Chicken and Dumplings
Nutritional Info
- Servings Per Recipe: 5
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 297.7
- Total Fat: 5.4 g
- Cholesterol: 81.3 mg
- Sodium: 1,292.9 mg
- Total Carbs: 27.5 g
- Dietary Fiber: 1.2 g
- Protein: 33.0 g
View full nutritional breakdown of Chicken and Dumplings calories by ingredient
Introduction
Great comfort food with surprisingly reasonable calories. Great comfort food with surprisingly reasonable calories.Number of Servings: 5
Ingredients
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(2) Chicken Thighs - frozen or defrosted
(2) Chicken Breasts - frozen or defrosted
Salt - to taste
Pepper - to taste
(2) tsp Garlic Powder
Onion - medium or 1 tsp Onion Powder
(2) Celery stalks - cut in half
(3) cups Chicken Broth
Water to cover
(1) cup Bisquick
(1 1/2) cup Milk
Directions
Boil together - Chicken thighs and breastsm garlic powder, onion or onion powder, celery, chicken broth and water - until chicken and veggies are tender.
Remove chicken and celery from broth and allow to cool. Allow broth to boil.
Dumplings: Mix Bisquick and 2/3 cup milk in separate bowl. Roll out on floured surface to 1/8 inch think - cut to squares or strips.
Shred cooled chicken or cut into bite size pieces - chop celery. Add chicken and celery back to broth.
Add dumplings back to broth - stir continuously to prevent sticking. Boil for 10-12 minutes until dumplings plump to double or more their size. Add 2/3 cup milk to pot and bring to temperature.
Makes (5) adult portions.
Alternates - drop dumplings: Do not roll dumplings flat, add milk after chicken and celery are added back to the pot. Drop dumplings on top with a spoon. Cover and let cook until dumplings are done - about 10-15 minutes.
Alternate - Crock pot method: Cook chicken with broth and veggies in crock pot on LOW for 6-8 hrs - chicken will be VERY tender. Transfer broth to pot and continue recipe as listed above. This saves 40 minutes of cooking time at the very beginning.
Number of Servings: 5
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user SUPER_MOM06.
Remove chicken and celery from broth and allow to cool. Allow broth to boil.
Dumplings: Mix Bisquick and 2/3 cup milk in separate bowl. Roll out on floured surface to 1/8 inch think - cut to squares or strips.
Shred cooled chicken or cut into bite size pieces - chop celery. Add chicken and celery back to broth.
Add dumplings back to broth - stir continuously to prevent sticking. Boil for 10-12 minutes until dumplings plump to double or more their size. Add 2/3 cup milk to pot and bring to temperature.
Makes (5) adult portions.
Alternates - drop dumplings: Do not roll dumplings flat, add milk after chicken and celery are added back to the pot. Drop dumplings on top with a spoon. Cover and let cook until dumplings are done - about 10-15 minutes.
Alternate - Crock pot method: Cook chicken with broth and veggies in crock pot on LOW for 6-8 hrs - chicken will be VERY tender. Transfer broth to pot and continue recipe as listed above. This saves 40 minutes of cooking time at the very beginning.
Number of Servings: 5
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user SUPER_MOM06.