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Crockpot Chicken and Dumplings is a favorite in our house. It’s easy to throw the ingredients in your slow cooker 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!
I am definitely one of those people that is happy to eat soup all year long, but when fall and winter roll around, I really amp it up.
Soups. All day every day. Is there anything more warming, filling, and comforting than a hot bowl of soup?
I’m pretty fond of my chicken gnocchi soup, but my son’s favorite is chicken and dumplings.
This easy crockpot chicken and dumplings recipe makes my life so much simpler. I use canned biscuit dough for the dumplings which makes the recipe go so quick, but it still tastes like those classic chicken and dumplings everyone loves.
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!
If you prefer rolled dumplings, you should try our Cracker Barrel chicken and dumplings. Such a good copycat recipe.
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?
You’re going to start with a couple of pounds of chicken breast (or thighs, if you prefer!) in a slow cooker.
Add some onions, garlic, and cream of chicken soup to the slow cooker. You can use my homemade cream of chicken soup substitute if you don’t like to purchase the canned stuff.
Pour in some chicken broth and season everything with poultry seasoning, parsley, and pepper. Add a bit of salt if you’re using homemade cream of chicken soup, but if you use the canned stuff, you can probably skip it.
Give everything a quick stir and the cover the slow cooker.
You’ll want to cook this on low for about 7 hours or on high for 3 hours.
When the chicken is nice and tender and cooked through, use a couple of forks to shred the meat and give everything a good stir.
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 quick stir and then cover the pot and cook for another hour.
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 or thighs
- 1 sweet onion diced
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 2 cans (10 ounces each) cream of chicken
- 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.