Easy Chicken & Dumplings

7 ingredients
17 steps

Ingredients

  • 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cooked and cut into pieces
  • 1 10.5 oz can condensed cream of chicken soup
  • 2 14 oz cans low sodium chicken broth
  • 3 tbl. tablespoons margarine or butter
  • 2 7.5 oz cans refrigerated buttermilk biscuits (do not get layered biscuits)
  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • 1 salt and pepper to taste

Directions

  1. 1
    Cook chicken breasts in about 3-4 cups water for about 30 - 45 minutes.
  2. 2
    Remove, cool and break into bite size pieces.
  3. 3
    Add both cans of chicken broth to a large pot pot.
  4. 4
    Add cream of chicken soup and bring to a boil.
  5. 5
    While mixture comes to a boil cut biscuits into 4ths.
  6. 6
    Cut the chicken into bite size pieces or shred.
  7. 7
    In a separate small bowl add 1 cup of flour.
  8. 8
    Dip each biscuit piece into flour.
  9. 9
    Shake off any excess, drop into hot broth one at a time.
  10. 10
    Continue with remaining biscuit pieces until you have dropped all of the biscuits into the broth.
  11. 11
    Using a wooden spoon or a spatula push the biscuit pieces down gently under the broth and cover.
  12. 12
    Try not to stir to much.
  13. 13
    Just every once and a while push the dumplings down into the broth.
  14. 14
    Cook on a low simmer for about 20 minutes and then add 3 tablespoons of margarine and the chicken.
  15. 15
    Gently stir to mix and cook an additional 10 minutes.
  16. 16
    Keep warm and serve.
  17. 17
    Add additional salt and pepper if needed.

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