Slow Cooker Chicken and Dumplings

Slow Cooker Chicken and Dumplings are a yummy comfort food that the whole family will enjoy. This crock pot chicken and dumplings recipe gives you two options for the dumplings! Use prepared biscuits, or make them from scratch using my easy dumplings recipe.

Slow Cooker Chicken and Dumplings

When I think of classic American food, I think of recipes like Meatloaf, American Goulash, and Chicken and Dumplings! Though all of these recipes began somewhere else, Americans adopted our own versions and they have become part of our food culture.

Another very American thing is the Crock-Pot®, though some people call it a slow cooker (I can't make up my mind, so I use whatever fires in my brain first 😉 ). Those of us who love our Crock-Pots / Slow Cookers will always love them. They are a part of our culture.

Slow Cooker Chicken and Dumplings combines these to classics and makes a great comfort food meal. In this recipe I give you the option to use canned biscuit dumplings, or make up a quick batch of homemade dumplings.

You just roll out each biscuit and cut it in strips. Then cut those in half if you don't want long dumplings. If you don't want to roll them flat, cut each biscuit into 6 or 8 pieces.

For the homemade dumplings, just mix the ingredients in a bowl and drop spoonfulls into the chicken mixture.

When done cooking, the tops of the dumplings get a little browned. If you don't want any browning, stir them in and submerge them after adding.

If you like the Instant Pot®, I have an Instant Pot Chicken and Dumplings recipe you may want to try.

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Slow Cooker Chicken and Dumplings

Prep Time

10 mins

Cook Time

6 hrs

Total Time

6 hrs 10 mins

 

Slow Cooker Chicken and Dumplings are a yummy comfort food that the whole family will enjoy. This crock pot chicken and dumplings recipe gives you two options for the dumplings! Use prepared biscuits, or make them from scratch using my easy dumplings recipe.

Course: Dinner

Cuisine: American

Keyword: crock pot chicken and dumplings recipe

Servings: 6 - 8

Calories: 525 kcal

Author: Sandy Clifton

Ingredients

• 1 small Onion, diced
• 2 ribs Celery, diced (about 1 cup)
• 1 cup Carrots, chopped
• 3 Chicken Breasts, boneless/skinless (about 1 ½ lbs)
• 3 cloves Garlic, pressed or minced
• 1 Bay Leaf
• ½ teaspoon Kosher Salt
• ½ teaspoon Pepper
• ¼ teaspoon Poultry Seasoning
• ¼ teaspoon Sage (I use rubbed, dried)
• 2 sprigs Fresh Thyme
• 1 4" sprig Fresh Rosemary
• 1 Tablespoon Parsley, dried
• 2 cans Cream of Chicken Soup
• 2 ½ cups Chicken Broth, low sodium

To Thicken (Mix these together)

• 2 Tablespoons Flour
• 2 Tablespoons Melted butter

Dumplings - See NOTES Below For Ingredients

Instructions

1. Add the onion, celery, and carrots to the crock, then lay the chicken breasts on top.

2. Add the garlic, bay leaf, salt, pepper, poultry seasoning, sage, thyme, rosemary, and parsley.

3. In a mixing bowl, stir together the chicken soup and broth, then pour it over the chicken and seasonings.

4. Place the lid on and cook on High for 2-3 hours, or until the chicken is 165°F internal temperature.

5. While chicken is cooking, prepare the dumplings so you have them ready. See instructions in Notes below.

6.  Try to keep the lid on as much as possible while doing the next steps.

7. After 3 hours on High, take out the chicken and shred or dice it. Set aside.

8. Mix flour and butter together thoroughly and stir into the soup mixture in the crock. Add the chicken meat back in and stir again.

9. Add the dumplings.

   Homemade: Drop heaping teaspoonfuls into the broth (not too large as they need to cook through, and they expand).

   Biscuits: Add the sliced or whole biscuits into the broth and gently stir to distribute them, or leave them on top (they will cook better on top if they are not rolled flat. Flat ones can be stirred in).

10. Replace the lid and cook another 60 to 90 minutes, or until dumplings are done.

Recipe Notes

Choose the Type of Dumplings You Want to Make, and Prepare Them

Canned Biscuit Dumplings

1. For the canned biscuits use 1 jumbo tube of 6 biscuits. You can leave them whole, or cut them into smaller pieces.

2. Or roll each one flat and cut into 6 equal slices (you can cut those strips in half if you want smaller dumplings). Do this to all 6 biscuits and set aside in a bowl.

Homemade Dumplings

• 1 ½ cups Flour
• ¾ teaspoon Salt
• 2 tsp Baking Powder
• 3 Tablespoons Shortening (such as Crisco®) or Cold Butter
• ¾ cup Whole Milk (or buttermilk)
• ¼ cup Chives, finely chopped (fresh or dried) - Optional

1. Put all ingredients except milk in a bowl and use a pastry cutter or a fork to mix well and incorporate the shortening into the dry ingredients

2. Stir in the milk (and chives, if using) and combine, until just moistened. Set aside.