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Delicious Cracker Barrel Chicken and Dumplings Recipe

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If you are craving a warm and comforting soup recipe that feels like a hug from grandma, keep reading. This Copycat Cracker Barrel chicken and dumplings recipe will feel exactly like that.

Delicious Cracker Barrel Chicken and Dumplings Recipe

Pillowy soft squares of delicious dough swimming around a delicate chicken broth that melts in your mouth with every spoonful is what you can expect when eating this marvelous soup.

No wonder Cracker Barrel Chicken and dumplings are a best seller.

It is amazing and so comforting, it can brighten even the darkest of days. The addition of shredded cooked chicken makes it a full meal.

INGREDIENTS:

  • 2 cups of flour
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • Pinch of salt
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • 1 cup milk
  • 2 quarts chicken stock
  • 3 cups cooked chicken
  • Chopped parsley to serve

Delicious Cracker Barrel Chicken and Dumplings Recipe

HOW TO MAKE CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS LIKE CRACKER BARREL?

  1. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium-sized bowl, and cut the butter using a fork or a pastry knife
  2. Stir in one cup of milk and mix with the fork until the dough forms a ball. It will be sticky.
  3. Flour your working surface generously and transfer the dough into it. Flour a rolling pin also and roll the dough until about ¼ inch thick
  4. Using a pizza cutter or a very sharp knife, cut 2-inch squares. Don’t worry too much about the shape
  5. With a floured spatula, lift the squares and place them on a plate. Be sure to have the plate floured too and add flour between layers to prevent squares from sticking to each other. In the meantime, while doing this, bring 2 quarts of chicken stock to a boil
  6. Drop the dumplings one at a time into the boiling chicken broth stirring while you add them.
  7. Cook them for about 15 to 20 minutes until they don’t taste like dough anymore. Add cooked chicken, cook for 5 minutes to heat the chicken up, and serve with chopped parsley.

Delicious Cracker Barrel Chicken and Dumplings Recipe

CAN YOU FREEZE CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS?

You can freeze it in a freezer bag for 3 to 4 months. When you want to serve it, remove it from the freezer, place it in a large pot and bring it to a boil.

TIPS FOR THE BEST CHICKEN DUMPLINGS;

  1. Do not worry if the dough is sticky, do not overwork it or add more flour to it or they will become tough. Just be sure to have all surfaces touching the dough well floured.
  2. Flour your spatula to transfer the squares to the pot so they don’t stick to it.
  3. Have your chicken cooked prior to starting the dumplings so you don’t waste time while cooking the dumplings
  4. Serve the soup with parsley on top for color

Delicious Cracker Barrel Chicken and Dumplings Recipe

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Delicious Cracker Barrel Chicken and Dumplings Recipe

Delicious Cracker Barrel Chicken and Dumplings Recipe

5 from 3 votes
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Course: Dinner, Main Dish
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 50 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
Servings: 8

Ingredients

  • 2 cups of flour
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • Pinch of salt
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • 1 cup milk
  • 2 quarts chicken stock
  • 3 cups cooked chicken
  • Chopped parsley to serve

Instructions

  • Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium-sized bowl, and cut the butter using a fork or a pastry knife
  • Stir in one cup of milk and mix with the fork until the dough forms a ball. It will be sticky.
  • Flour your working surface generously and transfer the dough into it. Flour a rolling pin also and roll the dough until about ¼ inch thick
  • Using a pizza cutter or a very sharp knife, cut 2-inch squares. Don’t worry too much about the shape
  • With a floured spatula, lift the squares and place them on a plate. Be sure to have the plate floured too and add flour between layers to prevent squares from sticking to each other. In the meantime, while doing this, bring 2 quarts of chicken stock to a boil
  • Drop the dumplings one at a time into the boiling chicken broth stirring while you add them.
  • Cook them for about 15 to 20 minutes until they don’t taste like dough anymore. Add cooked chicken, cook for 5 minutes to heat the chicken up, and serve with chopped parsley.
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  1. Denise G.

    September 10, 2022 at 11:07 pm

    5 stars
    I’ve made this recipe twice now and we love it!! The only thing I do different is add spices and seasonings to my chicken broth. I’m looking forward to making this more during the winter months. ❤️❤️🤩🤩🙌🙌😋😋

    Reply
  2. Melissa Espy

    January 24, 2022 at 9:20 pm

    5 stars
    The dumplins turned out great! I added c.ochicken soup to the broth after I cooked my dumplins. Delicious!!

    Reply
    • 100krecipes

      January 25, 2022 at 8:11 pm

      How wonderful, Melissa! So glad you were able to customize it to your liking!

      Reply
  3. Deb

    December 3, 2021 at 11:19 pm

    Question – the flavor was delicious! But the dumplings and chicken were chewy. I boiled the chicken beforehand. Any suggestion to make it all more melt-in-your-mouth versus getting a jaw work out?

    Reply
    • 100krecipes

      December 4, 2021 at 4:23 pm

      Hi! You probably cooked the chicken too long. Overcooked chicken Can get chewy and the dumplings probably had too much flour. You know all flours are not the same. Next time try adding a little less.

      Reply
  4. Kassidy

    November 10, 2021 at 3:00 am

    Hi there!
    Do I use self rising flour or all purpose? How did you cook the chicken as well.

    Thanks 🙂

    Reply
    • 100krecipes

      November 10, 2021 at 2:09 pm

      I used all-purpose flour. For the chicken, I boiled it and shredded it into the chicken stock.

      Reply
  5. Teresa Arreola

    November 7, 2021 at 10:40 pm

    I only use the flour, baking powder, salt and use chicken broth for the liquid for the dumplings. They com out wonderful. My granny’s way of making them.

    Reply
    • 100krecipes

      November 8, 2021 at 8:56 am

      So glad you were able to customize it to your liking!

      Reply

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