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Creamy Chicken Stew Recipe
This creamy chicken stew with dumplings is comfort food at its best. The deliciously creamy chicken and vegetable stew is topped with easy homemade dumplings that are light and fluffy. You don't want to miss this easy one-pot dinner!
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
1 hr
Servings: 8
Calories: 332 kcal
Course:
Dinner
Cuisine:
North American
Ingredients
- 2 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 1 medium onion minced
- 2 2 medium carrots diced
- 2 2 stalks celery diced
- 2 2 cloves garlic minced
- 2 2 medium potatoes diced
- 1 1 teaspoon EACH: poultry seasoning, sea salt, black pepper
- 6 6 cups chicken stock
- 2 2 large chicken breasts
- 4 4 ounces cream cheese can be light
- ¼ ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ ¼ cup dry white wine can sub chicken stock
Buttermilk Dumplings
- 1 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ¼ ¼ teaspoon sea salt
- ¼ ¼ cup butter
- ¾ ¾ cup buttermilk
Instructions
- Melt the butter in a soup pot over medium-high heat. Add the onion and cook until it is transparent, about 3 minutes. Add the carrots, celery, and garlic and cook for 2 minutes more.
- Add the potatoes, poultry seasoning, salt, and pepper and stir the pot. Add the chicken stock and chicken breasts and bring the pot to a boil. Lower the heat, cover the pot, and cook until the chicken breasts are tender, about 18-20 minutes.
- When the chicken is tender, remove it from the pot and put the cream cheese into the pot. Shred the chicken using 2 forks then add it back into the pot and stir until the cream cheese is melted.
- Mix the flour and white wine in a small bowl then pour it into the pot. Bring the pot to a boil to thicken the stew then turn the heat to medium-low.
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Buttermilk Dumplings
- In a small bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Melt the butter in a medium-sized bowl then add the buttermilk. Stir in the flour mixture just until the dough forms. Do not overmix!
- Drop heaping spoonfuls of the dough on top of the stew. Cover the pot and simmer gently until the dumplings are cooked, about 20 minutes.
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Nutrition Information
Serving
1 ¾ cups
Calories
332kcal
(17%)
Carbohydrates
37g
(12%)
Protein
22g
(44%)
Fat
10g
(15%)
Saturated Fat
4g
(20%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
Monounsaturated Fat
3g
Trans Fat
1g
Cholesterol
61mg
(20%)
Sodium
896mg
(37%)
Potassium
812mg
(23%)
Fiber
3g
(12%)
Sugar
7g
(14%)
Vitamin A
2862IU
(57%)
Vitamin C
14mg
(16%)
Calcium
143mg
(14%)
Iron
2mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 8Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 332
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1 ¾ cups | |
| Calories | 332kcal | 17% |
| Carbohydrates | 37g | 12% |
| Protein | 22g | 44% |
| Fat | 10g | 15% |
| Saturated Fat | 4g | 20% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 61mg | 20% |
| Sodium | 896mg | 37% |
| Potassium | 812mg | 17% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 7g | 14% |
| Vitamin A | 2862IU | 57% |
| Vitamin C | 14mg | 16% |
| Calcium | 143mg | 14% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.