Dinner

LIGHT Chicken and Dumplings! is for Dinner.

LIGHT Chicken and Dumplings! takes 20 minutes to prepare.

LIGHT Chicken and Dumplings! takes 60 minutes to cook.

LIGHT Chicken and Dumplings! makes 8 servings.

The ingredients for LIGHT Chicken and Dumplings! are:

(1) Roasting chicken, light meat, or 2 large chicken breasts with rib meat
(2) medium carrots, chopped
(2) large stalks celery, chopped
(1) medium onion, chopped
(1) leek, sliced
(2) medium turnips, chopped
(4) medium potatoes, peeled & chopped
(8) cups vegetable broth
(1) package refrigerated buttermilk biscuit dough

Here is how you make LIGHT Chicken and Dumplings!:

In a large soup pot, heat 2 T olive oil over medium-high heat. Add chicken breast and cook until brown, about 10 minutes. Turn chicken over, and add onion, celery, carrots, leeks, turnips and potatoes. Add salt & pepper. Cook until water is released from vegetables and they begin to brown, about 5-7 minutes. Add vegetable broth and bring to a boil for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover and and cook an additional 30 minutes to fully cook chicken and vegetables. Use tongs (right in the soup pot) to break up chicken breast and remove bones, if any. Return the mixture to a boil. While mixture returns to a boil, prepare the dumplings by separating refrigerated biscuits. Cut each biscuit into 4 equal sections and drop into boiling mixture. Cook biscuits in boiling mixture for 10 minutes. Remove from heat at serveServing Size: Makes (8) 1-cup serving Number of Servings: 8Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user BEACHMUM77.

The nutritional information for LIGHT Chicken and Dumplings! is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 8
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 367.2

• Total Fat: 6.5 g
• Cholesterol: 29.0 mg
• Sodium: 1,834.1 mg
• Total Carbs: 58.4 g
• Dietary Fiber: 4.1 g
• Protein: 18.4 g

The dietary needs meet for LIGHT Chicken and Dumplings! is Low Fat