Description
A comforting and hearty Crockpot Chicken and Dumplings recipe featuring tender chicken breasts simmered with aromatic herbs and vegetables, topped with soft, fluffy homemade dumplings cooked right in the slow cooker. Perfect for an easy weeknight meal that warms the soul.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 medium sweet yellow onion, chopped
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into 4 pieces
- 1 ½ pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- 2 bay leaves
- 3 cups low sodium chicken broth
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons water
- 12 ounces frozen peas and carrots (about 2 ½ cups)
- 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup whole milk
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
Instructions
- Add the chopped onion and butter pieces to the bottom of the slow cooker. Place the chicken breasts on top, then sprinkle dried thyme, garlic powder, salt, and pepper over the chicken. Add the bay leaves and pour in the chicken broth.
- Cover the slow cooker and cook on high for 3-4 hours or low for 6-7 hours until the chicken is fully cooked and tender.
- Near the end of cooking, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl. Pour in the whole milk and melted butter, stirring with a fork until a dough forms. Chill the dough in the refrigerator briefly while shredding the chicken.
- Whisk cornstarch and water to create a slurry. Remove the chicken and discard bay leaves. Stir the slurry and frozen peas and carrots into the slow cooker. If you cooked on low, switch to high now.
- Shred the cooked chicken and stir it back into the slow cooker mixture.
- Quickly drop spoonfuls (about 1 tablespoon each) of dumpling dough in a single layer on top of the soup. Spoon broth over each dumpling. Cover and cook on high for 1 ½ to 2 hours until dumplings are cooked through. Serve hot.
Notes
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 hours
- Category: Main Dish
- Method: Slow Cooker
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 360
- Sugar: 4g
- Sodium: 720mg
- Fat: 10g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 38g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 32g
- Cholesterol: 80mg