Better Than Granny's and Easy Chicken and Dumplings

"When my Granny died, I missed her and her chicken and dumplings, because NO one made them like Granny. I tried several recipes but they were either very complicated or not very good. Then I found this one and even my Yankee husband who doesn't like dumplings tried to hide the leftovers to take to work the next day. We LOVE this recipe. They are actually better than Granny's. Even Mama agrees. (Sorry, Granny!)"
 
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Ready In:
35mins
Ingredients:
6
Serves:
4-6
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ingredients

  • 2 cups rotisserie-cooked chicken (cooked, pulled off bones)
  • 4 (14 ounce) cans chicken broth
  • 2 (10 1/2 ounce) cans cream of celery soup
  • 14 teaspoon pepper
  • 12 teaspoon poultry seasoning
  • 1 (10 count) can buttermilk biscuits
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directions

  • In large pot, bring chicken, broth, soup, pepper and poultry seasoning to a boil.
  • Then reduce heat and simmer 15 minutes.
  • In the meantime, lightly flour a piece of waxed paper and a rolling pin (or a round drinking glass works). Also lay out a clean piece of waxed paper to put on after rolling.
  • Take two biscuits and roll out in circle to 1/8 inch thickness. Lay them on the other piece of waxed paper.
  • Repeat with all biscuits. Then take a knife and slice the circles into one inch strips.
  • Bring pot back to a low boil. Pick up each strip and pull into 1 1/2 to 2 inch pieces and drop into broth on low boil.
  • Stir gently to prevent them sticking together.
  • Simmer for ten minutes.

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Reviews

  1. I have made this meal twice now, thanks so much for sharing it!<br/><br/>I have "tweaked" the recipe a little bit. I used the meat from an entire rotisserie chicken, and used two 24 oz boxes of chicken broth rather than the four cans. I also substituted a can of cream of chicken soup for one of the cans of cream of celery soup. I added diced onions and carrots, and this most recent time I added a can of sweet peas to the mix. I also used the Grands biscuits, a 16 oz package rather than the 10 oz size suggested in the recipe. When I rolled the biscuits, I used Wondra flour to keep them from sticking, which I think helped to thicken the broth. I used more Wondra flour in the dish when it was nearly finished to thicken the broth even more.<br/><br/>This dish is delicious, hearty and very comforting - it truly is a taste of home. I don't know who thought to use biscuits as dumplings, but what a great convenience. We have added this recipe to the regular rotation. This will be a winter fave for us!
     
  2. Very easy to prepare and oh so very tasty - I took one of the other reviewers suggestion to thicken up the soup - otherwise made as directed. The celery soup is the key I think & I will definitely be making this again. Thanks for posting BamaKathy :)
     
  3. My husband liked this as written, but the next time I think I will cut the poultry seasoning to 1/4 tsp. and use 1 can of cream of chicken soup and 1 can of celery soup. I used pre-made frozen dumpling strips from the grocery and the meat from two deli chicken breasts which made this recipe super easy. Also, I thickened the liquid just a little with a flour/water mixture. Thanks for posting this recipe. It's so easy and can be tweaked to suit each families' tastes.
     
  4. This was delicious and easy to make. I made my own dumplings rather than using the biscuits and my husband who normally doesn't care for chicken and dumplings keeps asking for more! Thanks for the great recipe :)
     
  5. Delicious! We substituted cream of chicken soup for the cream of celery and used 2 cans of biscuits. It was sooo good!
     
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Tweaks

  1. This went over really well. I used 1 can cream of chicken, one can of cream of mushroom, and one teaspoon celery salt instead of poultry seasoning. I didn't really understand the directions for the biscuits. I just patted them really thin, cut them in half, then sliced then about 1/2" wide, then stretched them out as I put them in. I used Grands buttermilk biscuits - seemed like a lot but was perfect. Also added some leftover corn and a can of peas at the end.
     

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