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Just a handful of ingredients in our easy Crockpot Chicken and Dumplings! Throw everything in the crockpot and when you come back you’ll have a big bowl of comfort food ready for you. We like lots of dumplings and this recipe doesn’t disappoint!
Minimal prep, major home cooked love vibes.
A Slow Cooker Full of Love. And Dumplings. That’s All You Really Need.
My dad didn’t make dinner often when I was a kid, but when he did it was often his crockpot chicken and dumplings.
Super hands off, super easy, minimal prep, and minimal ingredients. Pair that with the fact that the whole family was obsessed with this cozy comfort food kind of dinner and it’s no wonder it was his go-to!
We have a copycat recipe for Cracker Barrel Chicken and Dumplings that is more traditional, made with rolled dumplings and a bit more hands on time.
Our slow cooker chicken and dumplings? Made with canned biscuit dough to create more a drop dumpling situation with basically zero prep work.
While we absolutely love my dad’s homemade biscuits and our 7 Up Biscuits, we use canned in this recipe. They make life so easy sometimes!
3 Tips for Success:
- Flatten The Biscuits: The canned biscuit dough should be rolled out or flattened quite thin. They puff up during cooking so flattening them first helps them cook properly.
- Canned Soup: Our homemade cream of chicken soup substitute is a favorite of ours, but I don’t recommend it in this recipe. We use int consistently in casseroles, but the prolonged low heat of the crockpot can sometimes break the mixture. Canned is the way to go in this one.
- Breasts, Thighs, Veggies: This recipe is pretty forgiving! We prefer breasts, but you can swap in chicken thighs with no changes. Throw in some frozen and defrosted veggies to add a little color and get you feeling good about dinner.
How To Make Crockpot Chicken Dumplings:
We’re keeping this recipe super easy and convenient because we all need easy and convenient comfort food some days, right?
Slow Cook: Add everything but the biscuits to a slow cooker, stir to combine, and cover. Cook on low for 7 hours or high for 3 hours.
Shred: When the chicken is tender, use a couple of forks to shred the meat. Give everything a good stir.
Dumplings: Open up a can of biscuits and press the dough into flat rounds. Use a sharp knife or pizza cutter to cut the dough into narrow strips and drop those into the crockpot. Give it a quick stir and then cover the pot and cook for another hour.
Taste & Serve: After an hour, the biscuits should be soft and fluffy. Some slow cookers take longer to cook than others, so you may have to adjust a bit depending on your slow cooker.
That’s it! Serve this up in a big bowl or over a pile of mashed potatoes. Either way, these chicken and dumplings are oh so good!
More Crockpot Recipes To Try:
Crockpot Honey Garlic Chicken: This chicken is so juicy and so flavorful!
Potato Soup: Nothing is tastier than a big bowl of potato soup topped off with cheese and bacon!
Crockpot Pork Chops: These are smothered in a delicious and easy gravy!
Crockpot Ribs: Easily my favorite slow cooker recipe!
Crockpot Chicken and Dumplings
Ingredients
- 2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1 small sweet onion diced
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 2 10 ounce cans cream of chicken soup
- 3 cups chicken broth
- 1 teaspoon poultry seasoning
- 1 teaspoon dried parsley
- 1 teaspoon cracked black pepper
- 1 package 8-count refrigerated biscuit dough
Instructions
- Add all of the ingredients except for the biscuit dough to a 6 quart slow cooker and stir to combine.
- Cover and cook on high for 3 hours or low for 6 hours.
- When chicken is cooked through and tender, use two forks to shred the meat. Stir to combine.
- Open the can of biscuits and press each biscuit flat. Cut the biscuits into narrow strips and add to the slow cooker. Stir to combine.
- Cover and cook on high for 1 hour or until the biscuits are cooked. Biscuits should be light and fluffy when finished.
- Serve immediately.
Amanda says
Have made this recipe a few times. My mother n law used to make chicken and dumplings all the time but after we moved I had to figure it out. lol. So yummy every time! Thank you for the recipe.
Karly Campbell says
So glad you enjoy it! 🙂
PollyAnne Crowder says
I love this recipe. My mom makes homemade chicken and dumplings, including the dumplings, and my husband said that these were equally as good! It’s important to follow your directions about cooking the biscuits for at least an hour on how in the crockpot after you flattened and slice them or they won’t come out with the consistency. Mine came out great.
Karly Campbell says
I’m so glad you enjoyed the recipe!
Desirae says
I’m planning on making this tomorrow. If I want to add carrots and celery, when would you recommend that I add them?
Karly Campbell says
Add them in right at the beginning and they’ll cook perfectly. 🙂
Alison K says
Flavor is good but my dumplings dissolved. I followed this recipe to a t! No idea what went wrong .
Karly Campbell says
That’s so strange! I’m not sure what would have went wrong here.
Cynthia king says
one thing I’ve learned, you can not use biscuits with butter in them. the cheap ones work best for me
Kristi Swanson says
This is delicious!! I don’t use an onion but replaced with onion powder. Who family loves it!
Karly Campbell says
So glad you like the recipe! Thanks, Kristi!
Breanne Pittman says
Can’t wait to try to make these today ?
Kim says
Everyone in my house loves this. And it is so easy!
Karly Campbell says
I’m so happy to hear that! 🙂
Cora Ashley says
This is a delicious and easy recipe for chicken and dumplings. I’ve made it multiple times and it turns out fantastic each time!! I love it
Karly Campbell says
I’m so glad you like the recipe! Thanks, Cora!
Leah says
This is a new favorite that we’ll make again and again!
Karly Campbell says
Thanks, Leah!
Michelle Hetherington says
I have a question…I have it all (except for biscuits) in the crockpot now. It’s not thick at all, is that how it’s supposed to be? Thank you!!
Karly Campbell says
Yep, it’ll thicken up some as the biscuits soak up some of the liquid.
Michelle Hetherington says
Holy cow, it was so good!!! Thank you!!
Karly Campbell says
Oh yay! So glad it turned out tasty for you! 🙂
Missouri GM says
I cannot tolerate the taste of Canned cream of chicken soup. This seems like a Campbell’s recipe. I will stick with my version of pressure cooking chicken and using the broth.
Karly Campbell says
That’s fine! Not everyone likes convenience recipes, just like not everyone likes to make everything from scratch. There’s a way for all of us! 🙂
Isabella Alexander says
This recipe is so easy and absolutely delicious
Heidi says
I followed the recipe to a T and this was not edible. One whole onion is way too much for a batch and a teaspoon of poultry seasoning was overkill. We ended up throwing the entire pot of it out and ordered pizza.
Bree says
Did you use a big enough crockpot and the right amount of broth?? No one else has anything bad to say so I’m legitimately wondering since I want to try this today. Thanks!
Audrey says
This is amazing. I usually follow a recipe but I had some carrots, mushrooms and broccoli I needed to use, so I added them. I also sautéed the onion and mushrooms. I didn’t have biscuits but I added gnocchi and they were cooked within the hour. Thank you for this recipe, I Love the ones that you can put all the ingredients in the crockpot and forget about it.
Stephanie D Devore says
This recipe was so easy and amazingly delicious love it thanks
Karly Campbell says
I’m so glad you enjoyed the recipe! Thanks, Stephanie!
Sandra Lodge says
This recipe is a keeper! My husband loves it and it is so simple and delicious. I often serve it for dinner when we have company over and it is always a hit! I add peas and carrots toward the end of cooking because I am huge on veggies and it adds a splash of color, too!
Karly Campbell says
So glad you enjoy the recipe! Peas and carrots are a great addition!