Southern Chicken & Dumplings

This chicken and dumplings recipe is a classic Southern comfort food that will fill you up. A hearty meal with tender chicken, flavorful broth, and soft dumplings.

Ingredients:

• 2 lbs chicken thighs, bone-in
• 1 onion, chopped
• 3 carrots, sliced
• 3 celery stalks, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 4 cups chicken broth
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp black pepper
• 1/4 tsp dried thyme
• 1/4 tsp dried parsley

Instructions:

Add the onion, carrots, celery, and garlic to a large pot

Add butter and cook until the vegetables are soft

Put in the chicken thighs and cook them on both sides

Add the chicken broth and season with pepper, thyme, parsley, salt, and more pepper

Turn the heat down to low, cover, and cook for 30 minutes

Make the dumplings while the chicken is cooking

Mix buttermilk, flour, and baking powder in a bowl until you get a sticky dough

You can add spoonfuls of the dumpling dough to the broth that is already simmering

Put the lid on and cook for 15 minutes, or until the dumplings are fully cooked

Take the chicken out of the pot, shred it, and then put it back in the pot

Mix everything together slowly

Enjoy your chicken and dumplings made in the Southern style while they're still hot!