Southwest Chicken and Dumplings
"I had a few cups of enchilada seasoned shredded chicken in the fridge to use up and wanted some chicken and dumplings. I figured that I would just go with the "southwest" theme, and ended up with a dish that we all love. For more spice, just choose a hot salsa."
photo by Pamela
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
-
10
ingredients
- 6 tablespoons butter
- 6 tablespoons flour
- 1⁄2 cup onion, chopped
- 12 cups chicken broth
- 1 (4 ounce) can diced green chilies, undrained
- 1 (14 ounce) can creamed corn, undrained
- 1 cup salsa
- 2 cups shredded cooked chicken, seasoned with
- southwest seasoning
- 8 ounces processed cheese, cubed
- 10 flour tortillas, cut in strips
directions
- Melt butter in the bottom of a large heavy saucepan. Saute onions in butter until tender.
- Stir in flour and cook to create a light roux.
- Slowly stir in chicken broth, then add remaining ingredients.
- The flour tortillas will take a while to start absorbing the liquid and become dumpling-like. Simmer for at least two hours until tortillas become swollen and soft, replacing liquid with water or chicken broth as it evaporates and is soaked up by the tortillas. I usually start mine about 2:00 in the afternoon and let it simmer for several hours until dinner.
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Reviews
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Yum! Great soup! I made this with Recipe #4957 from the freezer and it worked perfectly. Thanks for posting! -
I made this for dinner last night, and it was another winner! I used shredded chicken that I had frozen in some salsa. YUMMMM!!! The tortillas work great, and the kids did gobble them up! The dumplings were gone before the rest of the soup- and the soup is still awesome without them! I've been dipping chips in it all morning. It's great with the chips too!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Hello! My name is Carla. I have 5 kids ages 10 and under.
I love to cook, sing, paint, bicycle, and play piano. It's hard to squeeze in that many activities anymore though, but I still manage.
I grew up in Alabama and learned to cook everything southern. I spent a lot of my childhood and all of my adult life in Colorado, the healtiest state in the nation. I've become a health and fitness fanatic. I'ts a real trick to balance healthy eating and southern cooking. I've learned to make a lot of modifications to make those southern dishes work for us though.
