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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.
Ashley says
I don’t know what others did wrong. I followed the instructions (but halved it) and mine came out perfect.
Karly says
So happy to hear that!
Britney Schweinefus says
My husband and I love this recipe so much!! We’ve made it honestly more times than I can count! It’s so fun to be able to sort of change it up too depending on which flavor of biscuits you buy! I made it for my family once too and they LOVED it!! Definitely a staple in our house!
Karly says
Love hearing that! Thanks, Britney!
Claire says
I think I did something wrong, it tastes very onion-y. I added a whole sweet onion, but I think next time I will do 1/4 or omit it completely. Other than that, this recipe worked well for me.
Karly says
You may have just had a really strong onion as well. I used one last night, diced up on tacos, and almost couldn’t eat my taco it was so strong. Hate when that happens!
Vickey says
It is so easy to make I have made this a few times and will be making it in a few days. Doing 3 large crockpots for elderly neighbors and my mother in law.
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I had major medical problems and lost most of my memories so I have had to rely on Google and all of the recipes I have read and tried this is my far the best
The only thing I do different is I add peas and celery. But I love veggies
Karly says
So sweet of you to make this for friends and family, Vickey! Glad that you found the recipe and enjoy it. 🙂
Chrystal says
I am about to make this. I want to add egg noodles because I have always had chicken and dumplings with noodles. How do you suggest I go about adding them?
Karly says
Hi Chrystal! I’m not sure how long noodles would take in the crockpot, so I’d probably cook them separately and stir them in at the end if you don’t feel like experimenting. Otherwise, they’ll maybe take an hour on high and will likely need more liquid, but I can’t say for sure.
Stacy says
Approximately how many servings in a recipe? I’m trying to decide if I need to double it.
Karly says
We generally get around 8 servings, depending on the size of the appetites. 🙂
Richard Wysong says
This was absolutely amazing! Whole family fighting over who gets seconds!?
Karly says
Love to hear that! Thanks for sharing!
greta says
This is so easy and good, question
can you add in peas with biscuits
and my husband loves extra dumplings, do I add more broth to include extra biscuits??
Chad Campbell says
We’ve only tested this recipe as directed. However, peas should be a great addition! As for the biscuits, maybe an extra cup of broth or so for another can of biscuits would probably work?
SS says
If I’m using rotisserie chicken… how long should i let the chicken and liquid cook before adding in dumplings
Karly says
You’d want the liquid to be hot enough to cook the dumplings. You’ll also want to allow time for the onion to soften up.
Kayla says
I have been cooking for my elderly dad recently, he said one of his favorite dishes from his late mother was chicken and dumplings. He super approved of this recipe and I added it to the rotation of meals here! Thank you!
Karly says
Love to hear that, Kayla! So glad your dad got one of his favorite meals! 🙂
Amy says
So good! My husband hates chicken so it is always a struggle to integrate into the menu. This recipe though he will gorge himself on.
Karly says
Haha, love to hear that! 🙂
Shaun says
It will get thicker right? I’ve had it on high for about 2 hrs and it’s kinda soupy
Karly says
Yes, it will thicken up as it cooks. The biscuits will help once you’ve added those.
Barbara McDonald says
It has been my experience, in order to keep the biscuits from disintegrating, after you flatten the biscuits, you MUST sprinkle some flour on both sides before putting in the crockpot. That keeps the dumpling intact!
Patty says
I always flatten my biscuits in flour that I have added some parsley, pepper, and a dash of garlic powder and then add the cut up biscuits and the flour mixture to the crock pot. That thickens my chicken and dumplings perfectly.
Victoria says
Do you recommend any type of biscuit brand or kind?
Karly says
We generally use Pillsbury homestlye biscuits, but whatever you have on hand should work well.
Megan says
I have attempted to make this recipe twice now. Both times the biscuit dough has completely disintegrated into the liquid and I’ve had to scrap it. Very disappointing.
Karly says
Hmm, are you putting the biscuit dough in too soon? It’s supposed to get put it towards the end of cooking, not at the beginning with the chicken.
Megan says
Nope, I cooked on low for 6 hours, then added the biscuits and cooked on high for 1 hour.
Karly says
Wow, that’s strange! I’ve never had that happen and I grew up eating this one and making it often. Just to confirm, you are following the recipe as directed and using refrigerated biscuit dough? You might try again with a different brand of biscuits? We usually use Pillsbury, but I’m sure others have tried with other brands and I can’t recall hearing this issue before. You also might want to check them after 30 minutes and see if they’re done early – maybe your crockpot runs hot. Sorry I’m not more help. Really not sure what could be the issue.
Judy says
Megan, I make this all the time and it always comes out perfect. Are you stirring the dumplings in? That’s important to do. Another thought is that maybe your crockpot tends to run hotter than most on high so maybe go high for the first 20 minutes then turn it down to low.
Kim says
The reason this happened to me is because I stirred them in too much…don’t stir it in until after one hour, that’s what works for me!
Vickey says
It is important not to use the flaky biscuits. I accidently used them in a different recipe and like was said the dumplings disintegrated
Tara Hunt says
I’m having the same issue and yes I’m adding it just like the recipe says. Chicken has been cooked thoroughly and I’m stirring the biscuits in. It’s not working and I’m not ‘scrapping’ all this chicken.
Karly says
Hi Tara! Just to be clear, were you stirring repeatedly or did you just add the dumplings, give it a stir, and cover? Were you using refrigerated biscuit dough that you’d cut into strips?
Al Bailey says
Hello – getting ready to try this recipe this weekend and had a question on the biscuits. Do I lay them across the top of the chicken mixture to cook or do I mix them in with it? Just want to make sure I get this right… my wife loves chicken and dumplings and hasn’t had it in years.
Lisa Hood says
Stir the biscuits in with the chicken,
Karly says
You stir them in. 🙂
Al Bailey says
Thank you so much!!
Al Bailey says
It turned out perfectly!!! Wife gives it an A+++!!
Karly says
Love to hear that! Thanks!
Chrissy Johnson says
!! Can I use homemade gnocchi? If so are the times different?
Karly says
We’ve only tested this with the biscuit dough. Not sure how it would work or what timing would be for gnocchi.