Easy Crock Pot Chicken and Dumplings.
Juicy chicken breasts cooked to tender perfection in the slow cooker in a rich creamy sauce.
Shortcut dumplings make this deliciously comforting meal effortless for a family favorite everyone will agree on.
Chicken and Dumplings are probably the ultimate comfort food. Tender juicy shredded chicken and soft dumplings in a rich creamy brothy gravy.
Don’t get me wrong, I love Old Fashioned Chicken and Dumplings from scratch but having a busy household with kids, I know that sometimes time is short and I don’t have hours to spend cooking a full Sunday dinner from scratch.
This recipe uses a few little short cuts to make it really quick and easy to put together while not skimping on flavor.
The best part about this recipe is that it cooks up in the slow cooker all day long.
That means you can spend about 5 minutes prepping and head on out and run your errands (or go for lunch with your friends which sounds much more fun).
The slow cooker does all of the work but the results are just as amazing as a from scratch recipe (there’s a reason this recipe has a five star rating ★★★★★)!
Quick prep with optimal results is my kind of cookin’.
I use a can of premade biscuits to make the dumplings to make this dish totally effortless.
You’re going to want to roll them extra thin as they do puff up a little while they cook.
If you don’t want to use (or don’t have) canned biscuits, feel free to mix up a batch of your favorite homemade biscuits to create your own dumplings (or use Biscuit Mix).
Once you shred the chicken and stir it back in, your dumplings will break up a little bit but don’t worry; the edges soak up a bit of the sauce making for a perfect bowl of comfort.
While I know not everyone likes vegetables with their chicken and dumplings, I sure do!
I love the addition of frozen veggies for color, flavor and some extra nutrients (plus frozen veggies are pretty effortless).
If veggies in your chicken and dumplings isn’t your thing, feel free to leave them out (but don’t skip the onion, it adds lots of flavor)!
How to Make Perfect Slow Cooker Chicken and Dumplings
As easy as this recipe is, here are a few tips to make sure it turns out perfectly for you!
- This recipe is best made in a 6QT crock pot.
- While this chicken and dumplings recipe uses frozen veggies, they should be defrosted before adding to the slow cooker.
- My biscuits are always perfectly cooked after 60 minutes however some slow cookers may require extra time to cook the biscuits.
- Open the lid as little as possible as the slow cooker can lose heat quickly and this can cause your biscuits to not cook properly.
- Boneless chicken thighs make an excellent addition to this recipe.
- Once the biscuits are cooked through they should still have a soft, slightly doughy dumpling-like texture.
- Depending on the size of your slow cooker, this recipe may not double well. To double this recipe, cook the chicken portion as directed. Additional dumplings can be cooked on the stovetop or baked in the oven as biscuits.
Dairy (such as cream or milk) doesn’t always do well in the slow cooker; it can often separate or curdle so I’ve subbed in condensed soup in this recipe.
Condensed soups make a great addition to crock pot recipes as they tend to hold up very well in the slow cooker (plus they add lots of flavor to this recipe) without the risk of curdling.
Once you try this easy recipe, it’ll quickly become your go to for slow cooker chicken and dumplings.
Ensure your slow cooker is on high and the liquid should be bubbling along the edges when you open the lid to add your vegetables and biscuits.
It’s really important that you open the lid for as little time as possible and that your vegetables are completely defrosted.
Note: Buttermilk, Country or Homestyle Biscuits work best in this recipe. When adding the vegetables/biscuits ensure the lid is left off as little as possible. Leaving the lid off for long periods of time will drastically increase cooking time.
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 large onion diced
- 10.5 ounces condensed cream of celery soup 1 can
- 10.5 ounces condensed cream of chicken soup 1 can
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
- 1 teaspoon poultry seasoning
- black pepper to taste
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 2 cups reduced sodium chicken broth
- 2 cups frozen vegetables or peas and carrots, thawed
- 16.3 ounces refrigerated biscuits 1 can, Buttermilk, Country, or Homestyle
Instructions
- Add onion to 6 qt crock pot and top with chicken breasts.
- In a small bowl, combine cream of celery soup, cream of chicken soup, parsley, poultry seasoning and pepper. Spread over chicken breasts. Top with chicken broth and cook on high 5 hours.
- Approximately 1 hour (I allow 60 - 90 minutes) before serving (after 4 hours of cooking time), roll each biscuit thin and flat. Cut into 4 strips. Add vegetables to the slow cooker and stir. Add biscuit strips on top. Replace lid as quickly as possible.
To Serve
- Remove chicken breasts and slightly shred. Add back into slow cooker and stir (this will break up the dumplings somewhat which is ok). Let cook an additional 10 minutes and serve.
Notes
Nutrition Information
Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.
Course Dinner
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Making it… again! Will recommend it on my FB to friends, so easy and good!
This was the best chicken and dumplings I’ve ever had. This was the first time I made it myself and will be making it again. It was perfect for my family.
I am so glad this recipe was a hit with your family!
If making this in the oven because we do not have a big enough crock pot do you recommend a specific temp?
I haven’t tried this in the oven so I can’t say for sure. Please let us know how it works out for you if you try it.
Really easy to make, and tastes fantastic. This has quickly become a staple in our house. My husband loves it so much the leftovers often go to work with him the next day.
I am so glad your family enjoyed the recipe!
Instead of dealing with the biscuits per the recipe pick up some gnocchi at your local Dollar Tree. They are an excellent substitution for the biscuits and cook up in the same 1 hour time frame. Or you can take Flour Tortilla’s, cut them in half then into strips and add them 1 hour before serving. Just delpends on what you prefer. -Enjoy
Hi Jack,
Those are awesome ideas! Thanks for sharing!
Made this tonight – super easy and delicious! We are expecting our first baby in a month and this will be on the list of easy meals to throw together!
It’ll be a perfect meal when you have your new little bundle of joy!
Love Love Love! I will be sharing this on my website soon! Just a Fabulous page with incredible content!
I made this a few nights ago and it was awesome! I was planning on making it again tonight, but wanted to add a few more dumplings, as my husband LOVES them! Would I just add some extra chicken broth if I wanted to do that?
I haven’t tried it with extra dumplings but I am sure it would work just fine. You may need to extend the cooking time slightly.
My kids love this. The only thing I do different is I use the petite peas instead of frozen.
WOW reading these comments you wonder how they tie their shoes in the morning smh people try reading some other comments BEFORE asking the same questions 100s of times smh
Wonderful recipe. My only problem….and it was MY problem, not the recipe’s problem….was that as I cut the biscuits, I just piled them up, and ended up with a huge GLOB of biscuit dough, that wasn’t really cut much at all. So, I just kind of tore it up and dumped it in – worked out just fine :) Would suggest laying them strips out separately (and maybe not buying cheap biscuits – but that’s all my small town store had :)
I made this recipe for my family of 6, doubled it of course and had very little left . They loved it !!
I am so glad your family enjoyed this recipe Parri!
I accidentally added my frozen veggies to the initial 4 hour cooking is that ok
Unlike everyone else not reading about the cooking time and adding the veggies at the 4 hour mark I made a big boo-boo and didn’t read the whole line where it said to combine the soups and seasonings and then spread over the chicken instead I combined the soups and the broth all at once in a bowl and mixed it all together, will that make a difference in the way it turns out? I swear the older I get the more my brain skips things I’m reading. Argggg I will let you know how it turns out….
Could I freeze this and just reheat
I haven’t tried freezing it myself however one of my readers on Facebook told me she froze it and it reheated perfectly. If you do try it, please let us know how it works out. :)
Holly, you’re awesome! Thanks for sharing this recipe!!!
You are so welcome! Glad you liked it.
Awesome My Husband loved it . Will use recipe again .I used 3 large chicken breast instead of 4 . Thank you so much for sharing awesome recipe .
Awesome Made it yesterday. Will make it again Thank you for this great Recipe
I give this recipe at 10
Made this chicken and dumplings recipe Saturday morning, turned out delicious will make this again.