– 3tablespoonsolive oil – 3medium chicken breast – 3tablespoonsunsalted butter – 1small yellow onionchopped – 5clovesgarlicminced – 1cupshredded carrot – 1cupdiced celery – 1cupfrozen sweet peasthawed – 1/3cupall-purpose flour – 1cupheavy creamor light cream – 32ozchicken brothlow sodium – 1tablespoondried parsley flake – 1teaspoondried basil – 1teaspoonsaltor to taste – 1/2teaspoonfreshly cracked black pepperor to taste Homemade dumplings: – 1cupall-purpose flour – 1tablespoonbaking powder – 1/4teaspoonsalt – 2tablespoonsbuttermelted – 1/2cupbuttermilk
Tasteful chicken should be browned but not cooked. Chicken should be removed from pot and placed on foil-covered platter.
In the same saucepan, melt 3 tablespoons butter. Add onion and sauté 1 minute. Crush garlic, shred carrots, and add celery. Stir and boil 5 minutes to soften.
Mix in 1/3 flour. Cook, stirring 1-2 minutes. Pour cream slowly and mix well. Add chicken broth, dried parsley, and basil. Sprinkle salt and pepper. Mix well.
Reboil chicken breasts. Cover and simmer 10 minutes on low. Fork-shred chicken breast in a large bowl after cooking. Salt and pepper to taste.
Mix flour, salt, and baking powder in a medium bowl. Mix well. Toss melted butter with fork until crumbs. Add buttermilk.
Add chicken shreds. 1 tablespoon cookie scoop. Larger dumplings need bigger spoons. Dough into simmering soup immediately. Place them around the pot differently.
Add all dumplings and carefully put them into soup. Add frozen peas. Cover and cook for 15 minutes on low. Sometimes stir to avoid sticking. Serve dumplings with fresh parsley after cooking.