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    Home / Recipes / Main Dishes / Chicken Recipes

    Easy Crockpot Chicken & Dumplings with Biscuits

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    Chicken and dumplings garnished with parsley in a white bowl with a blue rim. There is a spoon with a dumpling and some broth. The bowl is on a wooden cutting board on top of a blue napkin with white stripes, all on a white marble counter; text add salt & serve formerly menus4moms easy crockpot chicken & dumplings
    top image is overhead view of ingredients: cream of chicken soup, canned biscuits, chicken breasts, chicken broth, butter, onion, and parsley, bottom image is overhead view of a bowl of chicken and dumplings garnished with parsley in a bowl on a cutting board with a spoon serving a portion and text Easy Crockpot Chicken & Dumplings - Add Salt & Serve logo
    Top photo is a white square bowl full of dumplings, shredded chicken, and sauce. Bottom photo is a fork cutting into a dumpling on a blue plate with shredded chicken, dumplings, and sauce, garnished with a piece of celery; text Crockpot Chicken & Dumplings Add Salt & Serve
    Top image is crockpot with cooked chicken in a rich sauce with cut up pieces of canned biscuits on a cutting board with scissors, bottom image is overhead view of a bowl of chicken and dumplings garnished with parsley in a bowl on a cutting board with a spoon serving a portion and text Easy Crockpot Chicken & Dumplings - Add Salt & Serve logo
    overhead view of a bowl of chicken and dumplings garnished with parsley in a bowl on a cutting board with a spoon serving a portion and text Easy Crockpot Chicken & Dumplings - Add Salt & Serve logo
    top image is overhead view of ingredients: cream of chicken soup, canned biscuits, chicken breasts, chicken broth, butter, onion, and parsley, bottom image is overhead view of a bowl of chicken and dumplings garnished with parsley in a bowl on a cutting board with a spoon serving a portion and text Easy Crockpot Chicken & Dumplings - Add Salt & Serve logo
    overhead view of a bowl of chicken and dumplings garnished with parsley in a bowl on a cutting board with a spoon serving a portion and text Easy Crockpot Chicken & Dumplings - Add Salt & Serve logo
    Top image is crockpot with cooked chicken in a rich sauce with cut up pieces of canned biscuits on a cutting board with scissors, bottom image is overhead view of a bowl of chicken and dumplings garnished with parsley in a bowl on a cutting board with a spoon serving a portion and text Easy Crockpot Chicken & Dumplings - Add Salt & Serve logo
    Top image is crockpot with cooked chicken in a rich sauce with cut up pieces of canned biscuits on a cutting board with scissors, bottom image is overhead view of a bowl of chicken and dumplings garnished with parsley in a bowl on a cutting board with a spoon serving a portion and text Easy Crockpot Chicken & Dumplings - Add Salt & Serve logo
    Top image is crockpot with cooked chicken in a rich sauce with cut up pieces of canned biscuits on a cutting board with scissors, bottom image is overhead view of a bowl of chicken and dumplings garnished with parsley in a bowl on a cutting board with a spoon serving a portion and text Easy Crockpot Chicken & Dumplings - Add Salt & Serve logo
    Top image is crockpot with cooked chicken in a rich sauce with cut up pieces of canned biscuits on a cutting board with scissors, bottom image is overhead view of a bowl of chicken and dumplings garnished with parsley in a bowl on a cutting board with a spoon serving a portion and text Easy Crockpot Chicken & Dumplings - Add Salt & Serve logo
    top image is overhead view of ingredients: cream of chicken soup, canned biscuits, chicken breasts, chicken broth, butter, onion, and parsley, bottom image is overhead view of a bowl of chicken and dumplings garnished with parsley in a bowl on a cutting board with a spoon serving a portion and text Easy Crockpot Chicken & Dumplings - Add Salt & Serve logo

    This easy and delicious crockpot chicken and dumplings with canned biscuits is a family favorite. The rich creamy sauce with shredded, tender chicken is a winning combination even before adding the dumplings. The result of both together is super easy comfort food that everyone loves.

    Chicken and dumplings garnished with parsley in a white bowl with a blue rim. There is a spoon with a dumpling and some broth. The bowl is on a wooden cutting board on top of a blue napkin with white stripes, all on a white marble counter.

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    ⏲️ Time needed

    The great thing about this recipe is letting the crockpot do the work for you. Start cooking the dish about 4-6 hours on high before you want to serve it. Shred the chicken and add the biscuits about 30 minutes before you want to eat. It's so convenient to just put everything into the slow cooker and let it do its thing until almost dinnertime!

    I use a 6 qt crockpot, which is a larger model. I haven't tested this recipe in a small crockpot.  Be aware that the size of your slow cooker will make a difference in cooking time and the amount of liquid needed. Larger crockpots will cook the same amount of food faster and hotter than smaller crockpots.

    If you need to cook the chicken and dumpling recipe for longer than the recommended time you can. You may need to add additional liquid at the beginning if you increase the cooking time.

    The amount of extra liquid you should add depends on how hot your slow cooker cooks as well as its size. You'll need to determine that amount for your specific model. I'd suggest about ¼ cup additional liquid per extra hour for a 3-4 qt. crockpot, then check the liquid level before adding the biscuits.

    I increase the broth if I am cooking longer than 5 hours in my 6 qt. pot. I then add more liquid before adding the biscuits if needed. If you are using a smaller crockpot, you may not need as much extra liquid.

    🥘 Ingredients

    Individually wrapped chicken breasts in a clear glass bowl. Two tablespoon butter in a small clear glass bowl. Two cans of refrigerated biscuits. Cream of chicken soup in a clear glass bowl. Chicken broth in a clear measuring cup. One onion and some sprigs of parsley are on a wooden cutting board. Everything is on a white marble counter.

    Using cream of chicken soup and canned biscuits make this yummy dinner so easy to prepare! It makes it look like I'm a great cook with virtually no effort. This chicken and dumplings recipe uses:

    • boneless skinless chicken breasts
    • softened butter
    • cream of chicken soup
    • chicken broth
    • diced onion
    • salt & pepper
    • canned refrigerator biscuits
    • fresh parsley for garnish

    You can use any biscuit dough in the recipe, I just find the canned biscuits easiest. If you use frozen biscuits, make sure they are fully thawed before adding them to the crockpot.

    If you like extra flavor, add poultry seasoning as desired at the beginning. (I don't find that this recipe needs it.)

    📋 Instructions

    Place the chicken in the slow cooker. Mix together the butter, soup, broth, onions, and parsley, and pour the mixture over the chicken.

    Mixture of butter, soup, broth, onions, and parsley being poured from a clear glass bowl over chicken breasts in a slow cooker.

    Cover and cook on high for 4-6 hours. Larger crockpots need less cooking time than smaller ones, so chicken and dumplings cooked in a 6 qt. crockpot may only need 4 hours while the same recipe in a 3.5 qt. crockpot might need the full 6 hours.

    Mixture of butter, soup, broth, onions, parsley and chicken breasts in a slow cooker. There is a red napkin with white stripes on the white marble counter next to the slow cooker.

    After the allotted cooking time, turn off the slow cooker and shred the chicken gently using a fork. To shred, hold each piece in place in the crockpot with a wooden spoon. Use the fork to pull the chicken apart until it is all shredded. You could also use two forks pulling against each other.

    Using a sharp knife or kitchen shears, cut each biscuit into 9 pieces.

    Cooked broth and chicken mixture in a slow cooker. There is a wooden cutting board next to the slow cooker with scissors and pieces of refrigerated biscuits.

    Stir the chopped biscuit pieces into the hot chicken mixture. Turn the crockpot back on to high and continue cooking for 30 minutes.

    Cooked broth and chicken mixture in a slow cooker with uncooked pieces of refrigerated biscuits. There is a wooden cutting board next to the slow cooker with scissors.

    After about 30 minutes, or when the biscuits are cooked, the dish is ready. Gently stir the dumplings into the chicken and soup mixture.

    Cooked chicken and dumplings in a slow cooker. Next to the slow cooker is a wooden cutting board with a spoon and sprigs of parsley.

    Serve in bowls and garnish with parsley if desired.

    💭 Tips

    If you'd like, you can add peas and carrots to the soup and chicken mixture at the beginning. You could add about a cup of chopped fresh carrots and about a half cup of fresh peas. 12 oz. of frozen peas and carrots will work if you don't have fresh vegetables—no need to thaw before adding them.

    Try these other crockpot recipes:

    Carne Guisada (Slow Cooker)

    Carne Guisada (Slow Cooker)

    Slow Cooker White Chicken Chili

    Slow Cooker White Chicken Chili

    Quick and Easy Crock Pot Cube Steak with Cream of Mushroom Soup

    Quick and Easy Crock Pot Cube Steak with Cream of Mushroom Soup

    Crockpot French Dip Sandwiches

    Crockpot French Dip Sandwiches

    Easy Southwestern Stuffed Peppers with Cheese

    Easy Southwestern Stuffed Peppers with Cheese

    Foolproof Beef and Guinness Stew

    Foolproof Beef and Guinness Stew


    📖 Recipe

    Chicken and dumplings garnished with parsley in a white bowl with a blue rim. There is a spoon with a dumpling and some broth. The bowl is on a wooden cutting board on top of a blue napkin with white stripes, all on a white marble counter.

    Easy Crockpot Chicken & Dumplings

    This easy and delicious crockpot chicken and dumplings with canned biscuits is a family favorite. The rich, creamy sauce with shredded, tender chicken is a winning combination even before adding the dumplings. Using cream of chicken soup and canned biscuits make this yummy dinner so easy to prepare that makes it look like I'm a great cook with virtually no effort.
    4.44 from 46 votes
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    Prep Time 10 mins
    Cook Time 6 hrs 30 mins
    Total Time 6 hrs 40 mins
    Course Main Dish
    Cuisine American
    Servings 8 servings
    Calories 255

    Ingredients
      

    • 5 boneless skinless chicken breasts
    • 2 tablespoon butter, softened
    • 21 oz condensed cream of chicken soup
    • 1 ½ cups chicken broth plus extra for thinning
    • 1 onion, diced
    • 6 refrigerator biscuits, from can
    • 1 tablespoon parsley
    • salt & pepper to taste, if needed
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    Instructions

    • Spray a large slow cooker with non-stick cooking spray. Place chicken in bottom of crock pot.
    • In a medium bowl, mix together butter, soup, broth, onions, and parsley. Pour over chicken.
    • Cover and cook on high for 4-6 hours.
    • After cooking time has elapsed, turn off slow cooker and break chicken into pieces using a fork. Using a sharp knife or kitchen shears, cut each biscuit into 9 pieces.
    • Stir biscuit pieces into hot chicken mixture.
    • Turn crock pot back on to high and continue cooking for 30 minutes. If your mixture is too thick when you add the biscuits, add about ½ to 1 cup of hot chicken broth or water to thin the mixture.
    • Add salt & pepper to taste if needed.
    • Serve hot garnished with parsley if desired.

    Notes

    You can give this dish some extra color by adding 12 oz. of fresh or frozen vegetables at the beginning (like peas and carrots).
    If you like extra flavor, add poultry seasoning at the beginning as desired.

    Nutrition per serving

    Calories: 255 calCarbohydrates: 17 gProtein: 18 gFat: 12 gSodium: 983 mgFiber: 1 gSugar: 2 g
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    🥗 Side dishes

    I like this creamy chicken & dumplings served with just a salad on the side—it doesn't really need anything else.

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    Top image is ingredients. Bottom image is a bowl of Crockpot Chicken and Dumplings.

    Easy Crockpot Chicken & Dumplings with Biscuits
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    Posted by Mary Ann on May 28, 2019; Updated on March 30, 2020Filed Under: Chicken Recipes, Favorite Recipes, Popular Recipes, Slow Cooker Recipes

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    1. tbringman

      December 05, 2021 at 11:39 am

      Liked the flavor but the "dumplings" we're complete mush. Recipe says to stir the biscuit pieces into the chicken mix and the cook another ~30 min. Should I have just put them on top and stirred in after the 30 min????

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      • Mary Ann

        December 05, 2021 at 5:20 pm

        Thanks for sharing your results. Slow cooker recipes can be tricky since they are different sizes and some cook hotter than others. The size of the slow cooker and the length of cooking time can definitely affect the results since they affect the amount of liquid in the dish. It's been awhile since I've made this, but I haven't had the issue that you describe. You can try leaving the biscuits on top—I haven't tried that, and would be interested to know how it turns out if you do. I'm wondering if the kind of biscuits made a difference, or if there was too much liquid. I'm sorry it didn't turn out for you—I know that is frustrating.

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    2. Beverly

      September 28, 2020 at 5:59 pm

      5 stars
      Wanted something different but easy. I work 19 hour shifts so I cooked chicken while at work, when I got home I added biscuits while I cleaned up from work. It was a hit. My husband who is a beef and potato man lived it. Thank you! Ready for some more easy crockpot recipes.

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      • Mary Ann

        September 29, 2020 at 9:02 am

        Hi Beverly - I'm so glad you and your husband liked it! If you haven't checked out our meal plans, I hope you will. They are flexible enough that you can rearrange the number of servings and the days when you serve the meals, and the focus is on easy recipes based on the Secrets of a Busy Cook (we feature crockpot recipes frequently).

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    3. Dianne

      May 27, 2020 at 7:32 pm

      As I've mentioned before, my husband loves this dish. If I don't have biscuits on hand I use egg noodles. Today I'm making chicken vegetable soup using the broth and chicken part of the recipe. I'll be adding cauliflower rice and spinach. The chicken and broth are so good and so versatile! I found boneless, skinless drumstick meat on sale so I stocked up and have been using it in this recipe. So good!

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      • Mary Ann

        May 28, 2020 at 9:16 am

        I love the idea of adding spinach!

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    4. Katie

      March 17, 2020 at 6:37 pm

      Made tonight, biscuits did not cook, let them cook a good 40 mins on high. Ended up ordering take out?

      Reply
      • Mary Ann

        March 17, 2020 at 6:39 pm

        Oh no! I'm so sorry to hear that, Katie. I have never had that problem, but crockpots do cook differently based on brand, size, and the amount of contents. I hate that this happened to you, but thank you for letting me know.

        Reply
    5. Dianne

      July 05, 2019 at 7:05 pm

      Made this tonight and my husband loved it! He said it's the best thing I've made in a while.

      Reply
      • Mary Ann

        July 05, 2019 at 8:13 pm

        Thanks, Dianne! My family really likes it.

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        • Pat ogara

          January 20, 2020 at 8:38 pm

          Hi this looks amazing ,I'm making this tomorrow thanks

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          • Mary Ann

            January 21, 2020 at 11:27 am

            Let me know how it turns out!

            Reply

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