Chicken and Dumplings
- 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1 1/2 cups low-fat, low-sodium chicken broth
- 1 cup whole milk
- 3 large celery stalks, sliced thin on the diagonal
- 1 medium yellow onion, sliced thin
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 2 cups shredded skinless breast meat from a rotisserie or roast chicken
- 2/3 cup Bisquick Heart Smart baking mix
- 1/3 cup buttermilk
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
- Place the cornstarch in a medium bowl, and whisk in the chicken broth and milk.
- Pour the mixture into a large saucepan or Dutch oven and bring it to a boil, whisking constantly.
- Add the celery and onion.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste, and return to a boil.
- Then reduce the heat to low, cover, and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are just tender, about 10 minutes.
- Stir the chicken into the vegetable mixture, and raise the heat to medium-low.
- Cover the pot and bring to a steady simmer.
- Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, stir the baking mix and buttermilk together until the mixture just forms a soft dough.
- Drop 12 spoonfuls of the dumpling mixture into the pot, spacing the dumplings out as much as possible.
- Cover, and simmer until the dumplings are just cooked through, about 7 minutes.
- Sprinkle the parsley over the dumplings.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste, if desired.
- Ladle into soup bowls and serve.
- Fat: 49.3g (before), 6g (after)
- Calories: 845 (before), 269 (after)
- Protein: 28g
- Carbohydrates: 24g
- Cholesterol: 66mg
- Fiber: 1g
- Sodium: 738mg
cornstarch, lowfat, milk, celery stalks, yellow onion, salt, breast meat, baking mix, buttermilk, parsley
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/chicken-and-dumplings-374940 (may not work)