Description
Comfort meets convenience in this hearty slow cooker chicken & dumplings, blending Southern warmth with effortless cooking. Creamy, tender chicken nestled with fluffy dumplings promises a satisfying meal you’ll crave time and again.
Ingredients
Scale
Protein:
- 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
Dairy and Soup:
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 cans cream of chicken soup
Dough and Vegetables:
- 2 small packages Grands Jr biscuits (10 biscuits)
- 1 onion, finely diced
- 1/2 cup flour (for coating biscuits)
Instructions
- Arrange chicken, butter, cream soup, and diced onion in a greased slow cooker, ensuring ingredients are fully submerged with water.
- Cover and set slow cooker to high temperature, allowing mixture to simmer and chicken to become tender for 5-6 hours.
- Approximately 30 minutes before serving, gently tear refrigerated biscuits into rustic chunks, lightly coating each piece with flour to prevent adhesion.
- Carefully distribute floured biscuit pieces across the surface of the simmering chicken mixture, spreading evenly.
- Replace slow cooker lid and continue cooking for an additional 30 minutes until biscuit dumplings transform into fluffy, golden-edged morsels and reach full doneness.
- Once completed, use two forks to shred chicken and gently incorporate dumplings throughout the creamy, savory stew.
- Allow mixture to rest for 5-10 minutes before serving to enhance flavor melding and achieve optimal consistency.
Notes
- Use boneless, skinless chicken breasts for a leaner dish that cooks evenly and absorbs more flavor.
- Sprinkle dried thyme or rosemary into the slow cooker to enhance the overall taste profile and add depth to the chicken.
- Swap regular biscuits with gluten-free biscuit dough and use cornstarch instead of flour for rolling to make the recipe celiac-friendly.
- Shred the chicken before adding dumplings for a more tender and integrated meal that allows the biscuit pieces to soak up more delicious broth.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 6 hours 30 minutes
- Category: Lunch, Dinner
- Method: Slow Cooking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 6
- Calories: 520
- Sugar: 3 g
- Sodium: 900 mg
- Fat: 25 g
- Saturated Fat: 10 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 12 g
- Trans Fat: 0.5 g
- Carbohydrates: 40 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 35 g
- Cholesterol: 95 mg