Old Fashioned Chicken And Dumplings (made Easy)

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 cups chunked boneless skinless rotisserie-cooked chicken
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 3 (14 1/2 ounce) cans chicken broth (5 1/4 cups)
• 1 dash black pepper
• 1 dash parsley flakes or 1 dash dried chives
• 1 dash poultry seasoning
• 1 pinch nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon snipped fresh rosemary (optional)
• 1 1/8 cups bisquick
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1 dash parsley flakes or 1 dash dried chives
• 1 dash ground black pepper
• snipped fresh parsley (or dried parsley or dried chives) or chives (or dried parsley or dried chives)

Recipe

• 1 note: if using salted butter, use two 14.5 ounce cans chicken broth plus two cups water. (step one): chop deboned skinless chicken into bite-sized pieces; set aside.
• 2 melt 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter in a large saucepan over medium-low heat. add 1/2 cup all-purpose flour and cook until bubbly and light golden, stirring often for 2 minutes. stir in the broth and seasonings. bring mixture to boiling then reduce heat to medium. add chunked or diced chicken; stir.
• 3 combine the dumpling dough ingredients, stirring only until soft dough forms (do not overmix). drop dough quickly by teaspoons in a single layer over surface of bubbling gravy on one half of large saucepan (do not roll or press dough, or submerge beneath the gravy). simmer mixture uncovered for 10 minutes.
• 4 garnish tops of dumplings with parsley or chives.
• 5 cover then reduce heat to medium-low.
• 6 simmer covered for 10 additional minutes; uncover and remove from heat.
• 7 lift out dumplings individually using a small slotted spoon, placing them onto a plate, leaving dumplings garnished side-up.
• 8 stir chicken and gravy using a wooden spoon (gently scraping bottom of saucepan while stirring).
• 9 ladle the chicken/gravy mixture into bowls, then arrange dumplings over the top.
• 10 serve and enjoy.