Salsa Verde Chicken & Dumplings

Salsa Verde Chicken & Dumplings – Chicken in a creamy salsa verde sauce topped with cornbread dumplings and baked. Great Mexican recipe that is ready in about 20 minutes! Butter, flour, chicken broth, salsa verde, heavy cream, chicken, milk, cornmeal, baking powder, and parsleyQuick recipe for weeknight meals! SO good! I wanted to lick my plate!!

Southwestern Chicken & Dumplings

This Salsa Verde Chicken & Dumpling is absolutely delicious. We both took one bite and agreed this was awesome! A quick salsa verde sauce with chicken and cornbread dumplings. This only takes a few minutes to make and tastes great. All you need is a simple salad or some spicy black beans and you are set!

How to Make Salsa Verde Chicken & Dumplings

This is actually a really quick meal and it is made in one pot. I love one-pot meals! To make this recipe, melt butter over medium-high heat in an oven-safe skillet. Add flour. Slowly whisk in chicken broth, salsa verde, and heavy cream. Continue to stir sauce until thick and bubbly. Stir in chicken and remove from heat. Next, make the dumplings. Mix together milk, butter, flour, cornmeal, baking powder, salt, and parsley. Drop tablespoon scoops of dough on top of the chicken mixture and bake until the dumplings are golden brown.

• I used half of a rotisserie chicken for the cooked chicken, and this was ready to go in the oven in less than 10 minutes.
• I used Fonterra Grill Tomatillo Salsa for the salsa verde. It was really good. It didn’t have big chunks in it and wasn’t spicy.

What to Serve with Southwestern Chicken

This is a new family favorite. I’ve already made this again because we loved it so much. We serve this with a salad or some spicy black beans. This is also great with green beans, squash, or broccoli. Add this to your menu ASAP!

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Salsa Verde Chicken & Dumplings

Author: Stephanie @ Plain Chicken

Yield: 4 people

Prep Time 10 mins

Cook Time 20 mins

Total Time 30 mins

Salsa Verde Chicken & Dumplings – chicken in a creamy salsa verde sauce topped with cornbread dumplings and baked. Great Mexican recipe that is ready in about 20 minutes! Quick recipe for weeknight meals! SO good! I wanted to lick my plate!!

Equipment:

• 10-inch Cast Iron Skillet

Ingredients:

Sauce

• 3 Tbsp butter
• 5 Tbsp flour
• 1⅓ cup chicken broth
• 1⅓ cups salsa verde
• ½ cup heavy cream
• 2½ cups cooked chopped chicken

Dumplings

• ⅔ cup milk
• 1 Tbsp butter, melted
• 1 cup flour
• ⅓ cup cornmeal
• 2 tsp baking powder
• ¼ tsp salt
• 1 Tbsp dried parsley

Instructions:

• Preheat oven to 400ºF.

Sauce

• Melt 3 Tbsp of butter over medium-high heat in an oven safe skillet. Add flour. Slowly whisk in chicken broth, salsa verde, and heavy cream. Continue to stir sauce until thick and bubbly. Stir in chicken and remove from heat.

Dumplings

• Combine fall ingredients and stir until just combined. Drop tablespoon scoops of dough on top of the chicken mixture.
• Place skillet in preheated oven and bake for 18 -20 minutes, until cornbread is golden brown.

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Steph