Bisquick Chicken and Dumplings

This is our easy Bisquick chicken and dumplings recipe with rotisserie chicken and Bisquick drop dumplings you are going to love! Made by my Grandmother with frozen vegetables and cream of chicken soup the past 50 years, now her secret is out.

I bet your Grandmother made this comfort food when you came over for dinner too huh? Can you picture her stirring and tending to it on the stove for hours, completely homemade and it took forever but was beyond delicious??!! Me too, but I don’t have that kind of time so I made a cheater version (that is pretty close to as delicious as hers was)!

Let’s talk about the tweaks I made to cut the cooking time from several hours to a 30 minute meal. What I do is buy a cooked chicken at the store that has already been roasted perfectly and seasoned. That way I can dice up 2 chicken breasts or a breast and chicken thighs (if you prefer dark meat). You could use canned too but that is softer and with less flavor.

Beyond the rotisserie chicken, another thing I do with our Chicken Pot Pie Recipe with Cream of Chicken Soup is to start the filling with a can of condensed soup. You could use the mushroom variety instead of cream of chicken but I almost always have a few cans of this on hand.

Ingredient Notes

As for the meat there are a few choices you can go with. You can use leftover chicken breasts chopped up, use rotisserie chicken which I love, cook some from fresh and cube or drain a can of chicken and use that.

The easiest way to add a bunch of veggies already prepped is to use frozen vegetables. I like the variety that has carrots, peas and corn but you could use the one with green beans instead.

Then to thin it out I will add some whole or 2% milk and some chicken broth (or stock). If you needed to use a dairy free alternative I would recommend cashew milk as it is the thickest and richest choice.

Okay so you want a box of Bisquick baking mix. The dumpling recipe on box is okay but adding more seasonings will take these to the next level, from good to OMG delicious! Beyond the dry mix out of the box you need seasonings to amp it up like garlic powder, oregano and thyme.

Additional milk is added to this to create a sort of dough that you see below. I will use a small cookie scoop or tablespoon so they are all the same size and cook to a soft ooey gooey texture.

How Long to Cook Chicken and Dumplings with Bisquick (on Stove)

It is going to take about 30 minutes to make this start to finish. When the soup is boiling at the beginning you can use that time to make the dumplings out of Bisquick and then it takes 20 minutes to boil those to tender and cooked all the way thru.

Do you have to bake the biscuits first?

Just like our Slow Cooker Chicken and Dumplings you essentially boil the Bisquick dumpling dough in the soup once it reaches a boil. This will give you the very tender texture you would expect if they were homemade. Just drop in and in about 20 minutes they are perfect.

How do you know when the drop dumplings are done?

One – There are 3 things to test before serving. First you want the meat to be cooked thru and tender. If using precooked meat you just have to test the latter of the two.

Vegetables should be tender as well and last but not least the dumplings should no longer have wet batter in the center. They will be very soft but not sticky and raw. Another way to tell if it is ready is they will be floating on top as you see below.

Two – Since this is so simple there are less errors typically, but there are 2 things that you need to keep in mind. Make sure scoops of biscuit dough are all the same size first of all. Next is to ensure that you don’t drop them in until the soup is consistently bubbling, just like we do with our Instant Pot Chicken and Dumplings.

You need the liquid hot enough to start boiling them or else the dough will begin to get mushy and start to break apart.

Three – Test after the 20 minute mark by taking one out and set on a plate. Use a fork to slice in half and look inside. If it is no longer sticky in the middle but rather resemble soft dough they are ready to be served.

How to Thicken Chicken and Dumplings

My measurements below have been created to develop the perfect thickness so I don’t think you would need or want to adjust things however if you did you could. You’d want to whisk 1 tbsp cornstarch with 3 tbsp water, let it boil, whisk this in and cook for 2 minutes or so and it will thicken.

If you needed a gluten free choice you can do a similar thing with arrowroot flour which will give you the same affect.

What to Serve this With

If you wanted to serve more meat on the side I would go with a few pieces of our Bisquick oven fried chicken!! Beyond that you may want some more vegetables perhaps or a side salad?

How to save leftovers

You do want to keep this moist so once cooled, transfer to a sealed container and spoon some of the sauce on top of the dumplings. The best way to reheat this is in the microwave in 45 second increments, stirring, and then repeat until warmed to your liking.