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Copycat Cracker Barrel Chicken and Dumplings

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!
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Servings 6 servings
Calories 418 kcal

Equipment

  • stockpot
  • Mixing bowl
  • pizza cutter
  • cutting board

Ingredients
  

  • 6 cups chicken broth
  • 2 ribs celery broken in half
  • ½ medium onion kept 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: 418kcalCarbohydrates: 51gProtein: 34gFat: 8gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 82mgSodium: 1778mgFiber: 2gSugar: 2g
Keyword Chicken and Dumplings, comfort food, Copycat Cracker Barrel Chicken and Dumplings, easy recipe, family meal, homemade
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