Easy Slow Cooker Chicken and Dumplings Recipe (2024)

It’s always a good time to pull out your Crockpot to make Slow Cooker Chicken and Dumplings. Fluffy biscuit dumplings (made with canned biscuits!) along with creamy chicken combine to make a chicken dinner made in the Crockpot in 4-5 hours using simple ingredients. If you like easy chicken dinners, thenthis is an easy recipe that will have you coming back for more!

Being in the South, I am no stranger to Chicken and Dumplings. I learned how to make this Southern classic comfort food by watching my mother-in-law make it on the farm. While she made it on the stovetop, this slow cooker adaptation will put your Crockpot to good use. It’s a recipe the whole family will love.

Slow Cooker Chicken and Dumplings Using Canned Biscuits

By using your slow cooker, you free up your time by not having to babysit the dish as it cooks. It’s especially nice if you work from home and only have a few minutes here and there to make dinner.

The delicious dumplings are made using refrigerated biscuit dough – it’s a great shortcut with great results. It makes a large batch. It can easily feed 6 hungry folks or can be stretched to serve 8.

Ingredients

For this recipe, you need the following items:

• Cream of chicken soup
• Boneless, skinless chicken breasts with fatty bits removed
• Unsalted butter
• Water
• Grands biscuits
• Black pepper
• Garlic powder and dehydrated onions, optional
• All-purpose flour, optional

Equipment Needed: 6 Quart Slow Cooker/Crockpot

How To Make Crockpot Chicken and Dumplings in Your Slow Cooker

Step 1: Place cream of chicken soup in the bottom of your slow cooker and stir it around. Layer the raw chicken breasts across the soup base. Top with a stick of unsalted butter. Pour water over the ingredients and place the lid on the slow cooker/Crockpot. Cook on the HIGH setting for 3 hours.

Step 2: Remove the chicken from the slow cooker. Shred it using a couple of forksand return it to the pot.

Step 3: Make the dumplings. Open a can of Grands biscuits and place the dough on a cutting board. For large dumplings, cut the biscuits into quarters. If you prefer small dumplings like I do, cut the dough into smaller pieces. The number of dumplings does not matter. Separate the dumpling dough and drop it into the pot along with the chicken and soup mixture. Stir. Replace the lid and cook for 1 hour on HIGH.

Season with black pepper to taste and serve.

How To Store Leftovers

Place leftover chicken and dumplings in an airtight container and refrigerate within 2 hours after being made. It should be eaten within 3-4 days.

Substitutions

Fan of dark meat? You can substitute chicken thighs in this recipe. Just be sure that they are boneless chicken thighs without skin. I recommend that you cut the thigh meat into strips to help ensure that it cooks well.

There are 10 varieties of Grands refrigerated biscuits. Feel free to use any except for those with honey butter or Hawaiian biscuits.

For added depth of flavor, substitute chicken broth or vegetable broth for the cup of water. For even more flavor, use chicken stock. You can also add ½ teaspoon ofpoultry seasoning. Other seasoning options are garlic powder and dehydrated onions.

You can use a can of cream of celery soup instead of cream of chicken soup. It may slightly change the overall taste.

Recipe Notes

There’s plenty of salty goodness from the cream of chicken soup, so there is no need to add salt when making this dish. It’s also best to use unsalted butter for this reason. If you are a salt lover and absolutely want to, you can add up to a teaspoon of salt along with the cream of chicken soup in Step 1.

You can add frozen vegetables to this to make it a complete meal. Add 2 cups frozen veggies like frozen peas and carrots during Step 2 (when you return the chicken to the pot).

You can also add flavor by dicing a medium onion and adding it at the beginning with the cream of chicken soup.

Don’t open the lid of the slow cooker while the chicken is cooking in step 1. Three hours is the minimum time for cooking the chicken.

Tips

If you prefer a faster version of chicken and dumplings, be sure to check out my recipe for Quick and Easy Chicken and Dumplings which is made on the stovetop, or my recipe for Instant Pot Chicken and Dumplings, my (new!) favorite way of making chicken & dumplings.

Frequently Asked Questions

Thanks to the Crockpot, you can enjoy delicious homemade chicken and dumplings without being stuck in your kitchen.

Before you go, don’t miss out on these Southern Kissed favorite recipes:

• Zucchini Tots
• Ooey Gooey Butter Cake
• Chicken Pot Pie Soup

Be sure to come back and tell us how your Crock Pot Chicken & Dumplings turned out!