Best 7 Chicken Sourdough Dumplings Recipes

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Chicken sourdough dumplings are a delicious and hearty dish that can be enjoyed for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. They are made with a combination of sourdough starter, chicken, and vegetables, and are cooked in a flavorful broth. This dish is not only easy to make, but it is also a great way to use up leftover chicken and sourdough starter. With so many different variations and toppings to choose from, there is sure to be a chicken sourdough dumpling recipe that everyone will enjoy.

Check out the recipes below so you can choose the best recipe for yourself!

CHICKEN AND SOURDOUGH DUMPLINGS



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Sourdough dumplings are extremely easy to make with fresh sourdough starter or sourdough starter discard. They have a great chewy texture and pleasant, slightly sour flavor. When boiled in broth or liquid, they become light and fluffy, perfect for a refined chicken and dumpling soup!

Provided by Courtney Queen

Time 8h20m

Number Of Ingredients 13

250 grams (1 cup after stirring down) sourdough starter, 100% hydration
140 grams (1 cup) flour
6 grams (1 teaspoon) salt
2 whole eggs
1 whole pastured chicken (4 to 6 pounds)
18 grams (1 tablespoon) salt
7 grams (1 tablespoon) fresh ground pepper
56 grams (4 tablespoons) butter
5 large carrots
1 bunch celery
2 shallots or 1 medium onion
2 to 3 grams (1 tablespoon) dried thyme
12 cups water

Steps:

  • Mix the dumpling ingredients in a medium-sized bowl until well incorporated. Cover the bowl and let the batter ferment at room temperature for 8 hours.
  • Preheat your oven to 250℉.
  • Rinse and pat dry your chicken if necessary.
  • Salt and pepper the whole bird, spreading all seasonings evenly.
  • Heat an 8-quart oven-safe stainless steel, enameled, or cast-iron pot over medium heat. Add the butter. Once it is melted and bubbling add the whole chicken, breast side down.
  • Brown the chicken on each side for 5 to 7 minutes (or until golden brown). If the butter is burning, turn your heat down a bit.
  • While the chicken is browning, wash and peel the carrots, wash the celery stalks, and peel the shallots.
  • Cut the shallots into slices and add them around the browning chicken. Stir them occasionally.
  • Chop the carrots and celery into 1-inch chunks.
  • Once the chicken has browned on all four sides, set it breast side up in the pan and add the other vegetables around it.
  • Sprinkle it with the dried thyme and add the water.
  • Bring the pot to a simmer before covering it and transferring it to your oven for a slow 4-hour cooking.
  • Remove the chicken from the oven, uncover the pot, and let it cool for 10 minutes.
  • Using a fine mesh strainer, pour most of the broth off the chicken into a large mixing bowl.
  • Using two large spoons, gently lift the chicken from the pot onto a large dish. It is normal for the chicken to fall apart - just try to be gentle and lift out all pieces. Gently scoop out the vegetables and place them alongside the chicken or in a separate dish.
  • Strain the rest of the broth through the strainer into the bowl.
  • Add the strained broth back to the pot and bring it to a simmer over medium heat. Taste the broth and season with more herbs, salt, and pepper if needed.
  • Using a soup spoon, drop dollops of sourdough dumpling batter into the simmering broth.
  • Cook the dumplings for 7 to 10 minutes, turning them over once during cooking.
  • While the dumplings cook in the broth, arrange your serving dishes. Large shallow bowls work well.
  • Place some vegetables in each bowl, and then pick some dark and light chicken meat and shred it into each bowl.
  • Once the dumplings are cooked, divide them equally into each bowl.
  • Ladle hot broth over the bowls and garnish them with fresh herbs (parsley, sage, or thyme) if desired.

CHICKEN & SOURDOUGH DUMPLINGS



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A nice change from traditional chicken and dumplings. A little more work, but worth the effort. Can easily be increased to accomodate more.

Provided by Renate

Categories     One Dish Meal

Time 45m

Yield 4-6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 19

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 cup milk
1 egg, beaten
1/2 cup sourdough starter
1/4 cup oil or 1/4 cup melted shortening
2 quarts boiling water
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
3 tablespoons shortening, melted
1 (6 ounce) can evaporated milk
1/2 cup milk
1 can cream of chicken soup
2/3 cup water
salt
1/4 teaspoon white pepper
1/4 chopped pimiento
2 -3 boned cooked chicken, cut into bite-size pieces

Steps:

  • Chicken: Over medium heat add flour to melted shortening.
  • Stir constantly while adding all other ingredients except chicken.
  • Add chicken, pour into a 3-quart casserole dish.
  • Dumplings: In large mixing bowl thoroughly stir together flour, salt, baking soda and baking powder.
  • Combine milk, egg, sourdough starter, and oil.
  • Add to dry ingredients all at once, stirring just till moistened.
  • Drop dough from tbsp into boiling water (dip spoon in hot liquid before dropping dumpling each time to help batter slide right off).
  • Cover and simmer for 15 minutes.
  • Remove with slotted spoon, drain and place on top of cooked chicken.
  • Cook, uncovered in over, at 350º for 10 minutes.
  • Serve hot.

THE BEST CHICKEN & DUMPLINGS



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Homemade chicken and dumplings from scratch harken back to my childhood and chilly days when we devoured those cute little balls of dough swimming in hot, rich broth. It's one of those types of soup you'll want to eat again and again. -Erika Monroe-Williams, Scottsdale, Arizona

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Dinner     Lunch

Time 1h35m

Yield 8 servings (3 quarts).

Number Of Ingredients 25

3/4 cup all-purpose flour, divided
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
1 broiler/fryer chicken (about 3 pounds), cut up
2 tablespoons canola oil
1 large onion, chopped
2 medium carrots, chopped
2 celery ribs, chopped
3 garlic cloves, minced
6 cups chicken stock
1/2 cup white wine or apple cider
2 teaspoons sugar
2 bay leaves
5 whole peppercorns
DUMPLINGS:
1-1/3 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup 2% milk
1 tablespoon butter, melted
SOUP:
1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
2 teaspoons minced fresh parsley
2 teaspoons minced fresh thyme
Additional salt and pepper to taste

Steps:

  • In a shallow bowl, mix 1/2 cup flour, salt and pepper. Add chicken, 1 piece at a time, and toss to coat; shake off excess. In a 6-qt. stockpot, heat oil over medium-high heat. Brown chicken in batches on all sides; remove from pan., Add onion, carrots and celery to same pan; cook and stir 6-8 minutes or until onion is tender. Add garlic; cook and stir 1 minute longer. Stir in 1/4 cup flour until blended. Gradually add stock, stirring constantly. Stir in wine, sugar, bay leaves and peppercorns. Return chicken to pan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, 20-25 minutes or until chicken juices run clear., For dumplings, in a bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and salt. In another bowl, whisk milk and melted butter until blended. Add to flour mixture; stir just until moistened (do not overmix). Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls onto a parchment-lined baking sheet; set aside., Remove chicken from stockpot; cool slightly. Discard bay leaves and skim fat from soup. Remove skin and bones from chicken and discard. Using 2 forks, coarsely shred meat into 1- to 1-1/2-in. pieces; return to soup. Cook, covered, on high until mixture reaches a simmer., Drop dumplings on top of simmering soup, a few at a time. Reduce heat to low; cook, covered, 15-18 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center of dumplings comes out clean (do not lift cover while simmering). Gently stir in cream, parsley and thyme. Season with additional salt and pepper to taste.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 470 calories, Fat 24g fat (8g saturated fat), Cholesterol 104mg cholesterol, Sodium 892mg sodium, Carbohydrate 29g carbohydrate (5g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 32g protein.

SOURDOUGH SATURDAY - HOMEMADE DUMPLINGS



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Nothing goes better with a big bowl of soup than homemade dumplings.

Provided by Renee Pottle

Categories     Sourdough

Time 25m

Yield 20

Number Of Ingredients 6

1 cup all purpose flour
1 cup sourdough starter
1 tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
⅓ cup milk
2 Tbsp canola oil

Steps:

  • In a large bowl combine all ingredients.
  • Drop spoonfuls of dough onto hot, bubbling broth or soup.
  • Cover, reduce heat to medium-low, and let dumplings steam until done, about 15 minutes.

CHICKEN 'N' SOURDOUGH DUMPLINGS



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Number Of Ingredients 16

1 whole (about 2 1/2 pound) chicken
5 cups water
3 cups chicken broth
2 carrots coarsely chopped
1 medium yellow onion coarsely chopped
2 stalks celery coarsely chopped
1 clove garlic coarsely chopped
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon black pepper
3/4 cup cooked Italian sweet sausage crumbled
1 to 1 3/4 pound Bread Bowl
DUMPLINGS
half the bread from the hollowed out bread bowl
1 1/4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 1/4 teaspoons dried rosemary
1 1/4 teaspoons dried dill

Steps:

  • 1. Place the chicken, water, broth, carrots, onion, celery, garlic, salt, and pepper in a large stockpot and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low, cover, and simmer 1 hour. 2. Remove the chicken from the pot and place on a large plate to cool. When cool enough to handle, remove the meat from the bones and return it to the pot of simmering broth along with the sausage. 3. To prepare the "dumplings," squeeze chunks of the sourdough bread with your hands to form about 8 dumplings. Set aside. 4. In a small bowl, mix together the cinnamon, rosemary, and dill. Roll the dumplings in the spice mixture, gently pressing the spices into the bread. 5. Spoon the chicken mixture into the bread bowl, and add the dumplings just before serving.

Nutrition Facts : Nutritional Facts Serves

SOUTHERN STYLE CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS



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A southern favorite and the hit of our family reunion in 1995!

Provided by Teresa C. Rouzer

Categories     Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes     Soup Recipes     Noodle Soup Recipes

Yield 5

Number Of Ingredients 11

1 (3 pound) whole chicken
1 onion, quartered
2 slices lemon
salt and pepper to taste
3 cups water
1 bay leaf
½ teaspoon dried thyme
2 cups all-purpose flour
3 tablespoons shortening
1 teaspoon salt
¼ cup water

Steps:

  • In a heavy pot with a lid place the chicken, onion, lemon, salt, pepper, water, bay leaf and thyme. Simmer all over low heat until tender, about 1 hour.
  • Let chicken cool slightly in pot, then remove and take the meat off of the bones. Discard the bones and skin and skim excess fat off the broth if desired. Discard the onion, lemon and bay leaf. If desired, wash out pot well. Return broth and chicken pieces to the pot. Simmer over low heat while making the dumplings.
  • To Make Dumplings: In a medium mixing bowl, cut shortening into the flour and salt. Stir in 1/4 cup water (more if needed) to form a soft dough. Roll out dough on a floured surface, with a rolling pin, until very thin. Cut into 1 inch wide strips using a pizza cutter or knife. Tear off 1 inch long pieces from these strips and drop into simmering broth and chicken meat. Simmer for 10 minutes with the lid off, then 10 minutes more with the lid on. Serve immediately.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 845.9 calories, Carbohydrate 40.9 g, Cholesterol 204.3 mg, Fat 49.2 g, Fiber 2 g, Protein 56.2 g, SaturatedFat 13.8 g, Sodium 657.9 mg, Sugar 1.1 g

CHICKEN DUMPLINGS - SIMPLE!



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Chicken Dumplings made great and simple! I found this recipe in a Betty Crocker's Cookbook, with variation made to fit my family. I never have left overs when I make this! My guests are always asking for the recipe... it's that great! Happy Cooking!!

Provided by HeliWif

Categories     One Dish Meal

Time 50m

Yield 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 10

1 lb boneless skinless chicken breast, cut into 1 inch pieces
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 3/4 cups water
1 cup milk
1 (7/8 ounce) envelope chicken gravy mix
3/4 teaspoon marjoram or 3/4 teaspoon rosemary
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 (16 ounce) bag frozen broccoli carrots cauliflower mix
2 cups Bisquick
2/3 cup milk

Steps:

  • Heat oil in large non-stick saucepan over medium heat.
  • Cook chicken until golden brown, stirring frequently.
  • Stir in the water, milk, gravy mix (dry), marjoram, salt, and frozen vegetables.
  • Heat chicken mixture over high heat until boiling.
  • Once boiling, reduce heat until mixture boils gently.
  • Meanwhile prepare dumplings.
  • Mix according to Bisquick directions.
  • Drop dumplings by the spoonful into the chicken mixture.
  • Cook uncovered 10 minutes.
  • Cook and cover 10 minutes longer.
  • (It seems unnatural to not stir the mixture, but I have found that if you stir the mixture the dumplings will be doughy).
  • Enjoy-- great accompanying side dishes are cheese grits, applesauce, fried apples, and of course, sweet tea!

Nutrition Facts : Calories 500.6, Fat 18.4, SaturatedFat 5.7, Cholesterol 82.4, Sodium 1438.1, Carbohydrate 46.6, Fiber 1.3, Sugar 7, Protein 35

Tips:

  • To ensure that your dumplings are cooked evenly, make sure the chicken broth is simmering before adding them. This will help to prevent them from sticking to the bottom of the pot.
  • If you don't have any fresh thyme on hand, you can use 1/2 teaspoon of dried thyme instead.
  • If you like your dumplings a little more dense, you can add an extra 1/4 cup of flour to the dough.
  • Serve the dumplings immediately after they are cooked, or they will start to lose their fluffy texture.

Conclusion:

Chicken and sourdough dumplings are a hearty and comforting meal that is perfect for a cold winter day. The dumplings are light and fluffy, and the chicken broth is flavorful and savory. This recipe is easy to follow and can be made with ingredients that you probably already have on hand. So next time you're looking for a quick and easy meal, give this chicken and sourdough dumplings recipe a try!

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