Southern Chicken and Dumplings

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Old-fashioned, stick-to-your-ribs, Southern chicken and dumplings recipe made with chicken breasts, condensed soup, and homemade dumplings.

Submitted by staceywatts
Updated on December 13, 2022
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Prep Time:
35 mins
Cook Time:
1 hr 30 mins
Total Time:
2 hrs 5 mins
Servings:
8
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Ingredients

Original recipe (1X) yields 8 servings

Chicken:

  • 2 tablespoons butter

  • 1 medium onion, diced

  • 3 large bone-in chicken breast halves with skin

  • 1 (32 ounce) can chicken broth

  • 1 cup water, or as needed

Dumplings:

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour

  • 1 tablespoon baking powder

  • 1 ½ teaspoons salt

  • ⅓ cup vegetable shortening

  • 2 tablespoons vegetable shortening

  • ¾ cup milk

Soup:

  • 2 cups water

  • 1 (10.5 ounce) can condensed cream of chicken soup

  • ½ teaspoon salt

  • ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper

Directions

  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.

  2. Transfer chicken to a plate. Remove and discard skin and bones. Allow meat to cool.

  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.

  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.

  5. Make the soup: Add 2 cups water, condensed soup, salt, and pepper to the pot used to cook the chicken.

  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.

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Nutrition Facts (per serving)

616 Calories
32g Fat
42g Carbs
38g Protein
Nutrition Facts
Servings Per Recipe 8
Calories 616
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 32g 41%
Saturated Fat 10g 49%
Cholesterol 111mg 37%
Sodium 1578mg 69%
Total Carbohydrate 42g 15%
Dietary Fiber 2g 5%
Protein 38g 77%
Vitamin C 1mg 1%
Calcium 164mg 13%
Iron 4mg 22%
Potassium 453mg 10%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

** Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-) Information is not currently available for this nutrient. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.