had other than my grandmother. A real comfort food!
Omg!! Delish! I added some shredded Parmesan to the biscuits, and the whole thing is amazing and fast!
Thank you!
A roux will also thicken a soup i usally keep some made to use holds sjelf life of one week woth no problem
Delicious! I also added bay leaves and fresh rosemary into the broth. Also some other vegetables like peas and mushroom and thickened it with some cornstarch…. turned out great! As for the dumplings, I added some shredded Parmesan cheese into the dough… they were fantastic oh my!
I add some thyme and a bay leaf to my soup along with some peas at the end. The dumplings are perfect!! Thanks for sharing.
This was the best chicken n dumplings I have ever eaten. I did add a thyme to the dough. WOW, I am so pleased with the results. 5 stars
Thank you so much! This was SO delicious. We dkn’t often get cooler days down in the south, but today was one and this was the perfect recipe for a “cold” Florida day. Hubby and the kids loved eating it, and my 4 year old son loved the video and helping create some delicious food.
Everything looks delish! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for sharing this recipe. I usually cheat and use Bisquick for the dumplings but I am sure homemade tastes much better. I am going to make this over the weekend with some homemade bread. Yum!
My soup was great but my question is about the dumpling dough. My dough was very sticky and hard to spoon into the soup. Consequently the dumplings were a little too large bit still very good. Should I have added flour to my hands to help with the sticky dough?
Yes, that would have helped. The dough should be fairly sticky.