# Old Fashioned Chicken and Dumplings

Tender chicken, fluffy dumplings, and a rich, savory broth
—old fashioned chicken and dumplings is comfort food at its absolute coziest.

- Total time: 40 min
- Cuisine: Chinese
- Category: Appetizer
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 diced onion
- 3 sliced carrots
- 3 sliced celery ribs
- 3 cloves minced garlic
- 3 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- salt
- pepper
- 8 cups chicken broth
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 2 tablespoons melted butter

## Instructions

1. Heat a large pot on the stove over medium-high heat.
2. Pour in 1 tablespoon of olive oil.
3. Add in one diced onion.
4. Add three sliced carrots.
5. Add three sliced celery ribs.
6. Sauté the vegetables until the onions start to turn soft and translucent.
7. Add about 3 cloves of minced garlic and stir it in.
8. Add three boneless, skinless chicken breasts on top of the vegetables.
9. Season the chicken breasts with a little bit of salt and pepper.
10. Add in 8 cups of chicken broth.
11. Bring the mixture to a boil, then reduce the heat to medium-low and let it simmer until the chicken is cooked through, which will take about 20 minutes.
12. In the meantime, prepare the dumpling dough by combining 2 cups of all-purpose flour, 3 teaspoons of baking powder, and 1 teaspoon of salt in a bowl.
13. Whisk the dry ingredients until evenly dispersed.
14. Pour in 1 cup of buttermilk and 2 tablespoons of melted butter.
15. Stir until you end up with a nice, thick, clumpy dough.
16. Set the dumpling dough aside until the soup is done simmering and the chicken is cooked through.
17. Remove the cooked chicken breasts and transfer them to a cutting board.
18. Chop or shred the chicken into small, bite-sized pieces.
19. Slide the chopped chicken back into the pot with the soup.
20. Scoop little drops of the dumpling dough onto the soup.
21. Pop a lid on the pot.
22. Let this cook undisturbed with the lid on over medium-low heat for about 20 minutes.
23. Once the dumplings are cooked through, the dish is ready to eat.

## Equipment

- large pot
- whisk
- cutting board
- knife
- tongs

## Source

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- Extracted: 2026-01-03

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