Chicken and Dumplings

Hello Everyone!

I found a really yummy chicken and dumplings recipe and feel like sharing it!  I've always wanted to try chicken and dumplings, but don't think I ever have.  It just looks so warm and cozy.  This is another one of those really easy recipes that you can tweak to make it work any way you like it!  I found this recipe here.

^Mmm, oo-ey, gooey, tasty dumplings...

Ingredients

1 1/2 pounds chicken breast tenders

1 Tbsp. olive oil

2 Tbsp. butter

1 potato (I used more)

2 medium carrots, peeled and diced

1 bay leaf

Salt and peper

1 tsp. poultry seasoning (I didn't have any, so I just used some rubbed sage and dried thyme)

2 Tbsp. flour

1 quart chicken broth

1 small box biscuit mix

1/2 cup warm water
Handful of flat-leaf parsley, chopped
1 cup frozen green peas

Directions
1. Dice chicken into bite size pieces and set aside.
2. Place a large pot on stove over medium high heat.  Add oil, butter, vegetables, and bay leaf and cook 5 minutes, stirring frequently.  Season mixture with salt, pepper, and poultry seasoning.  Add flour to the pan and cook 2 minutes.  Stir broth to the pot and bring to a boil.  Add chicken to the broth and stir.
3. Place biscuit mix in a bowl.  Combine with 1/2 cup warm water and parsley.  Drop tablespoonfuls of prepared mix into the pot, spacing dumplings evenly.  Cover pot tightly and reduce heat to medium low.  Steam dumplings 8 to 10 minutes.  Remove cover and stir chicken and dumplings to thicken sauce a bit.  Stir peas into the pan, remove chicken and dumplings from heat and serve in shallow bowls.

I mixed some things up with the recipe when I made it.  I can't remember everything I did, because, well, I'll be honest, this post has been sitting half-finished as a draft for about a month.  Oops.  I do remember that it was delicious though!  So enjoy :)