Southern Chicken and Dumplings

Southern Chicken and Dumplings

This Southern chicken and dumplings recipe is thick and creamy with a can of condensed cream of chicken soup.

Preparation Time
35 mins
Cooking Time
1 hr 30 mins
Total Time
2 hr 5 mins
Calories
616 Calories

Recipe Instructions

Step 1
Make the chicken: Melt butter in a large pot over medium heat. Stir in onion and cook until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add chicken breasts, skin-side-down. Pour in chicken broth and just enough water to cover chicken. Increase the heat to high and bring to a simmer. Reduce the heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until chicken begins to fall off the bone, about 1 hour.
Step 2
Transfer chicken to a plate. Remove and discard skin and bones. Allow meat to cool.
Step 3
While the chicken is cooling, make the dumplings: Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt together in a mixing bowl. Work in 1/3 cup plus 2 tablespoons shortening with your fingers until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
Step 4
Make a well in the middle and pour in milk; stir until a stiff dough forms. Turn dough out onto a floured surface and knead until smooth. Divide into 16 pieces.
Step 5
Make the soup: Add 2 cups water, condensed soup, salt, and pepper to the pot used to cook the chicken.
Step 6
Shred chicken, add to the pot, and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Drop dumplings, one at a time, into soup. Cover, reduce the heat to medium-low, and simmer until dumplings are puffy and no longer doughy in the center, 10 to 20 minutes.
Southern Chicken and Dumplings
Southern Chicken and Dumplings
Southern Chicken and Dumplings
Southern Chicken and Dumplings

Ingredients

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 2 cups water
  • 1 cup water, or as needed
  • 1 (10.5 ounce) can condensed cream of chicken soup
  • 1 medium onion, diced
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable shortening
  • 1 (32 ounce) can chicken broth
  • 3 large bone-in chicken breast halves with skin
  • 0.25 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1.5 teaspoons salt
  • 0.5 teaspoon salt
  • 0.75 cup milk
  • 0.33333334326744 cup vegetable shortening

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