Easy Chicken and Dumplings | Weight Watchers

This easy Chicken and Dumplings is just 7 Smart Point per generous portion on Weight Watchers Freestyle plan.

Course dinner, Main coure

Cuisine American

Keyword chicken and dumplings, easy chicken and dumplings, easy weight watchers dinner recipes

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 45

Total Time 1 5

Servings people

Calories 419kcal

Author Marianne

Ingredients

For the chicken stew

1 tbsp olive oil
2 leeks chopped
2 celery sticks chopped
2 carrots chopped
1 onion chopped
2 garlic cloves minced
2 tbsp fresh thyme chopped finely / divided
2 tbsp fresh tarragon chopped finely / divided
3⅓ cups chicken stock (800ml) I used a Knorr stock pot
4 chicken breasts cut into chunks approx 1 inch square
salt
pepper

For the dumplings

1 cup all purpose flour / plain flour (120g)
1 tsp baking powder
2 tbsp half fat butter I used Lurpak lighter
8 tbsp skimmed milk (120ml)

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Heat the oil in a large casserole dish / dutch oven over a medium heat. Add the chopped leeks, celery, carrots, onions, and garlic and stir. Add 1 tbsp of the fresh chopped thyme and 1 tbsp of the fresh chopped tarragon. Saute for 5 minutes or so until the vegetables have started to soften slightly.
Add the stock and bring to the boil. Once boiling add the cubed chicken, a pinch of salt and some grated black pepper. Lower the heat to a slow simmer and cover. Leave simmering for about 8 minutes until the chicken has just cooked through.
Whilst the stew is simmering, combine the flour, baking powder, butter, pinch of salt and the remaining chopped herbs into a bowl. Cut the butter into the flour mixture until crumbly. Make a well in the middle to the mixture and pour in the milk. Combine till you get a wet dough.
You well get approx 8 dumplings out of this mixture. Drop dessert spoons of the dough into the stew (each dumpling will be about 1 small dessert spoon of mixture). Cover the casserole dish / dutch oven and simmer for 6 - 8 minutes or until the dumplings have puffed up. Remove from the heat and serve or...
If you want your dumplings browned remove from the heat and place uncovered under a medium / hot grill for 2 - 3 minutes until they have turned golden brown.

Notes

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