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Denise's Light Chicken and Dumplings

Here's how you make Denise's Light Chicken and Dumplings
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  • Servings: 4
  • Prep: 30m
  • Cook: 60m
  • The following recipe serves 4 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 2 raw boneless chicken breasts (diced)
  • 1 tablespoon oil (olive oil)
  • 1/4 teaspoon paprika
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon onion powder
  • 1 garlic clove, minced
  • 1 small yellow onion, chopped
  • 8 ounces button mushrooms
  • 1/4 cup white wine
  • 2 celery stalks, diced
  • 2 large carrots, diced
  • 1 cup peas
  • 1/8 teaspoon poultry seasoning
  • 4 cups chicken stock (can use 5 cups for a thinner soup)
  • Salt and pepper, to taste
  • FOR DUMPLINGS
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3 teaspoons baking powder
  • 3/4 cup milk
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 large egg
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Heat olive oil in a large dutch oven over medium high heat. Season chicken breasts with paprika, salt, pepper and onion powder. Saute chicken in the dutch oven until starting to brown; add garlic, onions and mushrooms and continue to brown another 1-2 minutes.

  • Step 2: Add celery, carrots, peas, stir. Add poultry seasoning and chicken stock - test at this point for seasoning, add salt and pepper to taste and simmer for 30 minutes.

  • Step 3: For the dumplings - Stir together flour, baking powder, milk, salt and egg. Drop by small teaspoon into bubbling hot stock. Cover and simmer 20 minutes or until dumplings are cooked through.


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