Chicken And Dumplings

Total Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon canola oil
• 1 onion, chopped
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 cup diced cremini mushroom
• 2 carrots, diced
• 2 stalks celery, diced
• 1 parsnip, diced
• 1 jalapeno, seeded and diced
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 large red skin potato, diced
• 1/2 teaspoon dried dill weed
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
• 6 cups chicken stock
• 3 cups diced cooked chicken breasts
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 2 cups flour
• 3/4 cup 1% low-fat milk or 3/4 cup fat-free buttermilk
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup chopped green onion

Recipe

• 1 heat the canola oil in a small skillet, then add the onions, garlic and mushrooms. saute until softened, about 2 mintues. add to oval 4-quart slow cooker along with the carrots, celery, parsnip, jalpeno, salt, pepper, potato, dill weed, cayenne, and stock. cook on low for 6 hours.
• 2 add the cooked chicken and turn up to high.
• 3 meanwhile, whisk the baking powder and flour in a medium bowl. stir in the milk, eggs, and green onion. mix to combine. divide the mixture into 3" dumplings.
• 4 carefully drop the dumplings one at a time into the slow cooker. cover and continue to cook on high for 30 minutes or until the dumplings are cooked through and fluffy.