Delicious Chicken And Dumplings

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 1/2 lbs chicken, boneless skinless breasts, cut into one-inch cubes
• 2 garlic cloves
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 3 cups vegetable broth (or water)
• 2 teaspoons chicken bouillon
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper, freshly cracked
• 1 bay leaf
• 1/2 onion, chopped
• 4 stalks celery, sliced
• 5 carrots, sliced
• optional chopped fresh broccoli
• optional 3 tablespoons, fresh snipped parsley
• optional corn (fresh or frozen)
• 1/3 cup flour
• 1/2 cup milk
• 14 ounces pillsbury grands refrigerated buttermilk biscuits (8 biscuits)

Recipe

• 1 heat oil in dutch oven (or a nice big pt that you have a lid for) on medium high heat, add cubed chicken and garlic. stir; cooking until chicken is .
• 2 add broth, bouillon, salt, pepper, bay leaf, and fresh vegetables to create a stew. bring to a boil.
• 3 reduce heat on stew; simmer on low, covered, 30 minutes, or until chicken and vegetables are tender.
• 4 while stew simmers, open biscuits and set out on a plate (to rise) or make your own biscuits.
• 5 in separate container, mix flour and milk. after 30 minutes of simmering, remove bay leaf from broth, then whisk flour and milk into broth on stove. stir well.
• 6 add biscuits to top of stew. cover and continue cooking on low heat 15 minutes.
• 7 let stand a few minutes before serving.
• 8 variation: make homemade or biquick biscuits instead of canned.