Chicken & Dumplings Dairy-Free
We are so excited to have this popular dairy-free chicken and dumplings recipe back up and running at Milk Allergy Mom.
Thank you for all your interest and concern that it disappeared temporarily.
We had linked to a favorite chicken gravy recipe that unfortunately is no longer online.
Such a bummer.
But thankfully, I'm able to pull together a similar recipe.
Just like we love it...
with no cream of chicken or mushroom soup needed.
Completely and easily dairy-free.
Awesome for our milk allergy friends!
And so flavorful using homemade chicken broth.
However, Swanson's broth may be a shortcut if you prefer (check labels first, ingredients can change).
CHICKEN & DUMPLINGS SHORTCUTS
Use leftover chicken from roasted chicken.
Dairy-free baking mix makes fast dumplings. Check label, of course.
Using frozen vegetables also makes this a fast meal to make.
CHICKEN GRAVY RECIPE
INGREDIENTS
½ cup chopped onion
¼ cup dairy-free butter
⅓ cup all purpose flour
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon dried thyme, crushed
⅛ teaspoon pepper
2 cups chicken broth
¾ cup unsweetened dairy-free milk
2-3 cups of leftover cooked chicken, diced
8 ounces of frozen peas and/or carrots
DIRECTIONS
In a saucepan, cook onions in dairy-free butter until tender.
Stir in flour, salt, thyme, and pepper. Stir and incorporate together.
Slowly add chicken broth and dairy-free milk, whisking continuously.
Cook and continue to stir until thick and bubbly.
Stir in peas and carrots and chicken.
Cook until bubbly again, then simmer on low heat.
Prepare dumpling recipe below.
DUMPLING RECIPE
If you can use Bisquick, I use the biscuit recipe on the box with dairy-free milk, unsweet. Make sure the baking mix is safe for your allergies by reading the label and calling the company if need be.
But I lessen the measurements to:
½ cup Bisquick
3 tablespoons dairy-free milk
Combine the Bisquick and dairy-free milk to make biscuit dough.
Of if you have time, here's a homemade biscuit recipe.
When the chicken gravy is heated through, drop biscuit dough by ½ teaspoons into the hot mixture.
Cook on medium heat uncovered for 10 minutes.
Then cover the pan with a lid and cook another 10 minutes on low to medium heat until the dumplings are done.
Serve hot and enjoy!
Hope you like these easy chicken and dumplings as much as we do.
This was delicious made it for dinner
So glad to hear that, Lainee!
the bisquick dumpling recipe calls for milk!
Hi Marcia. Thanks for the reminder. We made an extra note, use dairy-free milk if need be.
Do you have the chicken gravy recipe? The link isn’t working.
Leah, I'm so sorry. I've been waiting for that link to work again. Boohoo!
The recipe link for Tammy's does not work. A big red box comes up with all kinds of code in it saying there is an error. Do you have the recipe you can post?
Oh man, I gotta find something similar. I'm so sorry!
Help! I can’t get the chicken gravy recipe link to pull up from Tammy’s. Can you post the recipe at all? We are dairy, peanut, tree but, and egg free here and would really like to try this recipe!
Using Bisquick to make the dumpling is not dairy free as the recipe calls for milk to make the dumplimgs
Use dairy-free milk with the bisquick. 🙂
what if you only have the vanilla almond milk???
taste totally different and nasty?
Hi Reagan, vanilla milk won't work with cooking. But works well with baking! 🙂
How would i make this in a crock pot?
Great question. I have not made it that way. If you do, let us know how it turns out!
Hi Lela, we never had a problem. But I do only use homemade chicken broth now. ??? Hope it works for you.
My son has a dairy allergy and seems sensitive to soy as well. Does the Swanson broth bother yours that used to have a Soy allergy? Thank you! Lela
Jen, so glad you liked it! I haven't made this in awhile. I think it's time!
Wow! My husband and I just had this for dinner and we can't stop smiling! This was a definite 5 star in our book! Wonderful! I did use an entire carton, 32 oz between the soup and the dumplings but that was the only change😀 Thank you for sharing!
Anonymous, I'm sorry, I hope you got it worked out. You were right, there was extra flour in there...not needed because I used Bisquick instead. I fixed it but sure hope it worked out for you! Thanks for letting me know.
I'm making this recipe right now. But I'm stuck. The 2T flour + 1.5 cups divided. I see where the 2T are used but where is the 1.5 cups being used. I guess I'll have to wing it. Your recipe has been up here for a while, so I don't know if you'll respond. Please reply if you can. Still looking forward to trying this.
This recipe seems easy and delicious. As we get closer to Christmas, we are getting so busy that it can be hard to find time to eat well! On behalf of the active single adults living with food allergies, thank you for sharing and Merry Christmas to your family.
This recipe looks so good now only if I could get my husband to eat dumplings.