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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.
Rob S says
I just made this and it’s amazing! I added around 4 tbsp flour slurry mix with an hour to go because I was worried it would be too thin, due to the comments.
Thamm says
Perfect Easy recipe on a chilly day! Next time I’d probably only use half the amount of biscuits. And I added celery and carrots to add a little color and texture.
Sarah Rogers says
This was the worst chicken and dumplings recipe I have ever had. I am a good cook, and this recipe seemed simple so I decided to give it a try. I literally could not eat it. Terrible.
Kim says
Wow, seems like you didn’t even have to say something like that. Seems like you could have just moved on from it and kept the hurtful comments to yourself 🙂
Sharif Lauwince says
Yeah, you just have bad taste buds. Stop eating mayonnaise out the jar.
Zac Walker says
I really enjoyed this recipe. So easy to make and the biscuits on top are a great idea. If was a cook I would probably make something better for myself but I’m not. I’m just a regular person trying to make in this life cooking with my crock pot.
David Bowles says
Good recipe but 3 cups of broth is too much. 1 15 ounce can of chicken broth is enough.
maria says
Great recipe, I added celery and bellpepper
Lisa sahm says
Can I use frozen biscuits?
Karly says
I haven’t tried, but you’d need to let them thaw first in order to cut them if you do try.
Nellie Wells says
This was great! My hubby saw the recipe on FB and wanted to try it and l was pleasantly surprised! I flattened the grands biscuits andwith a rolling pin as thin as I could cut them in squares and used lots of flour on them..definitely a keeper! Thanks for sharing!
Karly says
Awesome! Thanks, Nellie!
Wil' says
It worked out great. Dough was a sticky mess on my chopping board. Used a little flour ( probably a bad idea). Tastes great even though my biscuits fell apart and melted. I added organic brown basmati rice for text. Perfect ?
Tonya says
Everyone said this had my house smelling sooo good. Very easy to make. I made it with basic staples.
Kaitlyn says
This is my go-to chicken & dumplings recipe!!! Only difference is I add white pepper too (bc I love it too much)
Love this recipe!
Grace says
My southern husband approves and it will be added to the weekly dinner rotation. Easy recipe and everyone loves comfort food!
Karly says
So glad the husband approved. 🙂
Amber says
Can I use the frozen dumplings in this ? Same cook time ?
Karly says
I’ve only made this as directed.
Catlin Ketterer says
Biscuits were to doughy. My family didn’t like it.
Linda G-D says
I made this recipe as it is written!! It is one of THE best Chicken and Dumplings from a crockpot I’ve ever eaten!! My picky eater father, who doesn’t like “new” foods had 2 bowls full!! It’s a “stick to your ribs” meal and was packed full of flavor and was SO easy!! Definitely going in my personal cookbook.
Karly says
Love to hear that! 🙂
Meghan cornell says
We froze our leftovers they were so good!! Any tips for reheating?
Karly says
Hi Meghan! I’ve never frozen this one, but I’d probably just thaw in the fridge and reheat on the stove over low heat.