Chicken-and-Biscuit Cobbler

By charlotteh371

Use fresh herbs in the cobbler

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 cup sliced carrots
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 2 (8-oz.) packages fresh mushrooms, quartered
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1/2 cup dry white wine
• 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 3 cups reduced-sodium chicken broth
• 3/4 cup whipping cream
• 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
• 3 tablespoons sliced chives
• 3 tablespoons chopped parsley
• 2 teaspoons chopped rosemary
• 2 teaspoons chopped thyme leaves
• 8 cups shredded cooked chicken
• Kosher salt
• Freshly ground black pepper
• 2 1/2 cups self-rising flour
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• 1 1/4 cups chilled buttermilk
• 1/2 cup butter, melted
• 1/2 cup chopped cooked bacon (about 5 thick bacon slices)
• Garnishes: chopped fresh chives and parsley

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 400°. Melt 3 Tbsp. butter in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add carrots and onion, and sauté 5 minutes. Add mushrooms; sauté 5 minutes or until tender. Stir in garlic; sauté 2 minutes. Add wine; cook 2 minutes. Sprinkle with 1/3 cup all-purpose flour, and cook, stirring constantly, 3 minutes. Slowly add broth, stirring constantly; bring mixture to a boil, stirring constantly, 2 minutes or until thickened. Stir in cream and next 5 ingredients. Stir in chicken, and season to taste with salt and pepper. Cover and remove from heat.

2. Whisk together 2 1/2 cups self-rising flour and 1/2 tsp. sugar in a medium bowl. Stir together buttermilk and 1/2 cup melted butter in a small bowl. Stir buttermilk mixture and bacon into flour mixture until dough pulls away from sides of bowl.

3. Return chicken mixture to medium-high heat; cook, stirring constantly, 2 minutes or until bubbly and hot. Spoon mixture into buttered 3-qt. ceramic or glass baking dish. Drop biscuit dough by level 1/4 cupfuls, 1/2 inch apart, onto chicken mixture.

4. Bake at 400° for 30 to 35 minutes or until browned and bubbly.