New Recipe of the Week- "Easy Peas-y Chicken n Dumplins"

Hey y'all! (Channeling my inner Paula here) It's been a while, so I decided to write a "New Recipe of the Week" post. I apologize for being so slack on this!

This week's recipe is all about cool weather comfort. While it's not quite chilly during the day out here yet, we are barely making it into the 80s. And at night we are dipping into the 50s! So today I decided to capitalize on this gift from above and make some chicken and dumplings.  This recipe is my own, so measurements given are approximate.

1 store-bought rotisserie chicken, in your desired flavor. (I used garlic and it was fabulous. You can also use your own leftover chicken, or cook your own.)

3 large carrots, peeled.

3 celery ribs
1/2 medium onion
1 bag frozen green peas
4 tblsp butter
2 cans biscuits (I used grands southern style)
1 can cream of chicken soup (smaller, standard size. Not the large can)
1 large carton chicken stock (I used Swanson's)
garlic powder
salt
black pepper
rosemary
thyme
poultry seasoning

(All seasonings should be used to taste.)

First, pick the meat free of your chicken bones and toss it in your crockpot. Include the skin! It only adds more flavor! Discard the bones. (Or use them for making your own chicken stock, if you're feeling ambitious.)

Coarsely chop the carrots, onion, and celery. Saute them in the butter in a pan over medium high heat. Add all seasonings to taste. Cook until onions are translucent and transfer the veggie mixture to the crockpot. Add the frozen peas to the pot as well.

On top of the chicken and veggies, pour your cream of chicken soup and chicken stock. Add enough water to ensure all the liquid will not be absorbed by the dumplings. (I just eyeballed this part.) 

Pop open the biscuits and cut each one into quarters, then cut each quarter in half. Toss them in the crockpot and close the lid. Set the temperature to high and cook for 3 hours. DO NOT STIR until the 3 hours are up and you are ready to serve.

I don't know about y'all, but I like my dumplings a little on the doughy side. This is how they turn out with this recipe and I thought they were  perfect! With this being a relatively quick crockpot recipe, it's easy to do in an afternoon.

Hope y'all give this one a try and enjoy it! Speaking of enjoying, I'm about to take my daughter outside to enjoy this beautiful weather! Bon Apetite!