Copycat Cracker Barrel Chicken and Dumplings
This copycat recipe for Cracker Barrel's chicken and dumplings is practically the definition of home-cooked comfort food!
Equipment
- Stockpot or Dutch oven
Ingredients
- 6 cups chicken broth
- 2 ribs celery broken in half
- ½ medium onion keep it as a chunk
- 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breasts each breast cut in half
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup milk
- 2 tablespoon milk
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- In a stockpot or Dutch oven, add broth, celery, onion, and chicken breasts.
- Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer, partially covered, for about 15 minutes, until the chicken breast is cooked through. While the chicken is cooking, prepare the dumplings.
- In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. Stir in the milk just until combined into a shaggy dough.
- Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and roll to about ¼ inch thickness.
- Use a pizza cutter to cut the dough into strips or squares about 1 to 2 inches in size.
- Once the chicken is cooked through, remove it to a cutting board. Remove the onion chunk and celery pieces and discard.
- Add the dough strips to the simmering broth and simmer for about 20-30 minutes, stirring occasionally, allowing the dumplings to cook and the broth to thicken to a gravy-like consistency.
- While the dumplings are simmering, shred or chop chicken and return to the pot.
- Add salt and pepper to taste, then serve warm.
Notes
If you want to use pre-cooked chicken (such as pulled from a rotisserie chicken), you can! In that case, simmer the onion, celery, and dumplings in the broth at the same time. Remove the onion and celery and add the pulled/chopped chicken during the last 5 minutes of simmering to warm it through.
Nutrition
Serving: 1servingCalories: 360kcalCarbohydrates: 30gProtein: 25gFat: 15gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 9gCholesterol: 70mgSodium: 1000mgPotassium: 500mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 100IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 150mgIron: 2mg
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