Easy Chicken and Dumplings
Chicken thighs can be just as good for you as chicken breasts! The calories and cholesterol in chicken thighs weigh in at 232 calories and 105 milligrams cholesterol per serving. There is not much difference in the breast meat. See: Nutritious Chicken Thighs
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons all purpose flour
2 tablespoons water
1 cup chicken broth
1 cup chicken, cooked and diced
1/4 teaspoon salt
Dash black pepper
Dumplings:
1/3 cup all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons non-fat milk
Directions:
Mix 2 tablespoons flour and water in a pan until smooth. Slowly stir in broth.
Cook over medium heat until thickened.
Add chicken, salt and pepper.
Make Dumplings:
Combine 1/3 cup flour, baking powder, and salt in a small bowl. Stir in milk until dough forms. Drop dumpling dough from a tablespoon onto gently boiling chicken mixture, making 4 dumplings.
Cover pan tightly and cook slowly for 15 minutes without lifting the lid.
Serving Size: 1/2 of recipe. Yield: 2 servings.
Per Recipe: $1.41
Per Serving: $0.71
Per serving:
- Calories 290
- Total fat 8 grams
- Saturated fat 2.5 gram
- Cholesterol 65 milligrams
- Sodium 1560 milligrams
- Protein: 28 gram