Southern Chicken and Dumplings

overhead view of chicken and dumplings in a bowl

Southern Chicken and Dumplings

Southern Chicken and Dumplings is good old-fashioned comfort food. A whole chicken is used for the meat and broth to combine with the most delicious homemade dumplings.

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Prep Time 2

Cook Time 25

Servings

Calories 522kcal

Author Jill McOwen

Ingredients

1 whole chicken
1 small onion peeled and cut into 6 wedges
1 lemon cut into 6 wedges
1 pkg fresh poultry herb blend
2 tsp salt
1 tsp black pepper
2 cups all-purpose flour
4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 cup milk
4 tbsp butter melted

Instructions

Place the chicken in a large soup pot. Cover the chicken with cold water. Add the lemon, onion, poultry herbs, 2 teaspoons of salt and pepper to the pot.
Cover the pot with a lid and bring it to a simmer. Allow the chicken to cook for about 2 hours. Check the temperature of the chicken thighs. They should be at least 165 degrees F.
Remove the chicken from the pot. Strain the broth.
Place the broth back into the pot.
Remove the skin and bones from the chicken. Shred all the chicken and add it back to the pot with the broth. Bring the chicken and broth to a simmer.
To make the dumplings, whisk together the flour, salt and baking powder.
In a separate bowl, whisk together the melted butter and milk.
Add the milk and butter mixture to the flour mixture. Stir together with a spatula until a smooth dough forms.
Using a medium-sized cookie scoop, drop dough balls into the simmering broth. You should have about 15 dumplings.
Cover the pot and allow to simmer (no peaking) for 25 minutes.
Top the Southern Chicken and Dumplings with fresh parsley to serve.

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