Chicken With Dumplings (Slimmed Down)

Chicken With Dumplings (Slimmed Down)

  • Prep Time: 30 mins
  • Total Time: 10 hrs 5 mins
  • Servings: 6
  • About This Recipe

    “Comfort Food without the heavy calories! from “Cooking Light” magazine (1989)”

    Ingredients

  • 6 1/2 cupswater, divided
  • 4chicken breast halves
  • 1 1/2 cupssliced fresh mushrooms
  • 3/4 cupdiced carrot
  • 2tablespoonschopped onions
  • 3/4 teaspoonpoultry seasoning
  • 1/2 teaspoonsalt
  • 1/2 teaspoonpepper
  • 1teaspoonlemon juice
  • 4dropsTabasco sauce
  • 1garlic clove, smashed
  • 1 1/4 cupsall-purpose flour
  • 2tablespoonsall-purpose flour
  • 1teaspoonbaking powder
  • 1/2 cupskim milk
  • Directions

  • Place 6 cups water, chicken breasts, mushrooms carrots and onion in a large Dutch oven.
  • Bring to boil, cover, reduce heat, and simmer for 45 minutes or until chicken is tender.
  • Remove chicken breasts and let each cool separately.
  • Discard skin and bones, cut chicken into bite-size pieces, and add to vegetable mixture.
  • Cover and chill for 8 hours.
  • Skim fat from broth and discard.
  • Stir in poultry seasoning and next 5 ingredients.
  • Combine 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoon flour and remaining 1/2 cup of water, stir well.
  • Bring chicken mixture to boil, stir in flour mixture.
  • Reduce heat, simmer uncovered 35 minutes or until thickened.
  • Combine remaining 1 cup flour and baking powder, add milk, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened.
  • Drop batter by teaspoonfuls into boiling broth, cover, reduce heat and simmer 15 minutes or until dumplings are tender.
  • Reviews

  • “Very good tasting soup!! It was my first time making dumplings in a soup and they turned out great!! I didn’t chill the soup for 8 hours as I had already started making it for dinner when I realized I was supposed to but, it all worked out in the end!! Very good recipe, thanks for posting.”

  • “This was very good. I added a little more carrots than called for and also added about 1 cup of frozen peas to give it some more vegetables. Had to add a little more flour and corn starch because the flour mixture that you add doesnt make it quite thick enough.”

  • “This is very tasty and you feel good about the health factor while having it for dinner. I would recommend that salt be added to the dumplings as once they are cooked it doesn’t penetrate and while they had a nice texture they remained bland without any salt. Thank you Dref for a down home dinner that I haven’t had in years. I quite enjoyed it.”

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