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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.
Lori M says
I made this for the first time today…yummy!! Def adding it to the rotation!!! Thank you!!!
Karly says
Thanks, Lori! So glad you liked it!
Janet Williams says
My one year old loved this! She choked on it a few times, but she always seemed to smile
AK says
Terrible recipe. The dough just disintegrated and turned into slime.
Christina says
I followed with the exception of adding green peas at the very end as a request from my family. Turned out wonderful. It will replace my other recipe to make chicken and dumplings. Have you tried it using flour tortillas?
Karly says
Delicious with peas! Haven’t tried it with tortillas. 🙂
Jan says
Hi Karly,
I am such a fan of yours!
You’re doing an awesome job, thank you?
Karly says
Thanks, Jan! So happy you enjoy our recipes!
Sara clendenin says
Loved it. So did my family
Karly says
Love to hear that! Thanks, Sara!
Charity Reigle says
Making this now! How do i know when the dumplings are done?
Steph LaRue says
Loved this! I also added a bag of frozen veggies with the biscuits – family loved it!
Karly says
Great addition! 🙂
Cora says
This recipe is freaking amazing!! Making it for my fourth time tonight 🙂 Would recommend to anyone that likes good food.
Karly says
So glad it’s such a hit! Thanks, Cora!
Danielle says
Great recipe with good flavor-but biscuits stayed mushy even after cooking for over 2 hours. I would suggest cooking prior or using something else. Family did not like the mushiness.
Karly says
Hi Danielle! They’re not supposed to be biscuits at that point – they’re dumplings, which are soft and moist and yes, maybe mushy is the right word. Haha.
Carolyn Cahill says
Can this be frozen? This made quite a lot for just 2 people but is sooooo good.
Karly says
Hi Carolyln! I haven’t tried freezing this one myself, but I think it would freeze well.
Stephanie Green says
This is a family fav in my house!! Instead of biscuits I use crescent rolls and we LOVE it delicious ?
Karly says
Ooh, I’ll have to try that next time! Thanks for sharing!
Cass says
Can this be doubled?
Karly says
I haven’t tried doubling this one. I imagine it would work, but can’t say for sure.
Johnny Rotten says
No. The police will show up at your house.
ann heer says
Going to try this in A couple of days — looks delish and easy to make —
Karly says
Hope you love it! 🙂
Laura Underhill says
This is a great recipe!
Karly says
Thanks, Laura!
Kristian Campbell says
So easy and good. Yum!