Description
The ultimate comfort food classic—tender chicken, rich aromatic broth, and fluffy dumplings that come together in a soul-warming dish anyone can master.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2–3 lbs bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs or breasts
- 2 tbsp olive oil or butter
- 1 cup diced yellow onion
- 1 cup diced carrots
- 1 cup diced celery
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 8 cups low-sodium chicken broth
- 1 cup whole milk or half-and-half
- 1 tsp dried thyme
- 1 tsp dried rosemary
- 1 tsp dried sage
- 1 tsp dried parsley
- 1/2 tsp onion powder
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1.5–2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp garlic powder (optional)
- 1/2 tsp sugar (optional)
- 3/4 cup cold milk or buttermilk
- 4 tbsp melted butter
Instructions
- Heat oil in a Dutch oven, season chicken, and brown for 4–5 minutes per side. Remove and set aside.
- Add onions, carrots, and celery; sauté 5–7 minutes. Stir in garlic and dried herbs.
- Pour in broth, scrape up browned bits, return chicken, cover, and simmer 30–40 minutes.
- Remove chicken, shred, and strain broth if desired.
- Mix flour, baking powder, salt, and optional seasonings; add cold milk and melted butter; fold gently into a shaggy dough.
- Return shredded chicken to broth with milk or half-and-half; bring to a gentle simmer.
- Drop golf-ball-sized dumplings onto the simmering broth, cover tightly, and cook 15–18 minutes without lifting the lid.
Notes
Keep broth at a gentle simmer, avoid overmixing dumpling dough, and never lift the lid while dumplings steam.
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 65 minutes
- Category: Comfort Food
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Southern
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 485
- Sugar: 4g
- Sodium: 820mg
- Fat: 24g
- Saturated Fat: 9g
- Unsaturated Fat: 15g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 38g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 32g
- Cholesterol: 135mg
Keywords: chicken dumplings, chicken and dumplings, southern comfort food, chicken recipe