Quick Chicken and Dumplings Recipe

Try this quick chicken and dumplings recipe for dinner tonight. This is an easy to make meal that will warm you up on even the coldest nights.

Clean up is easier as well because this meal is all prepared in one skillet. So even the clean up crew will be loving this warm dinner.

Because skinless chicken breast is used as the main ingredient, it's a Weight Watchers FreeStyle friendly recipe with only 5 SmartPoints.

Of course if you want to use other parts of the chicken, just adjust the nutrition and points accordingly.

Chicken and Dumplings Recipe

Featured Articles

Tex-Mex
Potato

Grilled Salmon

Shrimp Pasta

You can never go wrong with a comfort food dinner and since this is so quick, you can even have it during the weekdays.

Recipe Type:

Main Dish, Chicken, Skillet

Degree of Difficulty:

Easy

Ingredients

2/3 cup 2% milk
2 cups buttermilk baking mix
2 Tbs chopped fresh parsley
3 (1-oz.) packages chicken gravy mix
3 cups cubed, cooked chicken breast, skinless
3 cups frozen mixed vegetables

Directions

Add milk to baking mix and parsley.
Mix only until baking mix is moistened. Set aside.
Prepare gravy mix according to package directions in skillet with cover.
Add chicken and frozen vegetables and return to boil.
Portion 6 large spoonfuls of dumpling dough onto hot mixture.
Reduce heat, cover and simmer 10 to 12 minutes or until dumplings are cooked.
Serve in a shallow soup bowl.

Cooking Times

Prep Time: 5 minutes Cooking Time: 20 minutes

Nutrition Facts

The nutrition facts shown below for this chicken and dumplings recipe are per serving. The number of serving is noted in the header section below. The serving size is the first item noted on the nutrition facts table.

Nutrition Per Serving Number of Servings: 6
Serving Size	1 bowl
Calories	420
Total Fat	5.3g
Sat Fat	1.5g
Cholesterol	62.8mg
Sodium	732.7mg
Total Carbohydrates	61.3g
Fiber	11.2g
Sugar	2.7g
Protein	34.3g

MyWW Points

Green: 6 pts

Blue: 5 pts

Purple: 5 pts

Other Weight Watchers Points

Points
Plus: 7 pts

Original
Points: 5 pts

The chicken breast and veggies are not included in the calculation of the MyWW Blue or Purple points for this chicken and dumplings recipe. The veggies are not included in all other points values.

Tips

To reduce the fat and calories a bit for this chicken recipe, use skim milk instead of 2%.

If you enjoyed this chicken mear be sure to check out our Autumn chicken pot pie.

Here's another Dumplings made in the crockpot.

More Recipes

Creamy Chicken and Rice

Chicken Mashed Potato Bake

Chicken Summertime Salad

This is another easy to clean up chicken recipe that's made in a skillet...and it's oh so yummy!

This is a quick and easy semi-homemade recipe that tastes great but is a lot less work.

The juiciness from the summertime fruits in this salad are so sweet and juicy you can skip the salad dressing.

Baked Mahi Mahi

Pumpkin Pudding Dessert

Banana Bread French Toast

This fish dinner is glazed with ginger giving it a unique flavor with combinations of sweet and sour tastes.

Finish off your super with the taste of pumpkin in this quick and easy pudding recipe.

If you love banana bread (I know I do) and French toast, then you have to give this recipe a try.

Additional Articles

Ideal Body Weight Calculator
Check out this free online calculator to find out what your ideal body weight is. This one uses the Miller formula plus adjusts for frame size.

Weight Watchers Points Tracker
Download this free spreadsheet to track your points for the foods you eat. You can record activity points as well. The daily and weekly points are automatically adjusted as you use them.

Weight Watchers FreeStyle Program
If you are thinking about free styling your diet, then check out this article. Find out what's new and what stayed the same.

Weight Watchers

Calculators

Recipes

Articles