(This has gotten to be one of our FAVORTIES.) Tina O’Brien
SAUCE -"Soup"
1 can cream of chicken soup (can use -98 % fat free)
1 can cream of mushroom soup (can use -98 % fat free)
1 1/4 cups chicken broth (better than just water)
(This is the part that makes it easier – stuff the dumplings first – what vegetables don’t fit in the dumpling – you dump it into the soup)
DUMPLINGS
3 (5oz) cans boned chicken cut up (Canned, makes it so easy. I did add rotisserie chicken seasoning: salt, pepper, paprika)
Or 1 1/2 cups cut up cooked chicken (Lisa uses ‘real chicken’)
1 cup chopped bell pepper (about 1 bell pepper) (does not have to be exact)
1/2 cup chopped onion (about 1/2 onions)
1/2 cup chopped celery (about 3 stalks)
Salt & pepper to taste
1 can (8oz) buttermilk or country style biscuits. (Can use low fat)(Cheap biscuits work best)
Make Dumplings first – (these can be made ahead). To prepare dumplings combine the vegetables ingredients and chicken mix well. (I chop and then put in the food processor just a little.) Separate biscuits and roll each to about a 4 inch circle. (Roll out with Flour.) Place about 1/8 cup chicken mix on each circle. (Spoonful) Wrap dough around mix and seal edges. In large 3 qtr. saucepan combine all the sauce ingredients, add leftover vegetables andchicken mixture, Heat stirring until bubbly. Put the dumplings sealed end down in the soup mixture: spoon soup over dumplings. Cover tightly and cook over medium heat 15 to 20 minutes until no longer doughy. Serve one dumpling with soup mixture. (Dumplings are pretty big). I think this is the best Chicken and Dumplings ever, and looks so nice served. (Makes 10 servings). It rewarms well so I usually double the recipe.
If you use regular biscuits it is 6 points weight watcher points plus. If you use lower fat biscuits it is 4 points weight watcher points plus.
My Uncle Hubert Broussard, who was a priest in Houma, LA, cook used to make this for us. I remember it from when I was little. Lisa found the recipe and talked me through the revisions. She used to make it for us before she deserted me and moved to Kansas. LOL
My dad, Meryl probably telling his brother, Hubert a joke. (2007)
