Chicken and vegetable ragu with herb dumplings
4
Points®
Total time: 50 min • Prep: 10 min • Cook: 40 min • Serves: 4 • Difficulty: Easy
This rustic comfort food is the perfect entrée to serve on the weekend or at a casual dinner party during the cooler months of the year. Perfectly fluffy, herb-flecked dumplings atop a savory filling brimming with aromatic vegetables makes the stove-top dish feel like a cross between chicken and dumplings and a biscuit-topped pot pie. During the spring, you could omit the carrots and use a combination of asparagus and green peas instead. Since this recipe is pretty much a meal-in-one, a simple side such as a crunchy garden salad dressed with a balsamic vinaigrette is all that’s needed to accompany it.
Ingredients
Uncooked skinless boneless chicken breast
1 pound(s), cut into 1-inch pieces
Table salt
¾ tsp
Black pepper
¼ tsp
Onion
1 medium, chopped
All-purpose flour
1 Tbsp
All-purpose flour
½ cup(s)
Reduced sodium chicken broth
2 cup(s)
Uncooked potato
10 oz, 2 (5-ounce) red variety, scrubbed and diced
Whole wheat flour
¼ cup(s)
Baking powder
1½ tsp
Fat free skim milk
½ cup(s)
Unsalted butter
2 tsp
Fresh parsley
2 Tbsp, fresh, chopped
Chives
2 Tbsp, fresh, chopped
Frozen peas and carrots
1½ cup(s), thawed
Dried thyme
1 tsp
Instructions
1
Spray a nonstick Dutch oven with nonstick spray and set over medium-high heat. Add the chicken and sprinkle with 1⁄4 teaspoon of the salt, and the pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the chicken is lightly browned, about 6 minutes. Add the onion and cook, stirring, until softened, about 5 minutes longer.
2
Stir in 1 tablespoon of the flour and cook, stirring constantly, 1 minute. Stir in the broth and potatoes and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer, covered, until the potatoes are tender, about 15 minutes.
3
Meanwhile, to make the dumpling dough, whisk together the remaining 1⁄2 cup all-purpose flour, the whole-wheat flour, baking powder, and the remaining 1⁄2 teaspoon salt in a medium bowl. Add the milk, butter, parsley, and chives; stir just until a soft dough forms. Set the dumpling dough aside.
4
Stir the peas and carrots and thyme into the Dutch oven and simmer 2 minutes. Drop 8 rounded tablespoonfuls of the dumpling dough onto the surface of the simmering stew. Simmer, covered, 8 minutes. Uncover and simmer until the dumplings are doubled in size and cooked through, about 3 minutes longer. Yields 1 cup stew and 2 dumplings per serving.
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