Chicken & Dumpling Casserole Recipe without biscuits- use rotisserie chicken for a simple weeknight meal. Can also use leftover holiday turkey. Guaranteed to have your kids asking for seconds!
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I’ve always been intimidated by the thought of making chicken and dumplings. It seemed like a lot of work, so when I came across this recipe, I knew I had to give it a try. It was simple and really quick to make. It was fabulous! Chicken Legs especially loved it. I used a rotisserie chicken and this came together in no time. We will be making a turkey version this weekend!
Chicken & Dumpling Casserole
Equipment:
Ingredients:
- 3-4 cups of cooked chicken I use a rotisserie chicken
- 2 cups chicken broth
- ¼ cup unsalted butter
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1¼ tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 cup milk
- 1 (10.5-oz) can Unsalted Cream of Chicken Soup
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 400ºF.
- Melt butter in the microwave and pour into bottom of a 9×13 pan. Shred the chicken and spread it on top of the butter.
- Whisk together the milk and the flour, baking powder and salt. Slowly pour over the chicken. Don’t stir.
- Whisk together chicken broth and cream of chicken soup. Pour soup over the flour and milk mixture. Don’t stir.
- Bake uncovered for 35 to 45 minutes, or until dumplings are golden brown.
Notes:
- I suggest using Unsalted Cream of Chicken Soup in this dish to control the sodium.
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- Here is our recipe for Homemade Cream of Chicken Soup: https://www.plainchicken.com/homemade-cream-of-chicken-soup/
Steph
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I will be trying this tonight with my Family! They love original Chicken and Dumplings, this seems to be a simpler 'hack' for it! Cant Wait 🙂
Talk about an awesome comfort food!! I decreased the chicken by almost half, then added shredded carrot, finely diced celery, and onion. Everything else I kept as written in the recipe. This turned out phenomenally! Thank you for sharing this recipe! It's very versatile and delicious!
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IO made it for supper tonight and it turned out so delicious. I used cooked and shredded boneless, skinless chicken breasts, since I usually have those on hand anyway. The rest was the way the recipe called for. YUMMY!!! Even the hubby loved it. He usually doesn't go back for seconds on most things; this, he went back for thirds. Definitely a winner.
Could you use self-rising flour instead of all purpose and leave out the baking powder and salt? Thanks
that should be fine
Can you make it at night and cook it in the morning
I don’t know. I’ve never tried that. If you do, let us know how it turns out.
Just saw this posted and fell in Love! Definitely gonna make this my Monday night dinner ! YUM ! Thanks for this Great recipe!
Add little sage or poultry seasoning to dumplings mix great flavor.
In the oven now!!! Can't wait it smells so good!
Are these dumplings the texture of the old-fashioned dumplings that our grandmothers used to make by rolling out the flour, cutting it into strips and boiling it in the chicken broth?
No, it wasn’t like old fashioned dumplings when I made it. It was “bread-like”. I personally was hoping for old fashioned, fluffy, soft dumplings. But mine didn’t turn out like that. But I add that it still tasted very good. And I will probably make it again.
This was a good recipe but it didn't really make dumplings. I followed exactly like I do most recipes. I will say it made a beautiful tasting mixture that I'm going to reheat and serve over biscuits tomorrow .
Has anyone used Bisquik instead of the flour, etc.? Seems like it would be easier!
I have made this recipe twice in the past two months and my family loves it. I use chicken from a rotisserie chicken and other than deboning the chicken (yuck) this is such a quick and simple recipe that I always have the ingredients on hand. Thanks so much for a delicious and easy weeknight recipe!
I made this for supper tonight and it was wonderful! My husband and son, who don't like chicken and dumplings, recognized it as such, but agree it is better than the usual C&D. This will be added to my list of "make when they are not here."
Can't wait to try this – Chicken and Dumplings is one of my top 5 dishes. I'll add a little dry sherry because I've found it makes canned mushroom or cream of chicken soup taste like homemade. For those who love thin rolled dumplings and don't have the time to make them, try frozen ones – either Mary B's or Open Kettle are as good as homemade.
Wonder if you can use buttermilk for the dumpling mix instead of plain milk?
Wonder if you can use buttermilk for the dumpling mix instead of plain milk?