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Chicken & dumplings

A recipe for hearty and comforting Chicken and dumplings in an Instant Pot.

Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
1 hr
Servings: 4
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

For the chicken
  • 8 chicken thigh bone in, skin on (aprox 1.1 - 1.5 kg, 10 pieces
  • salt for seasoning
  • black pepper for seasoning
  • 1 Tbsp butter
  • 2 carrot thickly sliced
  • 2 celery finely diced, stalks
  • 1 onion large, finely diced
  • 2 bay leaf
  • 4 cloves garlic crushed
  • ¼ cup flour
  • 1.5 chicken stock use boiling water, good quality, litres not specified
  • 1 sweet potato aprox 250gms, medium orange, cut into large chunks
  • parsley chopped fresh, to serve
For the dumplings
  • 2 cups flour 250g
  • 1 Tbsp baking powder
  • 2 Tbsp chives chopped, or parsley
  • 200 ml milk warm
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 30 butter melted, gms
  • 1 Tbs olive oil

Instructions

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  1. Set the Instant Pot to Sauté mode and while it warms up, season the chicken pieces well with salt & pepper.
  2. When the Instant Pot screen says HOT, melt the butter in the pot and brown the chicken starting skin side down. Cook on both sides until golden brown. This will take approximately 5 minutes a side and you will need to do 2 batches. Set the chicken aside.
  3. With the Instant Pot still on Sauté and using the residual fat in the pot, add the carrot, celery, onion, bay leaves and garlic and fry – stirring frequently for about 10 minutes until softened.
  4. Add the ¼ cup flour and stir briefly until it starts to brown on the bottom of the pot. Add the stock and stir well to scrape off any bits stuck at the bottom or on the sides.
  5. Return the chicken pieces back into the broth and close the lid.  Move the vent up to Sealing Position and set to Pressure Cook on High for 10 minutes.
  6. While the chicken is cooking, make the dumpling mixture.
  7. In a large bowl sift the flour and baking powder and mix in the chopped chives/parsley. In a jug, mix the warmed milk, with the salt, melted butter and olive oil. Add the liquid to the dry ingredients and briefly mix until combined and a thick dough has formed. Do not over mix this.
  8. After the chicken has completed cooking, manually release the pressure and open the lid. Remove the chicken pieces and set aside to cool.
  9. Add the sweet potatoes to the sauce. Using 2 teaspoons, scoop up the dumpling dough to make a ball shape and drop these around the surface of the sauce in an even layer. Close the lid of the Instant Pot, move vent up and Pressure Cook on High for 3 minutes. Allow a Natural Release of pressure for 15 minutes then do a manual release of any remaining pressure.
  10. While the dumplings are cooking, remove the skin from the chicken and shred the meat off the bones. Set this shredded meat aside and add it back to the dumpling mixture once it has finished cooking. Allow a few minutes for this to warm through and then serve in a bowl and garnish with parsley.

Notes

  • Any leftovers can be stored in the fridge and reheated in a microwave.