Chicken & Dumplings: how do u make yours?

[TimeforMe]

I have some cooking right now and the recipe I followed seems to pretty much be chicken soup and then you add some dumplings on top. I've never made it before and don't know if I've ever had it. Is this the usual recipe?

 

[Goofycampers]

Pretty much . I stew a chicken with salt, poultry seasoning, onion, celery, and carrots for a couple of hours until you have a good flavored broth. I make the simple dumplings from Bisquick using the recipe on the back of the box. Really easy and always turns out good. As a matter of fact, just made some last week.

 

[mhsjax]

I think a lot of people also put in some cream of chicken soup to make it thicker. But I have seen it done both ways. I am actually making homemade chicken noodle soup right now.

 

[NHdisneylover]

That is how I do it. When you add the dumplings, some will go into the soup and give it a creamy texture.

 

[turkeymama]

There are probably lots of recipes out there, but this is how my grandmaw taught me to make them. Keep in mind, she was a school cafeteria cook/manager for most of her life, and in general, just a good ole' country woman.

She usually insisted that we use whole pieces of dark meat, skin and bones. She added a little chicken flavored bouillon to the broth. She used self-rising flour and milk to make the dumplings. She rolled them out and cut them with a pizza cutter. I still roll them and use the pizza cutter, but I use Bisquick (the measurements to make biscuits) and soy milk. The flour that I dust the dumplings with is usually enough to thicken the broth. That is basically all we do. I don't add anything extra because she never did.

 

[VickiVM]

I've never made it, but would like to try to this winter. There are two excellent sounding recipes in this month's issue of Southern Living. The recipes are also online.

http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=258843

http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=1951477

 

[Ohiodislover]

For chicken and dumplings, my family loves the bisquick drop dumpling recipe. Super easy.

I do roll out noodles for chicken and noodles often. Sometimes I just cut them a bit thicker for dumplings.

1 1/2 c. flour
pinch salt
dash of baking powder
4 egg yolks
1 whole egg
3 Tbs milk.

Mix with the pastry hook, and then roll out and cut. Drop in boiling broth, and bring back to boil. Turn heat down, and simmer until finished---about 2 hours. I usually put them in my slow cooker (not crock pot)

 

[quentina]

Well, the truth is.....I buy it at Cracker Barrell (then pull it off as my own).

 

[wenrob]

I boil a whole cut up chicken with poultry seasoning, pepper and a dash of garlic powder. While that's cooking I chop up my veggies: carrots, celery, onions and potatoes. Once the chicken is cooked I take it out of the pot and put in a colander. I toss the veggies and some bouillon in the broth I just made then pull all the meat off the chicken and add it back to the pot. Then I use Bisquick for my dumplings. If you overload the pot a little bit it will thicken the soup for ya. My grandma always left the bones and all in the pot but I load mine up with so many veggies, I need the room they'd take up!

I know people who make a chicken in the oven and top with dumplings, I prefer the soup kind.

 

[HOGFAN]

You can use rolled up biscuits or flour tortillas for the dumplings

 

[wenrob]

You can use rolled up biscuits or flour tortillas for the dumplings

My best friend from Jr. High Dad used to top chicken with biscuits, man was it GOOD! I could never pull it off though, my biscuits never cooked underneath. Still to this day can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.

 

[dawson5]

I found a recipe about 20 yrs ago that I love.

Take 3 chicken breast, cut them into chunks and brown in a little oil
1 small onion chopped
2 ribs of celery chopped
3 carrots sliced.

add 1 qt chicken broth
1 tbsp marjoram
1 bay leaf

simmer for about 45 min with lid.

butter biscuit dumplings
1 c flour
3 tbsp butter/oleo/shortening (butter or oleo taste best)
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
(recipe says to add salt, I never do--1/2 tsp if you choose)
cut the butter and dry ingredients until it looks like wet sand

add 1/3 c milk plus 1 tbsp

stir until moist

turn out on floured surface and roll to about 1/4 inch thick
I use a pizza cutter and cut into 1 inch squares.

Take out all the chicken out of pan (discard bay leaf) and drop the dumplings a few at a time. Simmer for a few, return chicken and veggies to pan.

We serve with mashed potatoes.

 

[WDWAurora]

I'm a cheater and throw boneless chicken in the crock pot with cream of chicken and some veggies, then in the last 30 minutes cut up canned biscuits and throw those in there. Super easy and good!

 

[clovergirl5]

Pretty much . I stew a chicken with salt, poultry seasoning, onion, celery, and carrots for a couple of hours until you have a good flavored broth. I make the simple dumplings from Bisquick using the recipe on the back of the box. Really easy and always turns out good. As a matter of fact, just made some last week.

This is how I make mine too! Yum, I just made some yesterday. I usually add chicken boullion and parsley to the stock too. I don't usually do the veggies and it turns out great too.

 

[clovergirl5]

Well, the truth is.....I buy it at Cracker Barrell (then pull it off as my own).

When I tasted the ones at Cracker Barrell, they tasted just like the ones made from the Bisquick mix!

 

[ORMom2Four]

This is how I make mine too! Yum, I just made some yesterday. I usually add chicken boullion and parsley to the stock too. I don't usually do the veggies and it turns out great too.

This is also how I make mine. I use soy sauce to season it when the chicken is done cooking instead of boullion cubes.

 

[HannaBelle]

I start with a whole chicken, gently boil for a couple of hours, pull the chicken out (it will be falling a part), set the bird aside to cool, strain the broth to get out the hunks.

Put the broth back in to the same pot and put it on the stove, add a can of cream of chicken soup, bring to rapid boil, use 2 or three cans of canned biscuits for the dumplings - just tear them into marble size pieces and toss them in the boiling water.

Reduce the heat, "pick" the chicken meat off the bones, shred into pieces by hand, add back to the pot and season with salt and pepper.

It is pure comfort food!

 

[TimeforMe]

So many variations! And they all sound great. The crockpot one sounds like a good shortcut if you want something quick and easy during the work week. Well, I just put the dumplings in--I used Bisquick--and it should be done in a few minutes. It looks and smells delish. The only thing is the soup looked a little greasy. Was I supposed to skim it? The recipe didn't say to.

 

[Ohiodislover]

So many variations! And they all sound great. The crockpot one sounds like a good shortcut if you want something quick and easy during the work week. Well, I just put the dumplings in--I used Bisquick--and it should be done in a few minutes. It looks and smells delish. The only thing is the soup looked a little greasy. Was I supposed to skim it? The recipe didn't say to.

You may have wanted to skim at least some of the fat. I've made that mistake before too. I'm sure they will still be good

 

[lemondog]

This recipe is SO easy and delicious. Great when you want something yummy for weeknights.

You'll need...
boneless, skinless chicken breasts
2 cans cream of chicken soup
1 onion, chopped
water
1 can Pillsbury Grands biscuits, torn into pieces

Now it just doesn't get any easier than this...

Chop onion and place in bottom of crockpot. Place chicken breasts on top. Dump in both cans of crm of chicken soup, then add enough water to cover. Cook on low for 8 hours. Thirty minutes before ready to serve, toss in torn up biscuit dough. Wahlah! Instant chicken and dumplings.