This simple Homemade Chicken and Dumpling Recipe is sure to warm your soul and keep you smiling all year long. I modified my mother-in-law’s original recipe to make it a bit lighter, while incorporating more fresh herbs and vegetables straight from my garden.
Photos From The Kitchen
Bringing great memories to my kitchen today as I whip up this tasty meal. Out to the garden to pick a few carrots, celery and parsley that are still producing in early November.
I enjoy preparing meals from scratch with a little ‘cheat’. In this recipe, I combine flour and milk to create a simple biscuit or use biscuit mix that is added to the stockpot. Carrots and celery are straightforward to cultivate and can enhance your immune system. If you are creating this recipe during the hot summer months you may want to blanch the celery you grow in your home garden to eliminate the strong, bitter taste that certain varieties may develop in warmer temperatures. Todays harvest is a new ‘Utah’ variety of celery that is super mild but full of fresh flavor. You will find the complete recipe at the bottom of this post.
The photo above featuring the dumpling is to give you an idea of what the dough looks like before adding to the soup to cook.
From The Late Season Garden
The secret to good meals with great flavor is fresh herbs. Below I share a product review to help you keep your herbs fresh year-round. I also recommend growing your own parsley. This herb has got to be the easiest to grow in a greenhouse or on your kitchen counter in a growing system like Aerogarden.
Today, growing vegetables and a variety of herbs year-round has become incredibly easy, even in Ohio. The harvest featured in today’s photos was gathered on November 2, directly from my raised beds. While the herbs came from my dome greenhouse, most of my culinary herbs thrive year-round in a hydroponic setup in my office. We are truly fortunate to cultivate these varieties that are often hard to find at an affordable price. You can find out more about how I grow in my raised beds and hydroponics on my website.
Chicken and Dumpling Recipe
6-8 Servings
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Level: Moderate to Easy
Cook Time: 20-25 minutes
Ingredients:
- 3 pounds of cooked Chicken
- 1 1/2 cups of biscuit mix ( mixed with milk – dough form not baked)
- 5 cups of chicken broth
- 1/4 cup onions (diced)
- 1/2 cup celery (diced)
- 1/2 cup of carrots (slivered)
- 2 tablespoons of fresh parsley (chopped)
- Salt and Pepper (to taste)
Directions:
- Sauté onion and celery in about 2 tablespoons of olive oil before tossing in the carrots. Keep stirring until carrots are soft (about 5-8 minutes).
- Add chopped up cooked chicken. Rotisserie chicken works great for this. Stir in with the saute mix before slowly adding broth.
- Let the mix come to a slow boil before adding (salt and pepper). Carefully drop 1/4 cup size dough balls into the stock pot. Put lid on pot and let slow boil for about 5 minutes or until the dough started to get thicker. DO NOT STIR right away.
- Serve once the dough can be gently folded into the broth mix (about 10 minutes).
Top with fresh chopped parsley
Be sure to click on the link featuring the Easy Chicken and Dumpling Recipe that you can print or save to your device. Let me know what you think if you try this recipe by commenting below.
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Happy Gardening,
