Southern Style Chicken and Dumplings
This Southern Style Chicken and Dumplings recipe is easy to make and full of old-fashioned goodness. Flat dumplings are mixed in with a delicious creamy chicken soup, that is sure to be a crowd pleaser. You're going to love it!
Servings: 6 servings
Ingredients
SOUP
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 white onion diced
- 3 cloves minced garlic
- 3 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 6 cups chicken broth
- 2 cups milk
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1/4 cup water
DUMPLINGS
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup shortening cold
- 3/4 to 1 cup buttermilk
Instructions
- Heat a large dutch oven pot over medium high heat. Add in olive oil and heat through, 1 minute. Add onion and saute 5 minutes, or until onions are soft and translucent. Stir in garlic and cook 1 minute more.
- Add in chicken breasts and season with salt and pepper. Pour in chicken broth. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat to medium low, and simmer 15 to 20 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through and easily shreds with a fork.
- Meanwhile, make the dumpling dough. Mix flour, baking powder, and salt in a mixing bowl. Cut in the cold shortening using a pastry cutter or food processor. Gradually pour in the buttermilk, stirring until the dough comes together. Turn the dough out on a floured surface and work it just until everything is well combined. The dough should not be sticky. Roll the dough out about 1/4-inch thick. Cut into 1 inch strips. Cut each of those strips into pieces that are approximately 2 inches in length.
- Remove chicken from soup pot and shred. Add in milk and bring to a simmer. Drop dumplings strips into soup and simmer 15-20 minutes until cooked through.
- In a small bowl, whisk together cornstarch and water. Pour into soup pot, stir, and return to a simmer. Simmer 2-3 minutes until broth is thickened. Return chicken to soup pot and serve hot.
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Notes
You can add 3 diced carrots, and 3 diced ribs of celery to this soup at the same time that you add the onions and saute.