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Old Fashioned Chicken and Dumpling Recipe
A homemade, easy Old Fashioned Chicken and Dumplings recipe that is both comforting and tasty! Warm broth with tender chicken and buttery, pillowy dumplings.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
1 hr
Total Time
1 hr 10 mins
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 371 kcal
Course:
Dinner
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 1 whole chicken broken down into pieces, sometimes called a fryer chicken
- 1 large onion diced
- 1/2 lb carrots sliced into coins
- 8 cups chicken broth
- salt to taste
- black pepper to taste
- 1/4 tsp ground thyme
- 1/4 tsp poultry seasoning
- 1/4 tsp tarragon
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 2 bay leaves
- chives for garnish (optional)
For the Dumplings
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 tsp salt
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 4 tbsp melted butter or shortening
- 1 cup buttermilk
Instructions
- Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large pot. Sprinkle chicken pieces with salt and pepper and brown in batches: half of the chicken at a time, browning both sides well. Add additional 2 tablespoons olive oil in the pot to brown the second batch of chicken.
- Remove chicken and sauté onion and carrots until the onions start to become tender, 3 minutes or so. Add chicken back into the pot and cover with chicken broth. Add in thyme, poultry seasoning, tarragon, garlic powder, bay leaves, and salt and pepper to taste.
- Cover and bring to boil. Reduce heat to simmer and cook for 40 minutes or until chicken is completely cooked through.
- Remove chicken pieces and shred, discarding extra fat and bones. Add chicken pieces back into the pot.
- To make the dumplings, whisk flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda together until well mixed. Pour in melted butter and buttermilk and stir until just combined.
- Drop by the large tablespoon into the simmering pot. Dumplings will be done when they are puffed and floating, after about 3 minutes.
- Taste broth and adjust seasonings as needed. Serve hot.
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Nutrition Information
Calories
371kcal
(19%)
Carbohydrates
42g
(14%)
Protein
8g
(16%)
Fat
19g
(29%)
Saturated Fat
7g
(35%)
Cholesterol
25mg
(8%)
Sodium
2152mg
(90%)
Potassium
647mg
(18%)
Fiber
3g
(12%)
Sugar
5g
(10%)
Vitamin A
6614IU
(132%)
Vitamin C
26mg
(29%)
Calcium
149mg
(15%)
Iron
3mg
(17%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 6servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 371
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 371kcal | 19% |
| Carbohydrates | 42g | 14% |
| Protein | 8g | 16% |
| Fat | 19g | 29% |
| Saturated Fat | 7g | 35% |
| Cholesterol | 25mg | 8% |
| Sodium | 2152mg | 90% |
| Potassium | 647mg | 14% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 5g | 10% |
| Vitamin A | 6614IU | 132% |
| Vitamin C | 26mg | 29% |
| Calcium | 149mg | 15% |
| Iron | 3mg | 17% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.