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Chicken and Drop Dumplings with Mushrooms & Parmesan

This recipe builds on the classic comfort foods with ingredients that bring even more umami flavor, like mushrooms and parmesan. The best way to make it is to use homemade chicken broth and the chicken meat the comes with that, but you can definitely use a few different hacks to make it quicker! Enjoy the coziest of winter comfort foods!
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Homemade Chicken Broth 3 hours 30 minutes
Course Dinner, Main Course, Soup
Cuisine American
Servings 8 people
Calories 332 kcal

Equipment

  • Dutch Oven
  • Pressure Cooker (optional, for the broth)

Ingredients
  

For the Stew

  • 6-7 C chicken broth
  • 3 C cooked chicken meat If you're making the broth recipe from scratch, it should give you enough leg and thigh meat for this recipe.
  • 2 tablespoon olive oil
  • 3 shallots diced
  • 2 cloves garlic diced
  • 2 C shredded or matchstick carrots
  • 3 C mixed mushrooms diced
  • 2 tablespoon flour
  • 2 tablespoon cognac
  • 3 tablespoon heavy cream
  • salt and pepper, to taste

For the Drop Biscuits

  • 1 C flour
  • 1½ teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 egg
  • ½ C milk
  • ¾ C grated parmesan cheese
  • ½ C fresh parsley diced

Instructions
 

For the Stew

  • Make the broth, set the broth and the dark chicken meat aside. If you're not doing homemade, just skip to the next step!
  • Heat the olive oil in a Dutch oven over medium high heat. Add the shallots and the garlic, cooking until fragrant, about 1 minute.
  • Add the mushrooms and the carrots. Cook the veggies until the mushrooms have released their moisture, and the carrots are soft.
  • Add the flour, coating the ingredients and stirring until it's absorbed.
  • Add the cognac, reduce by half (this should only take 30 seconds or so).
  • Add the chicken broth and chicken. Bring to a simmer. Add the heavy cream.
  • Drop the dumpling dough into the stew, 2-3 tbsp. at a time. Cover and cook, simmering on low, for 15-20 minutes. Check to make sure the dumplings are cooked all the way through.
  • Divide into bowls and serve immediately.

For the Drop Biscuits

  • Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Whisk ingredients together. Add the wet ingredients, including the parmesan and the parsley. Stir until just combined. Add to the stew as described above.

Notes

If you're looking to make this recipe quicker, just use store-bought chicken broth and a rotisserie chicken!
Use what ever type of mushroom mix you like for the mushrooms - my favourite is a combo of cremini, oyster, and shiitake. 

Nutrition

Serving: 350gCalories: 332kcalCarbohydrates: 27gProtein: 18gFat: 17gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 70mgSodium: 1238mgPotassium: 699mgFiber: 4gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 5943IUVitamin C: 21mgCalcium: 212mgIron: 3mg
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