Easy Chicken and Dumplings

I’ve been making this easy chicken and dumplings recipe for as long as I can remember. And my mom always made it this way too when I was growing up.

It’s definitely a perfect warm, comfort meal for a cold winter night and you can throw it together super quickly and easy as well.

Pair this with some crockpot cinnamon apples and homemade canned green beans, and you’re good to go!

You don’t need Cracker Barrel when you can just make this yummy meal at home! Trust me, you’ll want to try this one out for yourself! Keep on reading for the full recipe card below!

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Ingredients Needed For Easy Chicken and Dumplings:

• 4-5 chicken breasts
• 1 can refrigerated biscuits
• 1 can of cream of chicken soup
• 1 cup milk
• 4 tablespoons butter
• Salt and pepper, to taste

How to Make Chicken and Dumplings:

First, you need to cook your chicken. Bring a large pot of water and a pinch of salt to boil and then cook chicken breasts until done. Usually 10-15 minutes depending on size.

Remove chicken and set aside, do not discard your water. This will become the chicken broth for the chicken and dumplings. Let chicken cool, and then shred the chicken.

Put the broth back on the stove adding 1 cup of milk, 4 tablespoons of butter, and additional salt and pepper. Bring broth up to a boil.

While broth is boiling, flatten out the canned biscuits on a floured surface using a rolling pin. With a floured knife, cut into 1×1 inch pieces. Add pieces into boiling broth.

Punch down lightly with spoon every so often, not stirring, for about 10 minutes. Then, add 1 can cream of chicken soup and the shredded chicken to the broth while stirring.

Serve and enjoy! Store leftovers in fridge for up to 4 days.

Enjoy Your Chicken and Dumplings!

As you can see, this is a super easy recipe and it turns out delicious every time. You really save time by using canned biscuits as your dumplings, instead of making them from scratch.

Which, you could totally do as well by the way if you wanted, but it definitely wouldn’t be as easy! This recipe is a nice easy, work night recipe option. I tried to make it as easy and straightforward as possible!

So the next time you’re craving chicken and dumplings, you don’t have to go all out. You can make this easy recipe and have some delicious chicken and dumplings too!

If you try it out, let me know how it goes for you! I hope you love it just as much as I do. I’m telling you, this is definitely one of my go-to recipes every winter because it doesn’t disappoint!