A delicious one pot meal to warm you up on any night! Homemade Chicken and Dumplings from scratch is great if you are having guests over.
Course Dinner, Main Course
Cuisine American
Keyword dumplings from scratch, homemade chicken and dumplings
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 1 hourhour
Total Time 1 hourhour10 minutesminutes
Servings 6people
Calories 2872kcal
Author Michelle
Ingredients
3-4chicken breasts
1½cliquid chicken stock
6-8cwater
2bay leavesoptional
2cchunk celery
2cchunk onion
2cchunk carrots
DUMPLINGS
3cupscake flour
¾tsp.baking soda
¾tsp.salt
4½tbsp.shortening
1cupmilk
Instructions
In a large pot add 2 tablespoons of butter and let melt.
Brown the chicken with a generous amount of salt and pepper. Once the chicken has a skin on it, add in the vegetables.
Gently pour 2-3 cups of water at a time until all the ingredients are bathing in the water. Gently boil for 1 hour.
About a half hour before serving make your dumplings in a bowl. Sprinkle your work surface and rolling pin with cake flour. Roll the dough out until it’s about ½” think. Using a pizza cutter (or sharp knife) cut 2″ diamond shapes (just got diagonally). Add the dumplings into the pot and let cook for 10-15 minutes.