Description
Creamy homemade Chicken and Dumplings with tender chicken and fluffy dumplings cooked from scratch.
Ingredients
Scale
- 6 tablespoons butter
- 1 cup diced yellow onion
- 1 cup matchstick carrots
- 1 cup diced celery
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 12 oz evaporated milk
- 32 oz chicken stock
- 1 extra cup chicken broth if using raw chicken
- 4 cups shredded cooked chicken
- 1 tablespoon fresh thyme
- 2 teaspoons black pepper
- Salt to taste
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon fresh thyme
- 3/4 cup whole milk
- 4 tablespoons melted butter
Instructions
- Melt butter in a large pot and cook onion, carrots, and celery until softened.
- Add garlic and cook briefly.
- Stir in flour and cook while stirring.
- Slowly add evaporated milk and chicken stock.
- Add chicken, thyme, pepper, and salt and simmer.
- Mix dumpling ingredients until just combined.
- Drop dumpling dough into simmering soup.
- Cover and cook until dumplings are fluffy and cooked through.
Notes
- Store soup and dumplings separately to avoid soggy texture.
- Reheat gently and add extra broth if needed.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Simmering
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bowl
- Calories: 420
- Sugar: 6g
- Sodium: 980mg
- Fat: 18g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 38g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 28g
- Cholesterol: 95mg