Chicken and Dumplings
Chicken and dumplings is a traditional American comfort food.
Ingredients
- Approximately 2 liters (2 quarts) chicken stock
- Approximately 1 kilogram (2 pounds) cooked boneless chicken meat, cut into bite-sized pieces
- 1 carrot, sliced into rounds
- 1 celery rib or ¼ celeriac, chopped
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- Salt, pepper, and liquid seasoning to taste
- 150 grams (1¼ U.S. cups) all-purpose flour
- 1½ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 20 grams (1½ tablespoons) solid fat (such as vegetable shortening, lard or butter)
- 150 milliliters (5 U.S. fluid ounces) milk
Ingredients for 8 servings (3.6 kg) · the original recipe
Method
- 1
Combine all the stew ingredients in a large pot and bring to a boil.
Stovetop - 2
Reduce heat and allow to simmer while you make the dumplings.
Stovetop - 3
For the dumplings, mix the dry ingredients together and cut in the shortening until the mixture is coarse and grainy.
- 4
Add milk and mix just until combined into a dough.
- 5
Drop dough by spoonfuls onto the stew.
- 6
Simmer 5 minutes with the lid off and 15–20 minutes longer with the lid on.
Stovetop
Recipe from Wikibooks Cookbook, written by Wikibooks contributors. Used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; the ingredient list and method on this page are taken from that page and edited (its notes, tips and variations are not reproduced), and are available under the same licence. The macros, equipment tags and scaling are Ma Kitchen’s own and are not the source’s figures. Ma Kitchen is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wikibooks Cookbook. Copied on 2026-11-12.
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