Easy Instant Pot Chicken and Dumplings Recipe

Easy Instant Pot chicken and dumplings recipe is a great beginner recipe. Best and easy Instant Pot chicken and dumplings from scratch. Pressure cooker chicken and dumplings for beginners is easy when using the Instant Pot. If you are looking for the best chicken pot recipes, we can help.

Types of Chicken for Chicken and Dumplings

You may use fresh, frozen, smoked, or already cooked chicken for this recipe. It’s best to have large pieces of chicken for the dumplings to steam on. Placing the dumplings directly in the broth; soggy dumplings could occur.

When using frozen chicken in the Instant Pot, I use the “rice setting”. That is my preference. If you are using smoked or other cooked chicken, ensure the broth is boiling when placing the chicken in it. This prevents further cooking of the chicken by a few minutes. 

Instant Pot Chicken and Dumpling Recipe

• 2 pounds of chicken
• Onions (diced or dehydrated)
• Celery (diced or dehydrated)
• 1 cup fresh or frozen carrots, diced
• Salt and pepper
• Herbs (optional)
• 1 quart of organic chicken broth/stock (4 cups) approximately for frozen or raw chicken
• 2 cups of organic chicken broth/stock if using smoked or cooked chicken
• Other additives you prefer

Use the rice or the poultry setting on the Instant Pot. Swing the handle to seal if applicable. Once cooked, do an instant release. Be mindful of the steam being released.

Fresh or frozen chicken: cook according to the thickness. Smoked or cooked chicken, boil the broth first prior to placing the chicken in the Instant Pot.

Smoked chicken is awesome in this recipe, if you would like to learn How to Smoke Meat Naturally and try some in this chicken and dumplings recipe!

Preparing the Chicken Stock to Make Dumplings

• Remove the chicken breast and cut it into large pieces
• Ladle out most of the chicken broth stock, leave approximately one cup for steaming the dumplings **
• Hit the sauté button on the Instant Pot
• Gather ingredients to make dumplings
• Bring the chicken broth stock to a boil
• Return the cut chicken pieces back to the Instant Pot
• Make the dumplings

**Save the broth stock for making another meal, do not add it back into the pot while making the dumplings. See below after this recipe for ideas.

Watch the Instant Pot Chicken and Dumplings Video Tutorial

Ingredients for Instant Pot Chicken Dumplings

• 1 1/2 cups sifted flour (221 grams)
• 2 teaspoons fresh baking powder
• 3/4 to 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons homemade butter or other fat (38-40 grams) room-temperature
• 3/4 cup of raw milk (170 grams) approximately

How to Make Raw Butter blog and tutorial may just get you interested in making your own butter, please check that out.

Buttermilk DIY is very easy too, I will show you how I make it in 2 different ways. Watch the step-by-step video tutorial or read the full directions.

Directions for Dumplings

• Mix all the dry ingredients in a large bowl
• The butter should be pea-size (like making biscuits)
• Add the milk only until incorporated (only once the broth stock is boiling)
• Do not over-mix the batter
• Drop tablespoons of dumplings onto the chicken and not in the broth
• Cook 5 minutes on sauté for 5 minutes (no lid on)
• Place the lid on but do not try and seal it, the sauté function will turn off if you do
• Cook for another 5 up to 10 minutes (usually between is the best)
• Steam the dumplings until they are dry and fluffy

Fresh Vegetable Sides for Chicken and Dumplings

• Fresh string beans
• Garden peas
• Snap peas
• Any vegetable you prefer

Have you ever wondered if cleaning fruits and vegetables are important? How to Clean Vegetables and Fruit Naturally is a post that may help you with your questions.

Leftover Chicken and Dumplings

We cannot eat all this dinner in one sitting so another meal is made using leftover chicken and broth stock. I will cook approximately 4 cups of egg noodles and add the chicken and broth stock. If any dumplings were left, they actually make a gravy sauce in the broth which is excellent!

Speaking of egg noodles, I have a full blog on Egg Noodles for Beginners, that I have been using for years. I love making my own noodles, reminds me of my nanny!

We absolutely love chicken and dumplings leftovers! I just whip up buttermilk rolls using my bread machine. If you would like to try Easy Buttermilk Wheat Bread Machine Rolls, head on over to the blog for the printable recipe and more information you may find interesting.

In Conclusion for the Instant Pot Chicken and Dumplings

My mother never had an Instant Pot but I bet she would welcome one to make this delicious meal even easier. I used to use the old pressure cookers, the ones for the stove top and you had to stand there every minute to ensure the correct pressure is kept.

The convenience of the electric Instant Pot has made my life easier to for sure! Every now and then I still make chicken and dumplings the old-fashioned way when I light my woodstove in the winter. But come nice weather, I pull out the Instant Pot and make this easy Instant Pot chicken and dumplings meal.

Quick and Easy Desserts

Below are dessert links you may enjoy as a good dessert to have after a meal or a quick on-the-go snack. Please enjoy and share!

• One-Bowl Brownies
• Cacao Mousse Recipes with Whipped Topping
• Molasses Cookies
• One-Bowl Banana Bread

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