Crockpot Chicken and Dumplings with Canned Biscuits
A hearty, creamy slow cooker chicken and dumplings made with fluffy canned biscuit dumplings — an easy hands-off comfort dinner the whole family will love.
Equipment
- 6-quart slow cooker
- Cutting board and knife
- Measuring cups and spoons
Ingredients
- 1.5 lb boneless skinless chicken breasts cut into large cubes
- 10.5 oz can cream of chicken soup condensed
- 10.5 oz can cream of celery soup condensed
- 1 cup water
- 14.5 oz can chicken broth
- 2 carrots sliced, about 2 cups
- 2 ribs celery sliced, about 2 cups (up to 3 ribs)
- 1 yellow onion diced
- 0.5 tsp dried thyme plus more for topping
- 0.5 tsp black pepper plus more for topping
- 1 cup frozen peas optional, added at end
- 16.3 oz Pillsbury Grands Biscuits 8-count can; use only 7 biscuits, each cut into quarters
Instructions
- Add the cubed chicken breasts, sliced carrots, sliced celery, and diced onion to a 6-quart or larger slow cooker.
- Add the cream of chicken soup, cream of celery soup, chicken broth, and water to the slow cooker. Season with thyme and black pepper. Stir everything together until the condensed soups are fully mixed into the broth.
- Place the lid on the slow cooker and cook on HIGH for 4 hours or LOW for 8 hours, until the chicken is cooked through and the vegetables are tender.
- Stir in the frozen peas at this point if using. Stir gently to combine.
- Open the biscuit can and remove 7 of the 8 biscuits. Cut each biscuit into quarters. Arrange all the biscuit pieces evenly over the surface of the hot soup.
- Sprinkle a pinch of extra thyme and black pepper over the top of the uncooked biscuit pieces.
- Turn the slow cooker to HIGH. Replace the lid and cook for 45 minutes. Do not open the lid at any point during this time. The dumplings are done when they are no longer shiny on top. Note: if your slow cooker switched to the warm setting earlier, cook the dumplings for 1.5 hours to allow the pot to return to cooking temperature.
- Serve hot directly from the slow cooker, spooning dumplings and broth into bowls together.
