How to make chicken and dumplings:
Everything can be found at Publix
- Anne’s Old Fashioned Flat Dumplings- in the frozen section- usually in the frozen bread section but depends on the Publix. Definitely ask if you can’t find them, but they always have them.
- 1 regular size can of Campbell’s Cream of Chicken condensed Soup (I used Healthy Choice, but anything can be used)
- 2 cartons of Chicken broth (Swanson’s is the best, I think)
- 1 Whole Chicken
First, start roasting/ baking the chicken (so many ways, but I usually put olive oil on it, salt and pepper and cover it and roast it at 350 for about an hour and a half- you’ll know it’s done when there is liquid at the bottom of the pan or if you can temp check it). Before pulling the chicken meat off, let it cool off – covered- a little (about 10 minutes). You can also get a rotisserie chicken or cook chicken breasts, but I’ve always found that the meat is too dry.
About an hour before you want the dumplings to be ready, combine the can of cream of chicken and the 2 cartons of chicken broth. Bring to a boil.
Keep the dumplings frozen until you are ready to use them- break them off one at a time and put them into the boiling chicken broth one at a time. If you put in more than 1 at a time, they will stick together forever. I usually put in 3 in various spots in the pot and stir, wait for just a little bit, then 3 more and so on. This is the most time consuming part because they will definitely stick together if you don’t stir enough or if you put them in too fast. After they are all in, lower then temp to keep warm.
I don’t add the chicken into the pot until just before it’s time to eat, or it might dry out. I pull off the chicken meat by using a fork- one fork to hold the chicken in place, and one to pull off the meat into bite-size pieces. Add the broth from the bottom of the pan to the pot also.
Add salt and pepper to taste- also add water if needed, and make sure to turn off the burner after adding the chicken (I have burned it many times because the noodles will stick to the bottom and they will burn easily)—I’ve tried adding veggies – celery, onions, carrots- to the chicken while roasting, but it changes the flavor of the broth- as my son says… to “vegetably.”
Salt and pepper to taste—and for a big group, just double the recipe. You can still use just 1 chicken if your crowd likes dumplings more than chicken.
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Chicken and Dumpling Recipe
3/18/2021
How to make chicken and dumplings:
Everything can be found at Publix
- Anne’s Old Fashioned Flat Dumplings- in the frozen section- usually in the frozen bread section but depends on the Publix. Definitely ask if you can’t find them, but they always have them.
- 1 regular size can of Campbell’s Cream of Chicken condensed Soup (I used Healthy Choice, but anything can be used)
- 2 cartons of Chicken broth (Swanson’s is the best, I think)
- 1 Whole Chicken
First, start roasting/ baking the chicken (so many ways, but I usually put olive oil on it, salt and pepper and cover it and roast it at 350 for about an hour and a half- you’ll know it’s done when there is liquid at the bottom of the pan or if you can temp check it). Before pulling the chicken meat off, let it cool off – covered- a little (about 10 minutes). You can also get a rotisserie chicken or cook chicken breasts, but I’ve always found that the meat is too dry.
About an hour before you want the dumplings to be ready, combine the can of cream of chicken and the 2 cartons of chicken broth. Bring to a boil.
Keep the dumplings frozen until you are ready to use them- break them off one at a time and put them into the boiling chicken broth one at a time. If you put in more than 1 at a time, they will stick together forever. I usually put in 3 in various spots in the pot and stir, wait for just a little bit, then 3 more and so on. This is the most time consuming part because they will definitely stick together if you don’t stir enough or if you put them in too fast. After they are all in, lower then temp to keep warm.
I don’t add the chicken into the pot until just before it’s time to eat, or it might dry out. I pull off the chicken meat by using a fork- one fork to hold the chicken in place, and one to pull off the meat into bite-size pieces. Add the broth from the bottom of the pan to the pot also.
Add salt and pepper to taste- also add water if needed, and make sure to turn off the burner after adding the chicken (I have burned it many times because the noodles will stick to the bottom and they will burn easily)—I’ve tried adding veggies – celery, onions, carrots- to the chicken while roasting, but it changes the flavor of the broth- as my son says… to “vegetably.”
Salt and pepper to taste—and for a big group, just double the recipe. You can still use just 1 chicken if your crowd likes dumplings more than chicken.