Chicken and Cornbread Dumplings

Iain Bagwell
Hands-on Time:
30 Mins
Total Time:
5 Hours 40 Mins
Yield:
Makes 8 servings
Southern Living
This recipe originally appeared on MyRecipes

Make a classic chicken and dumplings recipe even more Southern by topping the vegetable-and-chicken-packed stew with cornbread dumplings.

Ingredients

  • Chicken
  • 3 skinned, bone-in chicken breasts (about 1 1/2 lb.)
  • 6 skinned and boned chicken thighs (about 1 lb.)
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon poultry seasoning
  • 1/2 pound carrots, sliced
  • 1/2 pound parsnips, sliced
  • 4 celery ribs, sliced
  • 1 sweet onion, chopped
  • 2 (10 3/4-oz.) cans cream of chicken soup
  • 1 (32-oz.) container chicken broth
  • Cornbread Dumplings
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup self-rising yellow cornmeal
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup milk
  • 3 tablespoons butter, melted
  • 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
  • 2 teaspoons chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley

How to Make It

Step 1

Prepare Chicken: Rub chicken pieces with salt, pepper, and poultry seasoning. Place breasts in a 6-qt. slow cooker; top with thighs. Add carrots and next 3 ingredients. Whisk together soup and broth until smooth. Pour soup mixture over vegetables. Cover and cook on HIGH 3 1/2 hours or until chicken shreds easily with a fork. Remove chicken; cool 10 minutes. Bone and shred chicken. Stir chicken into soup-and-vegetable mixture. Cover and cook on HIGH 1 hour or until boiling.

Step 2

Meanwhile, prepare Dumplings: Whisk together flour and next 3 ingredients. Make a well in center of mixture. Add milk, butter, thyme, and parsley to dry ingredients, gently stirring just until moistened.

Step 3

Drop dough by 1/4 cupfuls into simmering chicken mixture, leaving about 1/4-inch space between dumplings. Cover and cook on HIGH 30 to 35 minutes or until dumplings have doubled in size.

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