Chicken And Dumplings (low-fat)

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/4 cup bacon bits (real bacon bits)
• cooking spray
• 3 large potatoes (peeled and diced)
• 1 onion (diced)
• 1 cup carrot (diced)
• 1 cup celery (diced)
• 4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves (diced)
• 3 cups chicken broth
• 1 teaspoon poultry seasoning
• salt and pepper
• 3 cups fat-free half-and-half
• 1 1/2 cups biscuit mix
• 1 cup skim milk

Recipe

• 1 coat large dutch oven with cooking spray.
• 2 add potatoes, onion, celery, carrots and chicken, cook for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• 3 pour in chicken broth; season with poultry seasoning, salt and pepper simmer all together for 15 minutes.
• 4 pour in half-and-half and bring to a boil; add bacon bits.
• 5 in a medium bowl, combine biscuit mix with milk and mix well (dough should be thick). drop tablespoon sizes of dough into boiling mixture; reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes uncovered, then another 10 minutes covered. (note: do not stir while simmering, or dumplings will break apart). serve hot.