If you are looking for the Best Comfort Food, make Chicken and Dumplings. Hearty chicken stew is topped with fluffy dumplings for a delicious meal idea.
Melt the butter in a large pot or dutch oven over medium high heat. Add in the onions, carrots, and celery. Sauté for 5-6 minutes until the vegetables are soft.
Add in the garlic and cook for 1 minute until aromatic.
Stir in the flour and cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly.
Gradually add in the chicken broth and water, stirring to combine.
Bring the mixture to a boil. Stir in the chicken, Worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper and dried thyme leaves.
Simmer on low for approximately 20 minutes until the chicken is cooked through. Remove the chicken, shred and return it back to the pan.
Stir in the half and half and frozen peas and allow them to cook while you prepare the dumplings.
For the Dumplings:
Whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt and thyme together in a mixing bowl.
Make a well in the center of the flour mixture and pour in the milk and melted butter.
Stir together with a wooden spoon or spatula until just combined.
Use a cookie scoop to drop the dumpling dough into the soup. Do not overlap the dumplings.
Once the dumplings are added to the pan, gently push them down into the soup so that a small amount of liquid covers them.
Bring the mixture to a low simmer. Cover and cook the dumplings for 15 minutes with the lid on the pan. Do not remove the lid during this cook time.
After this time, check the doneness of the dumplings by inserting a toothpick into the center of a dumpling to ensure that the toothpick comes out clean. If the dumplings are not done, continue to cook, covered for a few more minutes until cooked through.
Once the dumplings are cooked through, serve warm topped with parsley and enjoy!
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Notes
Refrigerate the leftovers in an airtight container for up to 5 days.