Easy Chicken and Dumplings

Chicken & Dumplings
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Happy New Food Year!  Now, I know weight loss tops the list of resolutions, but one of mine is always to be better about putting together healthy family meals.  My 7-year-old asked about a week after Christmas why I had quit making real meals like I used to – ummm, Christmas cooking burnout, I guess – LOL.  I found this recipe in Southern Living and then received an almost identical copy from Taste of Home.  My nephew and his fiancee (hey y’all…love you, miss you!) were staying with us for the Passion 2010 and I whipped up this easy, hearty dish.  I think it’s even better the next day!

The Southern Living recipe used canned biscuits, while the Taste of Living used a Bisquik-and-milk combo.  While I was telling the girls in my community group about it, one of them (hey B!) mentioned she used frozen dumplings, and sure ‘nuf, I checked out in the freezer section of the grocery store and there they were.  So, you can take your choice!

Recipe: Easy Chicken and Dumplings

Ingredients

  1. 1 (32-oz) container low-sodium chicken broth
  2. 3 cups shredded cooked chicken (about 1-1/2 lb.)
  3. 1 (10-1/4 oz) can reduced-fat cream of chicken soup
  4. 1/4 tsp poultry seasoning
  5. 1  (10.2-oz) can refrigerated jumbo buttermilk biscuits
  6. 2 carrots, diced
  7. 3 celery ribs, diced

Instructions

  1. Bring first 4 ingredients to a boil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer, stirring occasionally, 5 minutes. Increase heat to medium-high; return to a low boil.
  2. Place biscuits on a lightly floured surface.  Roll or pat each biscuit to 1/8-inch thickness; cut into 1/2-inch-wide strips.
  3. Drop strips, 1 at a time, into boiling broth mixture.  Add carrots and celery.  Cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer 15-20 minutes, stirring occasionally to prevent dumplings from sticking.

Makes 4-6 servings.

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