Comfort-Food Classics: Chicken and Dumplings Recipes
No Comments | Written on January 6, 2012 at 3:00 pm, by The Editors
Bring a bubbling pot of chicken and dumplings to the dinner table on a cold winter night, and you’re an instant hero. There’s something about the combination of creamy sauce, tender vegetables, shredded chicken, and fluffy dumplings that lights up every comfort-food button in your body. It’s a hearty meal that feels like love in a bowl.
But there are tricks to making a great batch of chicken and dumplings. Ideally, you want tender, juicy chicken, lump-free sauce, and dumplings that taste like floating clouds — not doughy blobs. To achieve this, keep the sauce bubbling when you add the dollops of batter — you want the poaching to be even and hot. Also, cover the dumplings as they cook; the wet heat activates the baking powder, causing the dumplings to puff up light and airy.
Once the dumplings are cooked through, ladle everything up into a shallow bowl. And get ready to field requests for seconds.
This delicious low-fat version of chicken and dumplings allows you to keep your resolution to eat healthy without giving up flavor.
Using a store-bought biscuit mix makes this recipe quick and easy.
Old-Fashioned Chicken and Dumplings
Whole-wheat flour gives these dumplings added fiber and flavor.
Slow-Cooker Chicken and Dumplings
Let your slow cooker take the guesswork out of chicken and dumplings.
Chicken ‘n Dumplings with Vegetables
This classic recipe calls for chicken thighs, which aren’t only economical, they’re wonderfully succulent, too.
Mastering chicken and dumplings is as easy as 1-2-3 with our handy how-to video!
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Dinner Tonight | Tags: Chicken, Chicken and Dumplings, Chicken Soup, Quick and Easy Chicken Dishes, Soup
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