Description
Heartwarming Crockpot Chicken and Dumplings brings Southern comfort to dinner tables with minimal effort. Home cooks can savor this creamy, satisfying meal that fills you with nostalgic warmth and pure culinary delight.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 1/2 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts or thighs
- 4 cups (960 ml) chicken broth
- 1 can (16 oz) refrigerated biscuit dough, quartered
- 3 tbsps all-purpose flour
- 2 cups (300 g) frozen mixed vegetables (carrots, peas, and corn)
- 1 cup (240 ml) heavy cream
- 1 medium onion, diced
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tsp dried thyme
- 1 tsp dried parsley
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
Instructions
- Combine chicken, broth, aromatic herbs, and seasonings in the slow cooker, allowing flavors to meld during a low-temperature 6-7 hour or high-temperature 3-4 hour cooking cycle.
- Gently pull apart the tender chicken directly within the cooking vessel using two forks, creating soft, shredded meat.
- Incorporate rich cream, colorful mixed vegetables, and flour to create a velvety, thickened base, stirring until smoothly integrated.
- Distribute quartered biscuit dough evenly across the surface, ensuring complete coverage of the creamy mixture.
- Continue cooking on high heat for approximately 1 hour, permitting the dumplings to transform into fluffy, fully cooked pillows of comfort.
- Ladle the hearty, steaming mixture into serving bowls, presenting a rustic and satisfying meal ready to be savored.
Notes
- Swap chicken broth for vegetable broth to create a lighter, vegetarian-friendly version of the dish.
- For gluten-free options, use cornstarch instead of flour and choose gluten-free biscuit dough to maintain the recipe’s creamy texture.
- Enhance flavor by adding a splash of white wine or a teaspoon of smoked paprika during the initial cooking stage for deeper, more complex taste notes.
- Prep vegetables in advance and freeze them to save time, ensuring you always have a quick, comforting meal ready to go in your crockpot.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 7 hours
- Category: Lunch, Dinner
- Method: Slow Cooking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 6
- Calories: 320 kcal
- Sugar: 3 g
- Sodium: 780 mg
- Fat: 15 g
- Saturated Fat: 7 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7 g
- Trans Fat: 0.1 g
- Carbohydrates: 24 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 29 g
- Cholesterol: 110 mg