Indulge in a culinary journey with our exquisite collection of chicken and dumplings recipes, a comforting and heartwarming Southern classic. These delectable dishes combine tender chicken, flavorful broth, and fluffy dumplings, resulting in a soul-satisfying meal that has stood the test of time. From classic recipes that evoke nostalgia to modern variations with unique twists, our curated selection offers something for every palate. Prepare to tantalize your taste buds with these cherished family recipes that have been passed down through generations. Whether you prefer traditional dumplings made from scratch or prefer the convenience of store-bought options, we have you covered. Dive into the recipes and discover the secrets to creating the perfect chicken and dumplings dish that will warm your heart and leave you craving for more.
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OLD-FASHIONED CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS
This is an old family recipe developed by my grandmother, whose arthritic hands would not allow her to roll noodles. Each generation has made small changes to suit their families. A simple and wholesome chicken and dumpling soup.
Provided by Lana Walker
Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes Noodle Soup Recipes
Time 3h20m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Fill a large pot with water, and add whole chicken. Bring to a boil, and then reduce heat. Simmer until tender, about 1 to 2 hours.
- Remove chicken from broth, and set aside to cool. Reserve broth. When cool enough to handle, remove meat from bones; cut into bite size pieces. Discard skin and bones.
- In a medium bowl, stir together flour and salt. Break one egg into flour, and stir with fork till stiff. Continue adding eggs one at a time until all are incorporated. The dough should be very stiff.
- Bring broth to a boil. Add bouillon cubes; stir until cubes have dissolved.
- Using a fork and knife, pick up dough on fork. Hold over boiling broth, and cut off small pieces into broth until all the dough has been used. Stir, cover, and simmer for 20 minutes.
- Add chicken meat, and stir. Serve hot.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 693.7 calories, Carbohydrate 32.8 g, Cholesterol 294.7 mg, Fat 38.1 g, Fiber 1.1 g, Protein 51.2 g, SaturatedFat 10.9 g, Sodium 1362 mg, Sugar 0.4 g
OLD FASHIONED CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS
Old Fashioned Chicken and Dumplings is a family favorite meal that is both comforting and delicious!
Provided by Holly Nilsson
Categories Main Course
Time 1h45m
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Combine chicken, onion, carrots and celery in a large pot. Season to taste.
- Add chicken broth. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer covered 45-60 minutes or until chicken is tender. While broth is simmering, prepare dumplings below.
- Remove chicken and vegetables from broth. Discard skin and bones and chop remaining chicken, set aside.
- Gently add dumplings to broth. Simmer 15-20 minutes or until tender.
- Stir chicken (and vegetables if desired) into broth and cook about 2-3 minutes or until heated through.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 464 kcal, Carbohydrate 32 g, Protein 26 g, Fat 25 g, SaturatedFat 7 g, Cholesterol 73 mg, Sodium 322 mg, Fiber 1 g, Sugar 3 g, ServingSize 1 serving
OLD FASHIONED CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS
This is comfort food that can't be beat!
Provided by Karena
Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes Noodle Soup Recipes
Yield 20
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- In a large pot place chicken pieces and add the chicken stock, onion, celery and 2 teaspoons of the salt. Put heat on medium low and simmer, partially covered, 15 to 20 minutes or until chicken is tender.
- To Prepare Dumplings: In a large mixing bowl beat together the egg and milk. Add 1 cup flour, remaining salt and baking powder and mix all together. Cut the butter into the flour mixture until the mixture is crumbly. Add 1 tablespoon of the parsley and mix. In 6 large spoonfuls, drop dumpling mixture onto the top of the simmering chicken. Cover the pot and let all simmer for 10 minutes more.
- To Make Gravy: Remove chicken and dumplings to a large serving bowl. Cover and set aside, keeping warm. Strain the stock left in the pot, pressing out any 'veggie liquid'. Return stock to pot. Combine water with remaining flour, then stir into the strained stock. Bring all to a boil, stirring constantly, to thicken. Return chicken and dumplings to pot, combing all gently. Serve with remaining parsley.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 399.9 calories, Carbohydrate 8.9 g, Cholesterol 132.8 mg, Fat 25.6 g, Fiber 0.6 g, Protein 31.3 g, SaturatedFat 7.7 g, Sodium 699.5 mg, Sugar 1 g
OLD-FASHIONED CHICKEN "N" DUMPLINGS
Provided by Food Network
Categories main-dish
Time 1h35m
Yield 4 to 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- For the chicken: In a large pot, cover the chicken with water and add 1 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Bring to a boil and let simmer until cooked through, about 40 minutes. Let cool, then remove the chicken meat from the bones. Add the shredded chicken back to the broth and reserve.
- For the dumplings: Add the flour, baking powder and 1 teaspoon salt to a mixing bowl and mix well. Add the milk and egg and mix well with a fork. Bring the reserved chicken broth to a simmer. Drop the dough into the broth by the spoonful and simmer, covered, for 10 to 15 minutes. Add some roux and cook until the broth has thickened. Season with salt and pepper. Serve the chicken "n" dumplings covered with gravy.
OLD FASHION CHICKEN 'N DUMPLINGS
This is a family favorite for those cold fall and winter nights. It is so warming and creamy. I usually make mine with more dumplings.
Provided by Mama Sweet Rolls
Categories Chicken
Time 3h30m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Bring the water to a boil in a large pot.
- Add the chicken, 1tsp. salt, onion, celery, garlic, bay leaf, and parsley to the pot.
- Reduce the heat to simmer and cook the chicken, uncovered, for 2 hours.
- The liquid will reduce by about one third.
- When the chicken has cooked, remove it from the pot and set it aside.
- Strain the stock to remove all the vegetables and floating scum.
- you only want the stock and the chicken, so toss everything else out.
- Pour 1 1/2 quarts (6 cups) of the stock back into the pot (keep the leftover stock, if any for another recipe- it can be frozen).
- Use a smaller pot of a large saucepan for this.
- Add pepper, remaining 1/2 teaspoons salt, and lemon juice.
- Reheat stock over med. heat while preparing dumplings.
- For dumplings: Combine ingredients in bowl.
- Stir until smooth, let rest for 5-10 minute
- Roll out onto floured surface to 1/2 inch thickness.
- Cut into 1/2 inch squares and drop into the simmering stock.
- Use all of the dough.
- They will first swell and then shrink as they partially dissolve to thicken the stock into a white gravy.
- Simmer for 20-30 minute until desired thickness.
- Stir often.
- While stock is thickening, the chicken will have become cool enough to handle.
- tear the meat from bones and remove skin.
- Cut meat into bite-size or desired size pieces.
- Add to pot.
- Simmer till chicken heated (5-10 min.).
OLD FASHIONED CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS (MADE EASY)
My recipe for chicken and dumplings isn't old fashioned -- but the flavor is! Table-ready in 30 minutes.
Provided by The Spice Guru
Categories Stew
Time 30m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- NOTE: IF USING SALTED BUTTER, USE TWO 14.5 OUNCE CANS CHICKEN BROTH PLUS TWO CUPS WATER. (STEP ONE): Chop deboned skinless chicken into bite-sized pieces; set aside.
- MELT 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter in a large saucepan over medium-low heat. Add 1/2 cup all-purpose flour and cook until bubbly and light golden, stirring often for 2 minutes. Stir in the broth and seasonings. Bring mixture to boiling then reduce heat to medium. Add chunked or diced chicken; stir.
- COMBINE the dumpling dough ingredients, stirring only until soft dough forms (do not overmix). Drop dough quickly by teaspoons in a single layer over surface of bubbling gravy on one half of large saucepan (do not roll or press dough, or submerge beneath the gravy). Simmer mixture UNCOVERED for 10 minutes.
- GARNISH tops of dumplings with parsley or chives.
- COVER then reduce heat to medium-low.
- SIMMER covered for 10 additional minutes; UNCOVER and remove from heat.
- LIFT out dumplings individually using a small slotted spoon, placing them onto a plate, leaving dumplings garnished side-up.
- STIR chicken and gravy using a wooden spoon (gently scraping bottom of saucepan while stirring).
- LADLE the chicken/gravy mixture into bowls, then arrange dumplings over the top.
- SERVE and enjoy.
OLD-FASHIONED CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS
Here's a meal-in-one that's sized right for a pair. The whole dinner comes together on the stovetop, so you can enjoy a great meal and still get out of the kitchen in a hurry. -Claire Bruno, Tucson, Arizona
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 40m
Yield 2 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- In a small saucepan, combine the first nine ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Discard bay leaf. , For dumplings, in a small bowl, combine the flour, parsley, baking powder, cloves and salt. Stir in milk just until moistened. Drop by heaping teaspoonfuls onto simmering chicken mixture. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in a dumpling comes out clean (do not lift the cover while simmering).
Nutrition Facts : Calories 300 calories, Fat 4g fat (1g saturated fat), Cholesterol 68mg cholesterol, Sodium 1322mg sodium, Carbohydrate 37g carbohydrate (5g sugars, Fiber 4g fiber), Protein 28g protein.
OLD FASHIONED CHICKEN N' DUMPLINGS
This is a Lori original. After cooking chicken n' dumplings for years, and not liking EVERYTHING about any of them. I put this beauty together. Makes a TON...so feel free to cut the recipe in half. Hope you enjoy :)
Provided by Lori Rowley-Sipple
Categories Cream Soups
Number Of Ingredients 22
Steps:
- 1. In a large stock pot cover chickens with water (if the giblets are in a bag, remove from bag but put the giblets back in the pot, if not just throw it all in). Add 4 carrots (roughly chopped), 1 onion (roughly chopped), and 4 celery stalks (roughly chopped). Add poultry seasoning, garlic, old bay, bay leafs, salt, pepper, hot sauce, chicken bouillon and Savory cube.
- 2. Bring the pot to a boil over high heat. Once it has come to a rolling boil, cover, turn down to simmer and cook until chicken is cooked through, approx. an hour (if chicken was thawed).
- 3. Once the chicken is done, remove the chicken and let it cool. Keep the chicken stock on low on the stove. Pull out the veggies and giblets.
- 4. While the chickens are cooling begin to make the dumplings. In a large bowl add flour, baking powder, and old bay, mix well. Cut in butter till the mixture looks crumbly and then add milk to make a stiff dough.
- 5. Roll dough out on a well floured surface to a 1/8-1/4 inch thickness (I prefer 1/4 inch). Cut into 1" strips and then into 1" squares (these DO NOT have to be perfect).
- 6. Make sure the dumplings have a good coating of flour (this will help thicken the soup), let them rest while you deal with the chicken. NOTE: I find it helpful to cut the dough in half and work with one half at a time to make it more manageable.
- 7. When chicken is cool enough to handle, clean the bones of meat, make sure you cut any large pieces into at least 1" cubes.Place the cooked back in the pot.
- 8. Add the rest of the veggies (chopped in bite size pieces) in the pot. Bring the soup to a boil.
- 9. Once it comes to a boil start adding the dumplings one at a time, making sure that they don't stick together.Let the dumplings cook for 15-20 minutes. If the broth is not thick enough you can add the optional instant mashed potatoes.
Tips:
- Use a whole chicken: This will give your dumplings a richer flavor.
- Simmer the chicken until the meat is fall-off-the-bone tender: This will ensure that your dumplings are cooked through.
- Use a large pot: This will give the dumplings plenty of room to cook without overcrowding.
- Drop the dumplings into the boiling broth: This will help them cook evenly.
- Cook the dumplings until they are fluffy and cooked through: This will take about 10-15 minutes.
- Serve the chicken and dumplings immediately: This is when they are at their best.
Conclusion:
This old-fashioned chicken and dumplings recipe is a classic comfort food dish that is sure to please everyone at the table. It is easy to make and can be tailored to your own taste preferences. Whether you like your dumplings light and fluffy or thick and hearty, this recipe has you covered. So next time you are looking for a hearty and satisfying meal, give this old-fashioned chicken and dumplings recipe a try.
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