Easy Chicken & Dumplings

My momma taught me how to do these dumplings. They taste just as good as homemade but without the mess!

Easy Chicken & Dumplings

1 Tbsp vegetable oil
1 Tbsp butter
1 cup finely diced onion
1 cup finely diced celery
1 Rotisserie chicken (or 2 Pre-cooked chicken breasts, chopped)
1 Tbsp poultry seasoning
1 tsp dried cilantro (or 1 Tbsp fresh)
1 tsp dried marjoram leaves
6 cups chicken broth
1 can 16 oz butter flavored Pillsbury Grands! biscuits
1/4 cup all purpose flour

In 5 quart dutch oven, heat oil & butter on medium heat. Add onions & celery and saute for 10-15 minutes. In the meantime, remove chicken from bones all except the wings. Add chicken and both wings to the pot. Heat thoroughly for 1-2 minutes. Add seasonings and chicken broth. Bring to simmer. Remove biscuits from tube, separating them as you go. Cut them into 6 equal pieces (like a pie), roll each piece into a ball and toss in flour. 

Before you drop the dough balls into the pot, remove the wings with tongs and set aside. Drop the the flour-coated dough balls into the lightly simmering broth (YOU DO NOT WANT THE BROTH TO BE A ROLLING BOIL OR THE DUMPLINGS WILL FALL APART.) Simmer for 30 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes to get broth on both sides of dumplings. They will puff up really big and then shrink back to normal. Serve hot!

Enjoy!