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Slow Cooker Chicken and Dumplings

If you are searching for comfort and ease, you cannot get any more delicious than this Slow Cooker Chicken and Dumplings.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time8 hours 30 minutes
Total Time8 hours 40 minutes
Course: Main Course, Slow Cooker
Cuisine: American
Servings: 4
Calories: 465kcal
Author: Tornadough Alli

Ingredients

For the chicken soup:

  • 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts around 1 pound
  • 1 large carrot cut into thin slices
  • 1 celery stalk sliced thin
  • 1 small onion diced
  • 3 cups chicken broth
  • 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 clove garlic minced
  • 3 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 1 cup evaporated milk

For the dumplings:

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • Pinch of nutmeg
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 egg beaten
  • ½ cup milk

Instructions

  • Place the chicken breasts, carrot, celery, onion, chicken broth, bay leaf and garlic into your slow cooker cover and cook for 4 hours on high or 7-8 hours on low
  • When done, shred the chicken with two forks.
  • In a small bowl make a slurry by mixing the cornstarch with the evaporated milk and stir into the slow cooker, place lid back on.
  • In a medium size bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, nutmeg, and baking powder.
  • In another medium size bowl add the egg and milk and whisk until combined.
  • Add your egg mixture to your flour mixture and stir everything together with a spoon and keep stirring until a dough ball forms.
  • With a large cookie scoop or tablespoon take pieces of the dough and place beside
  • each other in the slow cooker.
  • Cover and cook on high for another 20-30 minutes until dumplings are done and soup has thickened. Don't cook the dumplings too long, they will get harder once they overcook
  • Serve warm and enjoy!

Notes

  1. You can use boneless skinless chicken thighs if you'd like.
  2. This can be cooked on high for 4 hours or low for 7-8 hours.
  3. If your soup mixture gets to thick just add a splash of milk or chicken broth to thin it out.
  4. If you do not have evaporated milk, you can use any milk that you have on hand.
  5. Easily double this recipe, to do that see above under what size slow cooker should I use.
  6. We do not recommend freezing this recipe.
  7. We have not tried using a baking mix for the dumplings.

Nutrition

Calories: 465kcal | Carbohydrates: 67g | Protein: 27g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 103mg | Sodium: 1119mg | Potassium: 762mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 2843IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 292mg | Iron: 4mg