Chicken and Dumplings

4.71 from 157 votes

This is an EASY recipe for Chicken and Dumplings, the perfect comfort food, classic flavor, easier to make!!

Prep Time20

Cook Time1 30

Total Time1 50

Course: Recipe

Cuisine: American

Servings: servings

Calories: 419kcal

Author: Laura

1- quart chicken broth or use homemade broth
1- quart water
1 TBSP Poultry Seasoning OR Italian Seasoning or a combo of Dried Herbs- SEE NOTES
1 Bay Leaf
1-1 1/2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breast
salt and pepper to taste add last after cooking

pour the broth and water in a 7 quart or larger dutch oven set over medium heat
add the Italian Seasonings, the bay leaf, and the chicken breasts
cook covered over medium heat until cooked through and tender, about 60-90 minutes
remove the meat from the pan, set aside to cool
skim any foam from the broth, if you lose seasonings you can add fresh
when the meat is cool to touch roughly shred it, you don't want a lot of little shreddy pieces but bigger pieces work great
add the chicken back to the pot, bring the soup to a simmer
taste for salt and pepper and add as needed
make the dumplings by mixing the flour with the baking powder in a mixing bowl
then mix the milk and oil together
pour over the flour mixture and use a fork to lightly mix it in
once the dough comes together stop mixing,over-mixing causes hard lumpy dumplings, you want soft and pillowy
use the fork to pull off a golf ball size piece of dough, drop it in the simmering soup
work quickly to make 12 dumplings, dropping them in the soup next to each other, not on top of each other
once they're in the soup sprinkle with the salt and pepper
reduce heat to just keep it simmering cover the pan
leave covered and cook for 10-12 minutes in the bubbling soup
when it's been 10 minutes pull a dumpling out, and use a fork to pull it open, it should be cooked in the middle but soft and soupy on the outside
if they need more time cook two more minutes
serve hot

About the herbs: I've ALWAYS used Italian Seasonings for my Chicken Soups, and to be honest my beans soups too.

The sage, rosemary, oregano, and a few other herbs work perfectly in MANY soup recipes.

It's so much easier to reach for one bottle than a variety of bottles.

You can ALSO use a poultry seasoning mix, it’s about the same thing. But it doesn’t have any oregano in it FYI.

AND ALWAYS add your favorite herbs and spices to soup, if you like it add it.

And taste and correct for YOUR preference!