Grammy's Kitchen · Chicken and Dumplings · Southern Style Chicken and Dumplings
One of 33 chicken and dumplings recipes we measured
55 cooks on thestayathomechef.com rate it 4.9★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 33.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 40% | 151% |
| vegetables and beans | 0% | 36% |
| aromatics | 3% | 17% |
| fat | 2% | 6% |
| salt | 0% | 1% |
| thickener | 0% | 0% |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 14 g | 1 tablespoon olive oil |
| 150 g | 1 medium white onion (diced) |
| 9 g | 3 cloves minced garlic |
| 5400 g | 3 boneless skinless chicken breast |
| 6 g | 1 teaspoon salt |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon black pepper |
| 1440 g | 6 cups chicken broth |
| 488 g | 2 cups milk (whole or 2%) |
| 8 g | 1 tablespoon cornstarch |
| 59 g | 1/4 cup water |
| 240 g | 2 cups all-purpose flour |
| 2 g | 1/2 teaspoon baking powder |
| 6 g | 1 teaspoon salt |
| 68 g | 1/3 cup shortening (cold) |
| 184 g | 3/4 cup buttermilk |
Method: 8 steps, published by thestayathomechef.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Lost my mom’s recipe for her chicken & dumplings 😢, luckily I’m new to your cooking world and found your recipe almost identical. The difference was she cooked a whole chicken, used some of the broth from the cooked chicken, as the wet ingredient for the d” — a cook, 5.0★
“My family loved this recipe ! The only changes I made was using one cup milk and one cup whipping cream and chicken tenders instead of breast and a little cavenders seasoning. It was excellent ! This is my go to recipe now for chicken and dumplings .” — a cook, 5.0★