Creamy Chicken & Dumplings

This Easy Creamy Chicken & Dumplings recipe is a comforting, hearty meal.  Perfect for busy weeknights when you want a homemade meal without spending hours in the kitchen.

Ingredients

• 3 large chicken breast
• 4–5 cups water or chicken broth
• 1 can of biscuits (not the flaky layers)
• 1 can cream of chicken with herbs
• 1 can cream of celery
• 1 cup diced onions (optoinal)
• 1 cup diced celery (optional)
• 1 cup diced carrots (optional)

How to make the Chicken and Dumplings

1. Cook the chicken

Add the chicken breast to a pot with 4–5 cups of water or chicken broth. Season with pepper, smoked paprika, onion powder, garlic powder, and seasoned salt.

2. Shred the chicken

Remove the cooked chicken from the pot and shred it with two forks. Do not discard the chicken stock. You will use it to make the creamy broth.

 3. Make the creamy broth

Return the shredded chicken to the pot with the reserved chicken stock. Add the cream of chicken with herbs and cream of celery soups. Stir well until combined and allow the mixture to simmer.

4. Prepare the dumplings

Open the can of biscuits and roll each biscuit out until flattened on a floured surface. Cut the dough into small squares.

5. Cook the dumplings

Add the biscuit squares to the pot. Allow them to boil gently in the creamy chicken mixture until the dumplings settle into the broth and puff up. Season to taste. Check that the centers are cooked through before serving.

Tina’s Tips

• Keep the chicken stock: The cooking liquid adds flavor to your creamy broth, so don’t pour it down the drain.
• Cut the dough into small, even squares: This helps the dumplings cook more evenly.

Creamy Chicken & Dumplings

This Easy Creamy Chicken & Dumplings recipe is a comforting, hearty meal.  Perfect for busy weeknights when you want a homemade meal without spending hours in the kitchen.

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 50 minutes mins

Cuisine American

Servings 6

Ingredients

  

• 3 large chicken breast
• 4 –5 cups water or chicken broth
• 1 can of biscuits not the flaky layers
• 1 can cream of chicken with herbs
• 1 can cream of celery

Instructions

 

How to cook the Chicken and Dumplings

Cook the chicken

• Add the chicken breasts to a pot with 4–5 cups of water or chicken broth. Season with pepper, smoked paprika, onion powder, garlic powder, and seasoned salt.

Shred the chicken

• Remove the cooked chicken from the pot and shred it with two forks. Do not discard the chicken stock. You will use it to make the creamy broth.

Make the creamy broth

• Return the shredded chicken to the pot with the reserved chicken stock. Add the cream of chicken with herbs and cream of celery soups. Stir well until combined and allow the mixture to simmer.

Prepare the dumplings

• Open the can of biscuits and roll each biscuit out until flattened on a floured surface. Cut the dough into small squares.

Cook the dumplings

• Add the biscuit squares to the pot. Allow them to boil gently in the creamy chicken mixture until the dumplings settle into the broth and puff up. Season to taste. Check that the centers are cooked through before serving.