Simple Chicken & Dumplings – 9 Weight Watchers Points Plus Value
Simple Chicken & Dumplings – 9 Weight Watchers Points Plus Value
Chicken & Dumplings happens to be one of my husband’s favorite dishes.
For some reason, I don’t think to make it very often.
I guess I’ve always thought that it was too time consuming and complicated, especially when making the dumplings.
I was wrong.
The Perfect Comfort Food
This particular recipe is very simple to make and the epitome of comfort food.
Simple Chicken & Dumplings – 9 Weight Watchers Points Plus Value
My initial reason for making chicken & dumplings was not only because I hadn’t made it in a while and my husband loves it, but also because we had some thawed out chicken breasts in the refrigerator for a couple of days.
If I didn’t do anything with them on this particular day, I would have had to throw them out.
I thought, I could make some sort of soup, or stew……..oh yeah! Chicken & Dumplings!
And I happened to have all of the ingredients on hand.
I made it and my husband fell in love with me all over again.
The way to a man’s heart TRULY is through his stomach!
Simple Chicken & Dumplings – 9 Weight Watchers Points Plus Value
A Great Go-To Recipe
I decided to make this recipe again about a week later because I thought it would be a great dish to bring to a very sick friend whose family is in my prayers and in need of some help with meals.
Simple Chicken & Dumplings – 9 Weight Watchers Points Plus Value
Simple Chicken & Dumplings Recipe
So, here is the recipe for Simple Chicken & Dumplings:
Simple Chicken & Dumplings – 9 Weight Watchers Points Plus Value
Ingredients
- - 1 32 ounce container chicken broth
- - 4 skinless boneless chicken breast halves, cubed, or more as needed
- - 1 onion chopped
- - 1/2 16 ounce package baby carrots
- - 2 stalks celery chopped
- - 1 bay leaf I omitted this, but if you like bay leaves, go for it
- - Salt & ground black pepper to taste
- - 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- - 3 t. baking powder
- - 1 1/2 t. white sugar
- - 3/4 t. salt
- - 1 1/2 T. butter
- - 3/4 cup milk
Instructions
- Combine chicken broth, chicken breast cubes, onion, carrots, celery, bay leaf (optional), salt, and pepper in a large pot; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover pot, and simmer until chicken is no longer pink in the center and the vegetables are tender, 20 to 25 minutes.
- Stir together flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt in medium size bowl. Cut in butter until crumbly. Stir in milk to make a soft dough.
- Drop the dough by spoonfuls into simmering stew. Cover and simmer 15 minutes without lifting lid.
- Enjoy!
Notes
Simple Chicken & Dumplings – 9 Weight Watchers Points Plus Value
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To read in writing that this recipe was very good, totally does it an injustice.
You seriously have to try it yourself to really know how good it is.
It’s so simple, it’s almost ridiculous, but it creates heaven in a bowl.
I couldn’t wait to eat the leftovers the next day for lunch.
Simple Chicken & Dumplings – 9 Weight Watchers Points Plus Value
Only 9 Weight Watchers Points Plus Value
Another great thing that I realized after calculating the Weight Watchers Points Plus Value, is that each serving totals up to only 9 points.
That is pretty darn good for a nice size bowl of Chicken & Dumplings.
I just figured that it would be too fattening.
But the only fattening part of this dish is the dumplings, which is probably the bulk of the 9 points per serving.
Simple Chicken & Dumplings – 9 Weight Watchers Points Plus Value
Inexpensive to Make
An added bonus to making this dish is that it’s relatively inexpensive too.
I know, nothing is cheap these days and grocery store prices are skyrocketing, but in the big scheme of things, this meal is so much cheaper to make than other meals you could make.
AND, if it makes your husband so happy that he gazes at you adoringly after he eats it, then all the better!
Pam
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cheryl says
September 24, 2013 at 10:41 pmYou’re funny!!!! Do you think Dad will look at me like Chuck looks at you when I make it?????
I will definitely try this one–great for a cold winter night!
Pam Stultz says
September 26, 2013 at 1:34 pmLOL Cheryl! Probably not, but he’ll be thinking it.
Jodi says
March 2, 2014 at 4:12 pmI know it says “makes 6 servings,” but what size is the serving size? It looks delicious!
Pam Stultz says
March 3, 2014 at 7:05 pmHi Jodi, so sorry for the late response. I just happened to make this last night and each serving is approximately 1 1/2 cups. I hope you like it! My husband absolutely loves it and it’s so easy to make. Thanks! Pam
Janine says
March 30, 2014 at 12:16 amIs “T” teaspoon or tablespoon? Is the fact that it’s capitalized meant to indicate Tablespoon? Confusing.
Pam Stultz says
March 30, 2014 at 1:09 amHi Janine,
Yes, the capital T means tablespoon and the lowercase t means teaspoon.
Thanks for asking! Better to be sure.
Pam
Allie Shapira says
June 18, 2014 at 1:22 pmDo you put raw chicken cubes in the broth or should you brown it first?
Pam Stultz says
June 22, 2014 at 3:29 pmHi Allie,
So sorry for the late response. Yes, you put the chicken cubes in raw. The boiling broth will cook the chicken. Just make sure that there is no pink on the inside of the chicken.
Thanks!
Pam
Becky says
March 5, 2015 at 3:10 pmWhat total weight should the chicken be? I want make this but want to be sure my points are right. Thanks! It looks so good!
Pam Stultz says
March 5, 2015 at 4:36 pmHi Becky, I usually use 1 pound or a little over a pound of chicken. Normally 4 good size boneless, skinless chicken breasts. I would recommend adding more broth too. I just made this recently and I would have liked it better with more broth. Enjoy!