Chicken & Dumpling Casserole

• servings: 8 servings
• total time: 1 hour 10 minutes

Ingredients

1 chopped onion

1 rib chopped celery

1/4 cup butter, cubed

2 garlic cloves, minced

1/2 cup all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons sugar

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon dried basil

1/2 teaspoon pepper

4 cups chicken broth

1 package (10 ounces) frozen green peas

4 cups cubed cooked chicken

DUMPLINGS:

2 cups biscuit/baking mix

2 teaspoons dried basil

2/3 cup 2% milk

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°. In a large saucepan, saute onion and celery in butter until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in flour, sugar, salt, basil and pepper until blended. Gradually add broth; bring to a boil. Cook and stir 1 minute or until thickened; reduce heat. Add peas and cook 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Stir in the chicken. Pour into a greased 13x9-in. baking dish.

For dumplings, in a small bowl, combine baking mix and basil. Stir in milk with a fork until moistened. Drop by tablespoonfuls into mounds over chicken mixture.

Bake, uncovered, 30 minutes. Cover and bake 10 minutes longer or until a toothpick inserted in a dumpling comes out clean.

Nutrition

• Calories: 393
• Total Fat: 17g fat (7g saturated fa
• Cholesterol: 80mg
• Sodium: 1313mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 33g carbohydrate (6g sug
• Dietary Fiber: 3g fiber)
• Protein: 27g protein.