Chicken & Dumplings
Thick, creamy Southern chicken stew with fluffy dropped dumplings — the ultimate cold-night comfort meal
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🛒 Ingredients
- 2 lbs boneless chicken thighs
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1.5 cups whole milk
- 4 tbsp butter
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 2 diced carrots
- 3 stalks diced celery
- 1 diced onion
- 3 cloves minced garlic
- 1 tsp thyme
👨🍳 Instructions
- 1Season chicken and cook in butter in a large pot over medium-high heat until browned; remove
- 2Sauté onion, carrots, and celery in same pot for 5 minutes
- 3Add garlic and cook 1 minute
- 4Whisk 2 tbsp flour into the vegetables, then gradually add broth, stirring constantly
- 5Add chicken back, bring to a simmer; cook 20 minutes
- 6Remove chicken, shred, return to pot; stir in heavy cream
- 7Mix remaining 1.5 cups flour, baking powder, pinch of salt, and milk into a sticky dumpling dough
- 8Drop large spoonfuls of dough onto the simmering stew; cover and cook 15 minutes without lifting the lid
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