Irish Chicken and Dumplings

Here's a cozy dish to comfort on a dark and stormy night. A creamy, fragrant stew of chicken, celery, onions, carrots, peas and potatoes plays host to biscuit dough, dropped by the spoonful into the boiling hot liquid. Simmer until the dumplings are done.

• Calories: 595 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 ⅓ cups milk
• 3 cups water
• 4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
• 3 cups baking mix
• 1 cup chopped celery
• ½ teaspoon poultry seasoning
• 2 (10.75 ounce) cans condensed cream of chicken soup
• 5 carrots, sliced
• 2 onions, quartered
• 1 (10 ounce) package frozen green peas
• 4 potatoes, quartered

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

In large, heavy pot, combine soup, water, chicken, celery, onion, salt, poultry seasoning, and pepper. Cover and cook over low heat about 1 1/2 hours.

Step 2

Add potatoes and carrots; cover and cook another 30 minutes.

Step 3

Remove chicken from pot, shred it, and return to pot. Add peas and cook only 5 minutes longer.

Step 4

Add dumplings. To make dumplings: Mix baking mix and milk until a soft dough forms. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto BOILING stew. Simmer covered for 10 minutes, then uncover and simmer an additional 10 minutes.