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Chicken and Dumplings

Easy Chicken and Dumplings is full of flavor, and quite comforting. Boneless chicken is simmered in one pot with celery, carrots, and onion with savory seasonings and topped with the best fluffy dumplings.

This is definitely one of those meals that you just want to eat while you snuggle on the couch in front of a fireplace on a cold fall or winter day.

This recipe is made in one pan and makes just the right amount for two people for lunch, dinner, or date night.

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Easy Chicken and Dumplings for Two

Need a dessert to go with it? Try these small batch Brownies with Raspberry Sauce or these Individual Key Lime Pies.

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How to make Cozy Chicken and Dumplings

Dice the chicken, celery, onion, and carrots. A filet knife is perfect for cutting through chicken. Click for a Rada Filet Knife with Leather Scabbard.

diced celery, onion, carrots, and chicken on a cutting board.

In a medium sized pot boil the chicken broth, chicken, celery, onion, and carrots for 15 minutes. Click for a sauce pan.

chicken, celery, onions, and carrots cooking in broth.
Veggie Chicken and Dumplings

Stir in the cream of chicken soup, sage, salt and pepper, and then bring back to a boil.

cream of chicken soup, sage, salt and pepper added to the pan.

In a medium size bowl mix together the Jiffy baking mix (see notes in recipe card below) and milk forming sticky batter.

Divide the batter into 4 equal portions and drop by spoonfuls onto the hot mixture.

4 baking mix dumplings added to the pan.
Baking Mix Dumplings

Cook uncovered for 10 minutes over low heat.

chicken stew and fluffy dumplings cooking in a pan.
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Cover and cook 10 more minutes.

Easy Chicken and Dumplings in two bowls.
Cozy Chicken and Dumplings

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Yield: Serves 2

Easy Chicken and Dumplings

Easy Chicken and Dumplings Recipe

Easy Chicken and Dumplings Recipe for Two is super simple, made in one pot, full of flavor, and quite comforting. Boneless chicken is simmered in one pan with celery, carrots, and onion with savory seasonings and topped with fluffy biscuit type dumplings.

Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes

Ingredients

For the Chicken:

  • 2 cups low sodium chicken broth
  • 6 ounces boneless chicken
  • 1 stalk celery
  • 1/2 onion
  • 1 cup carrots
  • 1 can fat free cream of chicken soup (or regular cream of chicken soup)
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground sage
  • Salt and pepper to taste

For the Dumplings:

Instructions

  1. Dice the chicken, celery, onion, and carrots. A filet knife is perfect for cutting through chicken. Click for a Rada Filet Knife.
  2. In a medium sized pot boil the chicken broth, chicken, celery, onions, and carrots for 15 minutes. Click for a sauce pan.
  3. Stir in the cream of chicken soup, sage, salt and pepper, and then bring back to a boil.
  4. In a medium bowl mix together the Jiffy baking mix (see notes below) and milk forming sticky batter. Divide the batter into 4 equal portions and drop by spoonfuls onto the hot mixture.
  5. Cook uncovered for 10 minutes over low heat.
  6. Cover and cook 10 more minutes.

Notes

You can make homemade baking mix to replace the Jiffy mix in this recipe. In a medium bowl, add 3/4 cup flour, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1/2 tablespoon baking powder, 1/8 cup shortening. Cut in shortening with pastry blender until combined and no large pieces of shortening remain.

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Nutrition Information:

Yield:

2

Serving Size:

1

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 394Total Fat: 11gSaturated Fat: 3.5gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 10gCholesterol: 90mgSodium: 1440mgCarbohydrates: 25gFiber: 3gSugar: 7gProtein: 35g

Nutrition information is a guideline only, is calculated automatically by third party software, and absolute accuracy is not guaranteed.

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Fina

Sunday 23rd of October 2022

Hi Zona, I have rotisserie chicken. When can I add it to this recipe?

Zona

Monday 24th of October 2022

I would add the rotisserie chicken in step 3 with the cream of chicken soup.

Laurie

Friday 18th of March 2022

I made this and it was good. A few things I did different: used 3 cups chicken broth, made my own cream of chicken soup since we don't care for the canned stuff, used frozen peas and carrots and made potato dumplings since I had leftover mashed potatoes that needed to be used up. Really good! Will make again.

Jeanette

Sunday 9th of January 2022

Delicious, easy and also works great with turkey. Left overs are equally good, I just make more dumplings. Thanks Zona!

Dona

Sunday 30th of January 2022

@Zona, I use the leftover rotisserie chicken after one meal. Add 6 cups or more of water and simmer for an hr or more, remove the chicken to cool. Add the carrots, sweet onions and celery..s & p plus thyme and a bay leaf. Simmer the veggies till the chicken has cooled enough to pick the meat. Add the chicken meat back to the pot and make the dumplings, bisquick. Drop into the pot Then 10 mins uncovered and 10 minutes covered. Two meals and a lunch for the cost of a $6 rotisserie chicken.

Zona

Monday 10th of January 2022

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!

Diane Gaba

Monday 6th of December 2021

I made this soup it is so easy to make and it was delicious

Diane

Thursday 21st of October 2021

Made this and it was so good and it was easy to make my family loved it cant wait to make it again

Zona

Thursday 21st of October 2021

Hi Diane, I'm happy to hear you all loved it and thanks for the comment :)

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