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Gluten-Free Chicken and Dumplings | One of The Best Gluten-Free Dinner Recipes

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This gluten free chicken and dumplings recipe is just as easy as it is delicious! It's filling and flavorful with wholesome chicken soup and gluten free dumplings made entirely from scratch. Plus, the whole recipe comes together in just one pot, making it a simple cooking process with quick clean up. 

Ingredients

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Chicken soup:

6 cups chicken broth

2 Chicken thighs and drumsticks

3 Carrots, peeled and diced

1 Yellow onion, chopped

1 Stalk celery, chopped 

2 teaspoons salt

1 teaspoon ground turmeric

Black pepper to taste

Fresh parsley leaf for garnish

Dumplings:

1 cup Gluten-Free Flour

1/2 teaspoon. salt

Pinch of black pepper

2 teaspoons. baking powder

2 Tbsps. melted butter

4 Tbsps. half and half

Instructions

  1. Place the chicken and vegetables in a medium pot and pour in 6 cups of chicken broth. Let it come to a boil, and then reduce the heat until the soup is just simmering.
  2. Next, season the soup with your salt, black pepper, and turmeric. Let everything simmer until the chicken is completely cooked - usually about 40-50 minutes.
  3. Once your chicken is cooked, take it out of the pot, shred it off the bone with two forks, and then place it back in. 
  4. Let the soup simmer and add any additional salt, pepper, or spices to your taste.
  5. Now, in a mixing bowl, add your gluten-free flour, salt, and baking powder and whisk until combined.
  6. Then, add the half-and-half and melted butter into those dry ingredient mixture and stir until you have a sticky dumpling dough.
  7. Now, using a small tablespoon, scoop up balls of the dough and drop them into the simmering soup. 
  8. Cover the pot with a lid, and let the dumplings cook through - this should take about 10 minutes.
  9. Then, when the chicken and dumplings are ready, stir in the fresh chopped parsley, ladle into soup bowls, and enjoy!

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