Easy Homemade Chicken and Dumplings - Slow Cooker
This Easy Homemade Chicken and Dumplings recipe is a hearty and creamy stew made with homemade dumplings and no cream of chicken soup.
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Ingredients
Chicken Stew
- 2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 1 cup chopped carrots
- 1/2 cup chopped celery
- 2 tsp minced garlic
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp ground black pepper
- 1/2 tsp parsley
- 1/2 tsp sage
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 1/2 cup + 2 tbsp flour
- 1 can evaporated milk
Dumplings
- 2 cup all purpose flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cup milk
- 2 tbsp butter
Instructions
Chicken Stew
- Spray slow cooker with cooking spray. Add vegetables, garlic, salt, pepper and spices. Sprinkle with 2 tablespoons of flour.
- Place chicken breasts over the vegetable.
- Add broth. Cook on low for 7 hours or high for 4 hours.
- Remove chicken from crock pot and shred it with two forks. Return shredded meat to the crock pot.
- Stir flour into 1/4 cup of evaporated milk to make a paste. Add to crock pot. This will help thicken the sauce. Pour in the rest of the milk and stir.
- Add dumplings.
- Cover the pot and cook for 45-60 minutes until dumplings are cooked through. They will look puffy and be firm when you cut into them.
Dumplings
- Stir together flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt in a bowl. Cut in butter until mixture is crumbly.
- Add milk and mix until a batter forms that is thick enough to be scooped with a spoon. Allow batter to rest for 3 to 5 minutes.
Notes
This recipe can be made on the stove-top. Simply combine all ingredients as they would go into the crock pot, in a large soup pot. Simmer 2-3 hours, until the chicken is fall-apart tender. Then, continue with the recipe at step 5. To steam the dumplings, the stew should be simmering.
Servings: 6