Best 5 Julias Simple Chicken Dumplings Recipes

CLASSIC CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS RECIPE

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Season the chicken with ½ teaspoon each salt and pepper. Brown in batches, 4 to 6 minutes per side. Transfer to a plate; reserve the pot.
• Add the celery, carrots, onions, thyme, and garlic to the chicken drippings in the pot and cook, stirring, until the vegetables begin to soften, 5 to 7 minutes. Add the chicken, bay leaves, and 10 cups water. Bring to a simmer and cook until the chicken is cooked through, 25 to 30 minutes. Discard the bay leaves and transfer the chicken to a plate; let cool. Shred the chicken with 2 forks and return it to the pot (discarding the skin and bones).
• Whisk together ½ cup of the flour, 2 cups of the cooking liquid, and ¼ teaspoon each salt and pepper in a small bowl. Slowly whisk the flour mixture back into the pot and simmer until slightly thickened, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Make the dumplings: Whisk together the remaining 2 cups of flour, the baking powder, baking soda, and ¼ teaspoon each salt and pepper in a medium bowl. Whisk in the butter, buttermilk , and parsley. Reduce heat to low and drop the mixture into the broth in 8 large spoonfuls. Simmer, covered, until the dumplings are firm, 12 to 15 minutes. Serve the chicken and dumplings sprinkled with parsley.

SUPER EASY CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Stir the cream of chicken soup, chicken broth, and shredded chicken meat together in a large saucepan over medium-high heat until it begins to simmer. Cut each biscuit into quarters, and gently stir into the simmering soup. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until the biscuits are no longer doughy in the center, 10 to 15 minutes.

SIMPLE CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• In a 5-qt. Dutch oven or kettle, combine the broth, celery, carrots, bay leaf and 1 teaspoon parsley; bring to a boil. , For dumplings, in a large bowl, combine the biscuit mix, thyme and nutmeg; stir in milk and remaining parsley just until moistened. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto boiling broth. Cook, uncovered, for 10 minutes; cover and cook 10 minutes longer. , With a slotted spoon, remove dumplings to a serving dish; keep warm. Bring broth to a boil; reduce heat. Add chicken; heat through. Discard bay leaf. Spoon over dumplings.

JULIA'S SIMPLE CHICKEN & DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Place all listed ingredients into stock pot and add just enough water to cover chicken.
• Simmer for approximately 40 minutes or until chicken parts easily from bone.
• Reduce heat to low.
• Remove chicken from pot and allow to cool.
• Separate meat from bones, divide into bite-sized pieces, and set aside.
• Discard bones.
• In a medium bowl, combine flour, water, salt and pepper for dumplings and mix well.
• Dough should be well-defined, barely sticky, and easy to handle by hand: If it is too sticky, add more flour, or if it is crumbling, add more water.
• Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and roll with a rolling pin to 1/8" thickness.
• Return chicken stock to a simmer and add chicken.
• With a sharp knife, cut dumpling dough into stips approximately 1" x 3".
• Add strips to simmering stock, stirring as you add them to keep them from sticking to each other or to the pot.
• Continue to re-roll the dough as needed, cutting dumpling strips and adding them to the stock until all dough is used.
• When stock turns an opaque yellowish-white color and thickens, add milk and stir.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Excess may be frozen in a tupperware container or a doubled ziplock-type container for up to a month.
• Feel free to add up to 2 cups of water for more stock or to even up to double the amount of dumplings to accomodate your needs or tastes.

EASY CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Combine chicken broth, chicken breast cubes, onion, carrots, celery, bay leaf, salt, and pepper in a large pot; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover pot, and simmer until chicken is no longer pink in the center and the vegetables are tender, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Mix baking mix and milk in a bowl until dough is sticky; drop golf ball-sized pieces of dough into the soup. Cover pot and cook until dumplings are cooked through, about 10 minutes.