Chicken and Dumplings

Name: Chicken and Dumplings
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 whole chicken, jointed; 2 carrots, sliced; 3 stalks celery, sliced; 1 onion, diced; 4 cloves garlic; 1.5L chicken stock; 1 cup plain flour; 1 1/2 tsp baking powder; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/2 cup whole milk; 2 tbsp butter, melted; fresh parsley to serve

A soul-warming Southern stew, simmering tender chicken together with fluffy dropped dumplings until thick and comforting.

Total time

90 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

70 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

American

Ingredients

1 wholechicken, jointed

2carrots, sliced

3 stalkscelery, sliced

1onion, diced

4 clovesgarlic

1.5Lchicken stock

1 cupplain flour

1 1/2 tspbaking powder

1/2 tspsalt

1/2 cupwhole milk

2 tbspbutter, melted

fresh parsleyto serve

Instructions

Simmer chicken in stock with carrot, celery, onion and garlic for 45 minutes. Remove chicken and shred. Strain and return broth to pot.

Add vegetables back to broth and simmer 10 minutes.

Make dumplings: mix flour, baking powder and salt. Stir in milk and melted butter until a soft dough forms.

Return chicken to pot. Drop spoonfuls of dumpling dough into simmering stew.

Cover and cook 15 minutes without lifting the lid. Serve garnished with parsley.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

240

Protein

Fat

7.8g

Carbs

34.7g

Fiber

2.7g

Sodium

1905mg

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