Easy Chicken and Dumplings with Biscuits
This Easy Chicken and Dumplings with Biscuits recipe is pure southern comfort food. Made with chicken, broth, and canned biscuits. You can have dinner cooked and on the table in 30 minutes.
Servings: 6
Calories: 704kcal
Ingredients
- 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts cooked & shredded or 1 pound of chicken tenders
- 48 ounces chicken broth this includes the reserved broth
- 2 (10.5 ounce) cans cream of chicken soup
- 2 cans biscuits
- 2 tablespoons butter
- ¼ cup water
- 2 tablespoons flour
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Cook chicken and shred it into small pieces. Set aside.
- Pour broth into the large soup pot with the reserved broth. Add chicken back to the pot. Bring to a boil.
- Add soup and stir until completely mixed.
- Cut biscuits into small pieces. They will expand while they cook.
- Drop biscuit pieces, one at a time, in boiling broth. At this point, I usually reduce the heat so my dumplings won't stick. Cook for about 15 minutes or until dumplings are done.
- Drop 2 Tablespoons of butter on top of dumplings in pot and let melt. Stir gently.
- Make a slurry of flour and water. Mix well until no lumps are visible. Slowly pour the mixture into the pot and gently stir. This will thicken the broth. Cook for 10 minutes. Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Enjoy!
Notes
The chicken can be cooked in advance to save time. You might throw the chicken in the crockpot in the morning, pick up a rotisserie chicken, or boil it over the weekend, bag it, and have it ready for this meal during the week.
Chicken Broth—Save the liquid from boiling your chicken and add it to the chicken broth you bought. Homemade chicken stock will work if you have this on hand. This provides a savory foundation for the flavors in this dish.
Use cream of mushroom or cream of celery instead of cream of chicken.
Regular biscuits or Grand biscuits will work for this recipe. You will need to cut the larger biscuits into more pieces so they will cook evenly.
Don't overcrowd the pan with dumplings. Give them space to cook evenly.
Nutrition
Calories: 704kcal | Carbohydrates: 78g | Protein: 27g | Fat: 32g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 10g | Monounsaturated Fat: 12g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 64mg | Sodium: 2412mg | Potassium: 668mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 147IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 90mg | Iron: 6mg
