Old-Fashioned Chicken and Dumplings
Thick and creamy chicken soup loaded with light and fluffy homemade dumplings, just like mom used to make!
Servings: 8
Ingredients
SOUP:
- 2 T. olive oil
- 2 lbs. boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1 lg. sweet yellow onion diced
- 4 carrots peeled and thinly sliced
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 5 T. salted butter
- 6 T. all-purpose flour
- 6 c. chicken broth
- 1/2 c. heavy cream
- 1/2 tsp. dried thyme
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 c. frozen petite peas optional
DUMPLINGS:
- 2 c. all-purpose flour
- 1 T. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/4 tsp. black pepper
- 1 1/3 c. heavy cream
- 2 T. fresh minced parsley for garnish
Instructions
- SOUP: In a 6-quart Dutch oven, cook chicken over medium-high heat until brown on both sides. Once chicken pieces are browned, remove to a plate, shred, cover, and set aside. Note: The chicken may still be pink in the center, that’s okay, it will continue cooking in the broth.
- Add carrots and onions to the Dutch oven, cook until just tender, about 3-4 minutes.
- Add garlic and stir for another minute.
- Reduce the heat to medium-low, add butter and flour. Using a wooden spoon stir constantly for 3 minutes to avoid lumps.
- Add the shredded chicken and any juices back to Dutch oven, stir to coat in roux/vegetable mix. Add the chicken broth, heavy cream, thyme, and bay leaves and bring to a simmer. Once soup is at a simmer, add the frozen peas if using, and cover.
- DUMPLINGS: Meanwhile, in a large mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, pepper. Using a wooden spoon, stir in cream until the mixture comes together to make a dough.
- Remove the bay leaves from the soup and discard.
- Using an ice cream scoop, form dough into small round balls about 1-inch in diameter (this dough mixture should yield 14-16 dumplings).
- Place the dough balls into the simmering soup and cover with a lid. Let the dumplings simmer for 15 minutes (do not lift the lid). The dumplings are are done cooking when a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Ladle chicken and dumplings into bowls and garnish with parsley, Enjoy.
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