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30 Minute Chicken and Dumplings

A comforting and quick one-pot meal packed with chicken, vegetables, and fluffy dumplings ready in just 30 minutes.
prep_time 25 minutes
Course Dinner
Cuisine American
Servings 5 people
Calories 320 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1.5 lbs chicken breast tenders
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1 russet potato peeled and diced
  • 2 medium carrots peeled and diced or thinly sliced
  • 1 medium onion chopped
  • 1 stalk celery diced
  • 1 bay leaf fresh or dried
  • salt & freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon poultry seasoning
  • 2 tablespoons flour
  • 1 quart chicken broth
  • 8 ounce biscuit mix preferred brand Jiffy Mix
  • 0.5 cup warm water
  • 2 tablespoons flat leaf parsley chopped
  • 1 cup frozen green peas

Instructions
 

  • Dice tenders into bite size pieces and set aside.
  • Wash hands.
  • Place a large pot on stove over medium high heat.
  • Add oil, butter, vegetables and bay leaf and cook 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
  • Season mixture with salt, pepper and poultry seasoning.
  • Add flour to the pan and cook 2 minutes.
  • Stir broth or stock to the pot and bring to a boil.
  • Add chicken to the broth and stir.
  • Place biscuit mix in a bowl.
  • Combine with 1/2 cup warm water and parsley.
  • Drop tablespoonfuls of prepared mix into the pot, spacing dumplings evenly.
  • Cover pot tightly and reduce heat to medium low.
  • Steam dumplings 8 to 10 minutes.
  • Remove cover and stir chicken and dumplings to thicken sauce a bit.
  • Stir peas into the pan, remove chicken and dumplings from heat and serve in shallow bowls.
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Notes

You can substitute refrigerated biscuits or scratch-made dough for the dumplings if preferred.

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 320kcalCarbohydrates: 28gProtein: 26gFat: 12gSaturated Fat: 5g
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Keyword Chicken
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