Easy Chicken and Dumplings

By charlotteh371

Ingredients

• Slow Cooker Chicken
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• Makes 2 whole chickens
• Ingredients
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 tablespoon ground black pepper
• 2 teaspoons kosher salt
• 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
• ½ teaspoon onion powder
• ½ teaspoon garlic powder
• 4 small onions, peeled
• 2 (4-pound) whole chickens
• Instructions
• In a small bowl, stir together oil, pepper, salt, paprika, onion powder, and garlic powder; rub mixture over chickens. In the bottom of a 6-quart slow cooker, place onions. Place chickens on onions.
• Cover and cook on high 4 hours, or until a meat thermometer inserted in thickest portion registers 165°.
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• Easy Chicken and Dumplings
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• Makes about 4 servings
• Ingredients
• ¼ cup unsalted butter
• 1 cup chopped yellow onion
• 1 cup chopped celery
• 1 cup chopped carrot
• ¼ cup all-purpose flour
• 2 (32-ounce) containers chicken broth
• ½ (32-ounce) package frozen dumplings, broken in thirds*
• 4 cups shredded Slow Cooker Chicken (recipe above)
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley

Preparation

Step 1

Instructions
In a large saucepan, melt butter over medium-high heat. Add onion, celery, and carrot. Cook, stirring frequently, until tender, about 6 minutes. Add flour; cook, stirring constantly, 2 minutes. Stir in broth; bring to a boil.
Add frozen dumplings in batches, stirring to keep dumplings from sticking to bottom of pan. Bring back to a boil; reduce heat to medium-low. Cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, until dumplings are tender, about 30 minutes. Add chicken, thyme, and parsley; cook 10 minutes more. Serve immediately.
Notes
*We used Mary B’s brand frozen dumplings