Easy Chicken and Dumplings

A lot of dumpling recipes make the dumplings into little chewy dough balls and my children don’t like them.  This recipe makes bready dumplings that are cooked with the chicken.  It’s a really easy, satisfying meal to feed your hungry family.

Easy Chicken ‘N Dumplings
It’s easier to make than to write about it :0)

Chicken of Choice cut up
2 cans cream style soup (mushroom or chicken)
milk

I used to start by cleaning and cutting up a chicken. These days I keep boneless frozen chicken breasts in the freezer. You can thaw them in cold water for about 20 minutes and they don’t have to be completely soft to begin cooking them. Remember, if your meat is boneless it cooks in 10 to 20 minutes where regular pieces might take an hour.

Put a little olive oil in a large frying pan or electric skillet. Heat it over medium to medium high heat. Meanwhile, pat your chicken dry and season it with a little salt and pepper. Add the chicken to the pan. Turn it over when it starts to brown. As soon as the bottom side starts to brown, add 2 cans of cream of mushroom soup(or cream of chicken, or some of both). refill one of the cans with milk and add that too. Stir until it looks like a sauce and reduce your heat to a high simmer. Cover the Pot.

Meanwhile, make dumpling dough.
1 1/2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons shortening (or oil or butter)
3/4 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon dried parsley (optional)

Measure the dry ingredients. I like to add parsley because it looks nice in the dumplings. Cut in shortening and add milk. Stir until dough forms.

Drop by large spoonfuls onto the hot bubbling chicken mixture. Cook uncovered 10 minutes. Cover and cook 10 minutes more or until dumplings are done.

I usually serve green beans with it but you could substitute any vegetable or green salad.  If I make extra, my family loves the left-overs for lunch the next day.

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