Old Fashion Chicken and Dumplings in a Crockpot (2024)

Crockpot Chicken andDumplings

With the weather turning colder, it is time to break out some of my all-time favorite old fashion recipes! I love finding and creating recipes that take only those ingredients that would have been available 100 years ago. This old fashion crockpot chicken and dumplings recipe is perfect! Its ingredients are ones that any homemakerwould have in her pantry.

Now, I do realize that our ancestors did not have theconvenience of a crock pot, but I can just smell it simmering in a cast iron pan, on a wood burning stove, just waiting for the family to return from a hard days work.

Here is a step-by-step guide on how to fill your house will the wonderful aroma of Crockpot Chicken and Dumplings:

Step #1 – Gather your ingredients. You will need a crockpot; 2 cloves of garlic, 1 cup of chopped onion, 1 cup of diced carrots, 1 cup of diced celery, 1/2 whole chicken, 2 small bay leaves, 1 teaspoon of dried basil, 1 teaspoon of dried thyme, 1/2 teaspoon of black pepper, 2 teaspoons of salt, and 4 cups of chicken stock.

Step #2 – Lay the chicken in the bottom of the crockpot and pour 4 cups of chicken broth over it, and add the diced vegetables and spices. Mix all ingredients and turn your crockpot on high. Time for 4 hours.

Step #3 – After 4 hours check your chicken. If it is falling off the bones it is ready to be removed from the crockpot. Return the cover and continue to cook the broth and vegetables while you work on de-boning the chicken. Once you have pulled all the meat off the bones return the shredded meat back to the crockpot.

Step#4 – While the chicken and broth are still cooking mix up your dumplings. You will need; 1 1/2 cups flour, 1 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon of salt, 6 tablespoons of cold butter, 1 teaspoon of sugar and 2/3 cup of milk. Cut the butter into the flour, salt, sugar, and baking powder. Once it resembles fine sand add the milk. Your dough will be sticky.

Step #5 – Drop rounded large tablespoons of dumpling mix into the hot chicken broth, replace the cover, and time for 30 minutes.

Step #6 – Depending on your crockpot it should not take any longer than 30 minutes to turn your dumplings into a fluffy goodness. They may still look sticky on the outside, but they will be done on the inside.

This is the perfect…invite your neighbors to dinner meal! At our house, it wouldn’t be chicken and dumplings without old-fashion apple pie for dessert.

Thank for stopping by!
Tracy Lynn

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