Recipe and source notes

Nostalgic Chicken and Herbed Dumplings

5 servings Source yield

Ingredients

  • 2 whl cloves
  • 10 smalls white onions halved
  • 3 1/2 pounds broiler-fryer chicken cut up
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  • 1 clove garlic minced
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried marjoram crushed
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme crushed
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1/2 cup chicken broth
  • 1/2 cup dry white wine
  • 3 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1 cup packaged biscuit mix
  • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
  • 6 tablespoons milk

Make it step by step

  1. Insert cloves in one onion. Place all onions in a slow cooker. Add chicken, salt, pepper, garlic, marjoram, thyme, bay leaf, broth, and wine. Cover and cook on Low 4 to 5 hours or until chicken is tender. Remove bay leaf and onion with cloves; discard. Turn control to High. In a small bowl, dissolve cornstarch in water; stir into chicken mixture in cooker. Cover and cook while making dumplings; stir once. In a medium bowl, combine biscuit mix with parsley and milk, mixing with a fork until moistened. Drop by teaspoons on chicken mixture around edges of pot. Cover and cook on High 30 minutes or until dumplings are cooked in centers when tested with a fork.

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Adapted from Foodista by Cinnamon Girl, under CC BY 3.0. Formatting adapted; listed quantities and instructions are retained from the source.

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