Close up of chicken and dumpling with pepper

Slow Cooker Chicken and Dumplings

Written by Barrett on in Dinner

When I decided to begin a healthy lifestyle journey and get rid of the 40+ lbs I’ve been dragging around, I thought my days of eating hearty comfort foods were gone! No more mashed potatoes, Mac n Cheese, casseroles — and especially no more chicken and dumplings! One of my favorites!

Wow was I wrong! I absolutely love creating healthy, low point comfort foods that are packed with all the home style flavor I thought Id have to give up! This one is particularly easy because you don’t have to take the time to make homemade dumplings. You gain the time and lose the weight! Win/Win on that one!

Watch it being made by video!

This is a great weekend recipe because you can throw most everything in the slow cooker, go out shopping or running errands for the day and when you come home, throw the dumplings in, relax a bit and you have the most delicious chicken and dumplings with soft, pillowy crescents!

Click HERE for the printable recipe

3 large chicken breasts

1 can Cream of Mushroom Soup

1 c unsweetened almond milk

1 tbsp Dry Thyme

Salt and pepper

2 capfuls Apple Cider Vinegar

½ can of Reduced fat Crescent rolls

3 small carrots cut in coins

Preheat Slow cooker. Season with salt and pepper and place chicken in the pot. Add in all other ingredients. Except the crescents. Cook on low for about 4 hours. Take the chicken out and shred with 2 forks or a hand mixer. Place back into the crock. Open crescent sheets and you should get 2-3 “dumplings” by rolling them into balls. Put those into the pot with about 1/2 c of water and cook for another 2 hours on low. Add a little pepper when done and serve!

Yields 8 1 C servings

5 on green

2 on blue and purple

Please follow and like us:

5 Comments

Kathy Baier says:

at 2:54 pm

I tried this recipe — oh my soooo good. Definitely going to do this again. It was a huge hit with the fam!!
- Barrett says:
  
  at 12:47 am
  
  Love hearing that!
Dawn M Engel says:

at 12:33 am

This is definitely one I want to try
- Barrett says:
  
  at 12:47 am
  
  Its one of my faves!
Stacey says:

at 5:14 am

This looks amazing. Cant wait to try it.