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Chicken and Dumplings

A cozy and comforting dish with tender chicken, hearty vegetables, and fluffy dumplings, perfect for warming up any evening.
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Ingredients
  

  • - **Soup Base:**
  • - 1 tbsp olive oil
  • - 2 lbs bone-in skinless chicken breasts or thighs
  • - Salt and pepper to taste
  • - 5 tbsp butter
  • - 1 small yellow onion diced
  • - 1 cup carrots diced
  • - 2 sticks celery diced
  • - 3 cloves garlic minced
  • - 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
  • - 1 tsp hot sauce optional
  • - ⅓ cup flour
  • - 4 ½ cups chicken broth
  • - 1 chicken bouillon cube optional
  • - 1 ½ cups half-and-half
  • - ¾ cup frozen peas
  • - 1 tsp onion powder
  • - ½ tsp each dried basil parsley, thyme, rosemary, mustard powder
  • - ¼ tsp ground sage
  • - ⅛ tsp pepper
  • - **Dumplings:**
  • - 2 cups all-purpose flour or cake flour
  • - 2 tsp baking powder
  • - ½ tsp baking soda
  • - 1 tsp salt
  • - ½ tsp garlic powder
  • - 2 tsp sugar
  • - ¾ cup cold sour cream
  • - ¼ cup cold milk
  • - 4 tbsp butter melted

Instructions
 

  • **Sear the Chicken:**
  • - Season chicken with salt and pepper.
  • - Heat olive oil in a 4 ½-quart soup pot over medium-high heat. Sear chicken for 3 minutes on each side. Remove and rest for 10 minutes, then dice into bite-sized pieces.
  • **Prepare the Soup Base:**
  • - Combine all seasonings in a bowl.
  • - Melt butter in the pot. Add onion, carrots, and celery. Sauté for 5 minutes.
  • - Stir in garlic, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, and seasonings. Cook for 1 minute.
  • - Sprinkle flour over the vegetables; cook for 2 minutes, stirring constantly.
  • - Gradually add chicken broth in small splashes, stirring to avoid lumps.
  • - Stir in half-and-half and bouillon cube. Simmer gently.
  • - Add peas and simmer while making dumplings.
  • **Make the Dumplings:**
  • - In a bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, garlic powder, and sugar.
  • - Add sour cream, milk, and melted butter. Gently fold until dough forms.
  • **Combine and Cook:**
  • - Add diced chicken back to the soup. Reduce heat to low.
  • - Drop dumpling dough over the soup with a cookie scoop or spoon.
  • - Cover tightly and simmer for 15 minutes. Check doneness with a toothpick.
  • **Serve:**
  • - Garnish with parsley or thyme. Serve hot and enjoy!

Notes

### Prep Time: 15 minutes
### Cook Time: 30 minutes
### Total Time: 45 minutes
### Servings: 6