30 Minute Chicken And Dumplings

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 1/2 lbs chicken breast tenders
• 1 tablespoon olive oil, 1 turn of the pan
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 russet potato, peeled and diced
• 2 medium carrots, peeled and diced or thinly sliced
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 stalk celery, diced
• 1 bay leaf, fresh or dried
• salt & freshly ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon poultry seasoning, 1/3 palm full
• 2 tablespoons flour, a handful
• 1 quart chicken broth or 1 quart chicken stock, canned or paper container,preferred brand kitchen basics
• 1 (8 ounce) box biscuit mix (preferred brand jiffy mix)
• 1/2 cup warm water
• 2 tablespoons flat leaf parsley, handful,chopped
• 1 cup frozen green pea

Recipe

• 1 dice tenders into bite size pieces and set aside.
• 2 wash hands.
• 3 place a large pot on stove over medium high heat.
• 4 add oil, butter, vegetables and bay leaf and cook 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
• 5 season mixture with salt, pepper and poultry seasoning.
• 6 add flour to the pan and cook 2 minutes.
• 7 stir broth or stock to the pot and bring to a boil.
• 8 add chicken to the broth and stir.
• 9 place biscuit mix in a bowl.
• 10 combine with 1/2 cup warm water and parsley.
• 11 drop tablespoonfuls of prepared mix into the pot, spacing dumplings evenly.
• 12 cover pot tightly and reduce heat to medium low.
• 13 steam dumplings 8 to 10 minutes.
• 14 remove cover and stir chicken and dumplings to thicken sauce a bit.
• 15 stir peas into the pan, remove chicken and dumplings from heat and serve in shallow bowls.