Chicken and Dumplings

redsparklies's Note:

Pressure cooker recipe for Chicken and Dumplings. Very easy to modify to stove top cooking. This has become a family favorite, and is requested over Grandma's Pennsylvania Dutch recipe (shhhh).

• Total Time: 30 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 2 lbs skinless chicken breasts , on bone
• 1 onion , diced
• 4 carrots , peeled and diced
• 3 stalks celery , sliced (add tops for extra flavor)
• ¾ cup water (or Chicken Stock)
• ½ teaspoon dried thyme (or 3 sprigs fresh)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon pepper
• 2 large eggs
• 2⁄3; cup nonfat milk
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon chives , snipped into bits (optional)

Directions:

1. Combine the first 8 ingredients (chicken, vegetables, water, herbs, salt & pepper) into pressure cooker.
2. Cover, lock, and cook on LOW PRESSURE for 15 minutes.
3. (Begin over high heat, then reduce heat to stabilize pressure if using stove top cooker).
4. After 15 minutes, lower pressure with quick release method.
5. Remove chicken and cover to keep warm.
6. Combine DUMPLING INGREDIENTS as follows:.
7. Combine eggs, milk, salt and baking powder in large bowl.
8. Whisk until frothy.
9. Whisk in 1 cup of flour.
10. Stir in remaining flour (do not whisk, stir with spoon).
11. Bring liquid in pressure cooker to a boil.
12. Drop tablespoon sized dumplings (could be a little larger if you like) into boiling broth.
13. Cover, lock, and bring to HIGH PRESSURE over high heat.
14. Lower heat to stabilize, and cook for 5-7 minutes.
15. Shred Chicken off bone as dumplings cook.
16. After 5-7 minutes, lower pressure with quick release method.
17. Add shredded chicken back into dumpling pot, or serve directly into bowls and spoon broth and dumplings over it.

Reviews

[KatyMomma]

Since I don't have a pressure cooker, I had to improvise and just cook stove top in a dutch oven. But this is the recipe I was looking for. The dumplins are wonerful, the chicken is moist, and it has a wonderful chicken flavor to it. Growing up the recipe we were given was a milky, tasteless soup with chicken and biscuits from a can. I love this homemade from scratch recipe with rich flavors and honest to goodness dumplins. Thank you for posting!