One Pot Chicken Dumpling Soup (with refrigerated biscuit dough!)

Chicken dumpling soup is the ultimate comfort food, and this easy recipe comes together in about 40 minutes, thanks to rotisserie chicken and refrigerated biscuit dough. It’s got all those classic flavors you’re looking for, plus delicious veggies in a creamy, herby broth.

The coziest bowl of chicken dumpling soup.

This recipe has everything you love about chicken dumpling soup, but it’s super easy to make! Chicken dumpling soup, while a family favorite, can be a bit time-consuming with cooking the raw chicken and making the biscuit dough. This recipe cuts out those steps and extra prep time by using shredded rotisserie chicken and refrigerated biscuit dough, making this a quick and easy one-pot meal with all the same flavors you love. 

Here’s what you’ll need.

Here’s how it all comes together.

MAKE DUMPLINGS. Cut each biscuit into 6 pieces – a sharp, clean kitchen shears works well for this!

PREP DUMPLINGS. Toss them in a thin layer of flour.

COOK AROMATICS + HERBS. Sauté onion, celery, and carrot. Then add garlic, Italian seasoning, dried sage, and fresh thyme.

MAKE ROUX. Add flour and cook. Deglaze the pan with broth.

ADD EVERYTHING ELSE. Add chicken breast, heavy cream, frozen peas, and bay leaves to the pot. Gently stir to combine all ingredients.

ADD BISCUITS. Simmer, then add floured biscuit dough to the pot, floating them on top of the soup, not submerging them.

SIMMER + ENJOY. Simmer gently for about 15 minutes or until the biscuit dough is cooked through and tender. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Garnish and enjoy!

Things I learned while testing this recipe.

• Use a sharp, clean kitchen shears to cut each biscuit into 6 pieces. First cut the biscuit in half, then cut each half into thirds creating 6 triangles per biscuit.
• Don’t skip the step of flouring the biscuits! This will ensure that the biscuits don’t stick together as they cook. I also like to add the floured biscuit dumplings quickly but one by one, shaking off the excess flour as I add them.
• Don’t peek when you’re cooking the dumplings! Once you add in the biscuit dough to the simmering soup, you are essentially using the heat and steam to cook the dough, so you’ll want to be patient and let it simmer without taking the lid off for the full 15 minutes. 
• Don’t be stingy with the salt! This recipe contains simple ingredients which means that moderately salting at each step is going to go a long way in boosting the overall flavor of the dish.

The easiest way to check if dumplings are done.

• It can be tricky to know if your dumplings are cooked through, especially with the lid on the pot. However, it’s super important to keep them covered while they cook because the dumplings need steam to cook through.
• Let them simmer gently while covered for about 15 minutes. Then carefully remove the lid and stick a toothpick into the center. If it comes out clean without sticking, then you know the dumplings are done!
• If the toothpick doesn’t come out clean, put the lid back on and let them simmer for another couple of minutes, then test again.
• Another, more visual way to know if the dumplings are done is that you’ll see them double or even triple in size. That is why we cut them smaller than we actually want them to be once they’re cooked.

Here’s what I’d serve with this.

• simple house salad
• air fryer green beans
• crispy garlic bread
• cornbread casserole
• cheesy olive garlic bread

Just in case you have leftovers.

• STORAGE: Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for up to a week. The biscuits will continue to absorb the broth from the soup, so I tend to store them in a separate container and then combine them with the soup before reheating.
• REHEATING: Reheat leftover soup in a saucepan over medium heat. Plan to add a splash of heavy cream or broth to loosen up the soup, as the broth will thicken quite a bit when it cools. You can also reheat it in a microwave, cooking it for 30-60 seconds at a time until warmed through. Season to taste before serving.

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