Slow Cooker Chicken and Dumplings
These Slow Cooker Chicken and Dumplings are one of the coziest recipes that you will make. Creamy soup with vegetables, fluffy dumplings, and the perfect flavors with every bite!
Equipment
- 5 Quart Slow Cooker
- Pizza Cutter or Knife
Ingredients
- 4 skinless boneless chicken breast halves cooked and shredded
- 2 10.5 ounce cans condensed cream of chicken
- 1 medium to large chopped white onion
- 3 medium chopped carrots, optional
- 4 chopped celery stalks, optional
- 48 ounces chicken broth your goal is to cover the shredded chicken and vegetables in the slow cooker
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- garlic pepper, to taste if available or use salt and pepper
- all-purpose seasoning to taste
To Make Slurry to Thicken Soup
- 2 tablespoons all purpose flour to make a slurry to thicken, if needed
- 1/4 cup cold water to make slurry to thicken soup, if needed
Preparing Dumplings Before Serving
- 2 10 ounce packages of refrigerated biscuit dough, flattened using a rolling pin or palm of hand, then torn into pieces before adding to soup. This will be done 20-30 minutes before serving.
- fresh parsley, optional
Instructions
- Boil boneless chicken breasts for about 20 minutes on low boil or until cooked thoroughly.
- Allow chicken breast to cool for a few minutes.
- Once chicken has cooled, shred it using a fork or a hand mixer. Yes, a hand mixer works great!
- Place shredded chicken in the slow cooker. Then add all purpose seasoning and garlic pepper, to taste. Give it a good toss to make sure chicken is seasoned well.
- Next, add butter, cream of chicken, and onions (or all vegetables) to the slow cooker.
- Pour chicken broth over chicken, butter, cream of chicken, and vegetables to cover. You can taste your broth and adjust your seasoning, if needed.
- Add lid to slow cooker and cook for 2 hours and 30 minutes on low.
- 30 minutes before serving, place pieces of biscuit dough in the slow cooker one by one. You can make your dough different sizes.
- Cook dough 20-25 minutes minutes or until the dough is no longer raw in the center.
- Turn slow cooker to warm setting.
- Serve chicken and dumplings topped with fresh parsley and enjoy!
Notes
FOOD HACKS:
- Use a Rotisserie Chicken from your local grocery store instead of boiling chicken on the stove OR feel free to use whatever method be it Air Fryer, Baking, etc. you just want your chicken to be cooked thoroughly and shredded.
- You can thicken stock (soup) by adding 2 tablespoons flour with 1/4 cup of cold water to make a slurry and then adding to your broth mixture.
- Use lower sodium, less fat, etc. in place of regular.
- Use light butter instead of full fat or organic ghee, etc.
- Use 98% fat-free cream of chicken or celery.
- Reduced-fat biscuit dough also works! I've tried it.
- These are just options.
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