Your favorite southern soup just got easier.
Slow Cooker Chicken
Yields: About 8 Servings
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon ground black pepper
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- 4 small onions, peeled
- 2 (4-pound) whole chickens
Instructions
- In a small bowl, stir together oil, pepper, salt, paprika, onion powder, and garlic powder; rub mixture over chickens. In the bottom of a 6-quart slow cooker, place onions. Place chickens on onions.
- Cover and cook on high 4 hours, or until a meat thermometer inserted in thickest portion registers 165°.
Easy Chicken and Dumplings
Makes about 4 servings
Ingredients
- ¼ cup unsalted butter
- 1 cup chopped yellow onion
- 1 cup chopped celery
- 1 cup chopped carrot
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- 2 (32-ounce) containers chicken broth
- ½ (32-ounce) package frozen dumplings, broken in thirds*
- 4 cups shredded Slow Cooker Chicken (recipe above)
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
Instructions
- In a large saucepan, melt butter over medium-high heat. Add onion, celery, and carrot. Cook, stirring frequently, until tender, about 6 minutes. Add flour; cook, stirring constantly, 2 minutes. Stir in broth; bring to a boil.
- Add frozen dumplings in batches, stirring to keep dumplings from sticking to bottom of pan. Bring back to a boil; reduce heat to medium-low. Cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, until dumplings are tender, about 30 minutes. Add chicken, thyme, and parsley; cook 10 minutes more. Serve immediately.
Notes
*We used Mary B’s brand frozen dumplings.
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the greatest of recipes was a hit with my friends. thanks,
Where do you find the frozen dumplings? I’ve not seen them here. Walmart is our main grocery store.
Hi Krista! Most grocery stores should have them. You would probably find them close to the biscuits and rolls. I believe Mary B’s is carried in Wal-Mart!
Krista in the frozen food section next to frozen biscuits and/or bread dough.
Near the bread in the freezer section.
Tried this recipe tonight and it was amazing and all of my family loved it! I will definitely be making this again.
Usually by the frozen breads, and biscuits
I make my own dumplings made just like noodles but cut larger! Excellent everyone loves them in this recipe!