Chicken and Dumplings (Low-Fat)

MsSally's Note:

This is real easy and yummy. Hope you like it as much as my family does.

• Total Time: 1 hrs
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

• ¼ cup bacon bit (real bacon bits)
• cooking spray
• 3 large potatoes (peeled and diced)
• 1 onion (diced)
• 1 cup carrot (diced)
• 1 cup celery (diced)
• 4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves (diced)
• 3 cups chicken broth
• 1 teaspoon poultry seasoning
• salt and pepper
• 3 cups fat-free half-and-half
• 1 ½ cups biscuit mix
• 1 cup skim milk

Directions:

1. Coat large dutch oven with cooking spray.
2. Add potatoes, onion, celery, carrots and chicken, cook for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
3. Pour in chicken broth; season with poultry seasoning, salt and pepper simmer all together for 15 minutes.
4. Pour in half-and-half and bring to a boil; add bacon bits.
5. In a medium bowl, combine biscuit mix with milk and mix well (dough should be thick). Drop tablespoon sizes of dough into boiling mixture; reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes uncovered, then another 10 minutes covered. (Note: Do not stir while simmering, or dumplings will break apart). Serve hot.

Reviews

[SusieQusie]

The bacon and potatoes in a chicken and dumplings dish was a new twist for me. I like the bacon addition; the potatoes not so much. For a low fat rendition of a typically high-fat recipe, I enjoyed this. The half-and-half and bacon bits gave the broth a richer taste and mouthfeel. I made as directed and my chicken got a little rubbery so perhaps it could be cooked separately and added at the end. As a previous reviewer noted, I needed more broth to have enough to cook the dumplings – about 2 cups or so. It was a quick fix and a great meal on a cold day. Thanks for posting!

[~Nimz~]

Very nice flavor combination in this dish. I had to cook this longer than stated to get the vegetables done. I also doubled the broth mixture for personal preference. I think next time I'll cook the chicken separate because there was some residual that was not eye appealing. But all in all a very good recipe. Thanks for sharing.