Southern Chicken and Dumplings
Tender chicken in a rich broth with fluffy drop dumplings
By RecipesQueen Kitchen • June 10, 2026
Chicken and dumplings is Southern comfort at its finest — a thick, creamy chicken stew topped with pillowy drop dumplings that steam on top.
The dumplings are dead simple: flour, baking powder, milk, butter. Drop spoonfuls onto the simmering stew, cover, and don't peek for 15 minutes.
Use rotisserie chicken for a shortcut that gets dinner on the table faster.
Ingredients
- 3 cups cooked chicken, shredded
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 2 large carrots, diced
- 2 stalks celery, diced
- 1 medium onion, diced
- 1/3 cup butter
- 1/3 cup flour
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 2 cups flour (dumplings)
- 1 tbsp baking powder (dumplings)
- 3/4 cup milk (dumplings)
- 2 tbsp melted butter (dumplings)
Instructions
- 1
Sauté carrots, celery, and onion in butter 5 minutes. Add flour, cook 1 minute.
- 2
Add broth and cream. Bring to a simmer. Add chicken.
- 3
For dumplings: mix flour, baking powder, salt. Stir in milk and butter until just combined.
- 4
Drop spoonfuls of dumpling dough on top of the simmering stew.
- 5
Cover tightly. Simmer 15 minutes without lifting the lid.
- 6
Dumplings are done when fluffy and cooked through. Serve immediately.
