Chicken and dumpling casserole. Life has been absolutely insane lately. Spring cleaning is under full effect at my house and by the time all the items on that day's check list are completely, dinner is that last thing I want to do. Which is why I LOVE easy dinners that require very minimal effort.
How to Make Chicken and Dumpling Casserole.
Whisk together the broth, soup, salt and pepper, pour over the casserole, DO NOT STIR.
Let sit for a few minutes before serving.
You can cook Chicken and dumpling casserole using 14 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Chicken and dumpling casserole
- You need 1-2 of chicken thighs.
- It's of Plain flour.
- You need Knob of butter.
- Prepare of Drizzle of olive oil.
- You need of Chopped onions carrots & celery (I always keep some in freezer).
- Prepare of Glug of red wine.
- It's 50 g of or so of pancetta.
- You need 250 ml of chicken stock.
- You need to taste of Salt and pepper.
- Prepare of For the dumplings:.
- You need 100 g of Self raising flour.
- You need 50 g of cold butter.
- Prepare 50 ml of cold water.
- You need of Thyme.
This chicken and dumpling casserole is a delicious take on a classic southern comfort food recipe that the whole family will love. In fact, this chicken casserole is tied with my chicken & rice casserole and chicken noodle casserole as the best chicken casserole recipes I have ever had. Chicken and dumpling casserole is an easy weeknight one dish twist on a southern classic! I'm not sure if 'dumpling' is really the appropriate word to use with this one but it's what we've always called it so that's what we're going with.
Chicken and dumpling casserole instructions
- Turn on oven to 180. Wash and dry chicken. Coat in plain flour. Melt butter with a little oil in large casserole dish. Brown all chicken pieces, set a side.
- Fry onions carrots and celery, add chopped pancetta and cook for 2-3 mins on high. Put chicken back in, add wine and stock, let wine evaporate.
- Cover and cook for 20-25 mins. Meanwhile, make the dumpling mix.
- Rub self raising flour and butter together with finger tips, until you get a breadcrumb texture. Add thyme. Drizzle over the water and mix with a knife or spoon to get the sticky texture.
- Make balls with the dumpling mix using floured hands, add to chicken. Cover and cook for another 25 mins. Check for salt and pepper, serve :).
This recipe is one of my mom's favorite casseroles and when we. Add the chicken, peas, salt and pepper. Heat on low while making dumplings. Dumplings: sift the flour, baking powder and salt together into a mixing Stir into the flour until well combined. Pour the chicken mixture into a lightly oiled or sprayed casserole dish.
