Easiest Way to Make Delicious Homemade Chicken and Dumplings

Homemade Chicken and Dumplings. Fluffy, homemade dumplings in the most flavorful chicken soup. Chicken and Dumplings is one of the top recipes on my site for a reason and I can't wait for you to try it! A bowl of homemade chicken and dumplings.

Easy Homemade Chicken and Dumplings Recipe just like granny used to make! Check out the funny back story of how I came to learn to make homemade chicken and dumplings, and for the full recipe on my blog. Or, chicken n' dumplins' rather, as we like to say in the South. You can cook Homemade Chicken and Dumplings using 8 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Homemade Chicken and Dumplings

1. Prepare 3-4 of large chicken breasts, cubed.
2. Prepare 1 of large onion.
3. You need 1 can of chicken broth (unsalted).
4. Prepare of garlic salt (to taste).
5. Prepare of Creole seasoning (to taste).
6. Prepare 2.5 cups of flour.
7. Prepare of cold water (1 cup?).
8. You need 1 cup of cooking oil.

I had been eagerly searching for a recipe like the For this version, the dumplings are rolled out thin and sliced, rather than dropped biscuit-style into the bubbling chicken stock. This homemade chicken and dumplings recipe is made completely from scratch. Classic comfort food at its best! Chicken and dumplings can be a little difficult to get right, but the flour and cornmeal in this recipe help prevent gloopy flour balls.

Homemade Chicken and Dumplings step by step

1. In a large pot, heat 1/4 cup of oil and brown your chicken for about 7-10 minutes. Add onions during the last 3 minutes and lightly season with garlic salt and Creole seasoning. Chicken will not be completely cooked. Remove from heat..
2. In a large skillet, heat remaining cooking oil and add up to 1/2 cup of cooking oil to make a light brown roux. Do NOT make a dark brown one like you would for a gumbo! Remove from heat once completed..
3. Combine remaining flour and enough water to make a firm but sticky ball of dough. Tap water is fine. Feel free season your dough slightly with garlic salt and Creole seasoning..
4. Return chicken to heat. Turn up to medium high and add chicken broth and 3-4 cans of water and roux. While temp is rising, pull dumpling sized bits from dough ball by hand and drop into pot..
5. Once near boiling, turn down to medium low. Add more water by can if too thick for your taste and you want to thin it out some. Cook for an additional 10-15 min..
6. Enjoy as a stand alone or serve over rice!.

Comfort food like no one's business. Slightly brothy, slightly creamy, with the most delectable dumplings. Homemade dumplings are so easy to make and turn this into an amazing meal. Add shredded chicken and heavy cream to pot, then return to a simmer. Homemade Chicken and Dumplings, with tender chicken, vegetables, and scratch made drop dumplings, is the kind of comfort food we crave.