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Home » Blog » Recipes » Grandma’s Chicken and Dumplings

Grandma’s Chicken and Dumplings

November 6, 2017 by Molly
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My grandma’s chicken and dumplings are full of delicious flavors and are made with a homemade rolled-out dough, lots of chicken, and a thick sauce.

Grandma's Chicken and Dumplings
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The temperatures have dropped from the mid 70s into the 30s within one week. I really wasn’t ready for such a drastic change in temperature—I feel like fall was only around for a couple of weeks. My husband works outside all day, and I know it’s difficult to stay warm when the temperatures drop so low. To help warm his belly, I made one of his favorite dishes—my grandma’s chicken and dumplings.

Grandma's Chicken and Dumplings

When I make this recipe, we have plenty of leftovers and Russ loves taking them for lunch. I pack his lunch everyday, and I recently discovered a Thermos that keeps his food hot for up to 14 hours. This fantastic Thermos kept the chicken and dumplings hot until lunchtime, which was six hours after I packed it. He told me his food was not just warm, but really hot.

Here is how I keep his food hot until lunchtime

In order for his chicken and dumplings to stay hot until lunchtime, I heat water to boiling, pour into the Thermos, and seal the lid. While the boiling water sits in the Thermos, I heat the chicken and dumplings (or whatever hot food I’m sending for his lunch) to boiling. I dump the water out and put the chicken and dumplings into the Thermos. Voilà! This food is hot until lunchtime.

Grandma's Chicken and Dumplings

How I made the chicken and dumplings

If you are a chicken and dumplings fan, these might be the most delicious chicken and dumplings you will taste—at least when I make them for our friends, that is what they tell me. If you read My Fitness Journey, you know I try to maintain a healthy diet, but every once in a while I just have to splurge. When I do splurge, I really try to make it worth the calories, and my grandma’s chicken and dumplings are worth every unhealthy bite.

The recipes calls for one whole boiled chicken. I decided to take a shortcut and cook mine in my new Instant Pot—it only took 25 minutes. I put a whole chicken, along with some chicken legs (because we really like dark meat) into the pot. I added a quart of chicken bone broth, and I turned the Instant Pot on manual for 25 minutes. I released the steam valve immediately. The chicken was perfectly cooked!

Grandma's Chicken and Dumplings
Grandma's Chicken and Dumplings

I removed the chicken from the broth, reserving the broth for the dumplings. After the chicken cooled, I removed the meat from the bones. Next, I began to work on the dumplings.

The secret is in the dumplings

I mixed one cup whipping cream, two eggs, and two teaspoons of salt. I gradually added enough flour to make a very soft dough—it will be very sticky. Then, I put flour on the countertop and about half of the soft dough. I kneaded flour into the dough until it was no longer sticky.

Grandma's Chicken and Dumplings
Grandma's Chicken and Dumplings
Grandma's Chicken and Dumplings

Once the dough is no longer sticky, begin rolling out on a floured surface. The secret to these delicious dumplings is rolling the dough paper-thin. Cut the dough into small pieces, about two inches by two inches. Also, make sure the dough is generously covered in flour, because this will help thicken the broth. After cutting my dumplings, I put them on a plate so I can easily put them in the broth.

Bring broth to a boil. Add dumplings one at a time, making sure the dumpling just added swirls around enough so it won’t stick to the next dumpling. Continue adding the dumplings until your broth thickens to the consistency you want. Add deboned chicken.

Grandma's Chicken and Dumplings

The delicious chicken and dumplings

Sometimes I use all of the dough mixture, and sometimes I don’t. It depends on how much broth I have. However, you can add more chicken broth if your chicken and dumpling mixture ends up too thick. However, I prefer a thicker sauce, so I typically don’t add extra broth.

Grandma's Chicken and Dumplings

I hope you and your family enjoy this chicken and dumplings recipe as much as mine does.

xoxo,
Molly

Grandma's Chicken and Dumplings

Grandma’s Chicken and Dumplings

My grandma's chicken and dumplings are full of delicious flavors and are made with a homemade rolled-out dough, lots of chicken, and a thick sauce.
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Ingredients
  

  • 1 whole chicken
  • 1 cup whipping cream
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons of salt
  • flour
  • salt and pepper to taste

Instructions
 

  • Boil chicken in enough broth to cover, then cool and debone.
  • Mix whipping cream, eggs, and salt–dough will be sticky.
  • Place dough on floured surface.
  • Knead dough into flour until no longer sticky.
  • Once the dough is no longer sticky, begin rolling out on a floured surface.
  • Roll the dough paper-thin and cut into small pieces, about two inches by two inches.
  • Make sure the dough is generously covered in flour, because this will help thicken the broth.
  • After cutting the dumplings, put them on a plate.
  • Bring broth to a boil.
  • Add dumplings one at a time, making sure the dumpling just added swirls around enough that it won’t stick to the next dumpling.
  • Continue adding the dumplings until broth thickens to the desired consistency.
  • Add deboned chicken.

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  1. Linda

    March 13, 2022 at 12:24 pm

    5 stars
    Made this chicken and dumpling recipe yesterday and it turned out perfect! Was absolutely delicious! My Grandson and my husband thoroughly enjoyed them!

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  2. Mindy

    September 29, 2022 at 1:50 pm

    5 stars
    I give a 5 star so good just like my grandma made. Thank you

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