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I was trained as a professional chef and I'm married to a professional chef. I worked for decades in restaurants and fancy hotels all over the country and I've been blessed to travel extensively and eat at some highly lauded restaurants. My teachers in the culinary arts were French, German and Austrian, all men. You, dear Tipper, inspire me more than all of them combined! The wholesomeness and authenticity of your food and the experience you bring to the kitchen is pure poetry. Please, please don't stop educating us.

I love how supportive and grateful Matt is for your cooking, Tipper! So sweet

This is the same way my grandmother taught me to make dumplings, but we always let our dumpling dough sit out overnight to dry out. It makes the dumplings just perfect.

I’m from western North Carolina, and this is exactly how my Ginny (grandmother) made her dumplings. I never took the time to learn how to cook like her and now regret it! Watching you brings back all of the memories of her great country cooking.

My favorite part was your husband tapping his plate in anticipation. I like mine in a bowl. I like the idea of roasting the vegetables, first. I'm going to try it like that for my family.

This is exactly how ny granny made it. I love the flat dumplins over drop any day! Thank you for sharing.

My Mammie had been using a knife to cut her dumplins for years, but I just recently converted her over to using a pizza cutter!! So much quicker 😄 Love your channel so so much!

I learned how to make dumpings from my aunt and at the end of cooking them she always added a small can of evaporated milk. They were so creamy and delicious. My grandkids now love mine that way. Stay safe, peace be with you

We like the big fluffy dumplings. We also add milk or heavy cream to the broth, so good. This is how my grandma from Mississippi made hers. My husbands family from Louisiana makes theirs in a brown gravy which looks strange to me and doesn’t fit my taste . So you’re right about everyone liking them made differently. Thanks for sharing

Oh my! I was so excited to see this video pop up. Growing up in Indiana, my mother never/rarely actually made Chicken & Dumplings- she made Chicken and homemade noodles more often. But my paternal grandmother made this type of Chicken & Dumplings. I loved them and never had the recipe. Her family came from Virginia to S Carolina to Tenn to Kentucky to Indiana in about 1830 and I believe brought the Southern foods with her. She was the grandmother who loved cornbread as well. I have seen recipes called “Slippery Dumplings” and think they might be this type as well. Thanks so much for sharing!

I was raised in Central Illinois where there are many Amish people. Aunt Dorie used to make the chewy kind of dumplings which she called “tough dumplings” and it was an Amish-style dumpling. When I first started cooking, I’d make fluffy dumplings. I like dumplings either way so I make both kinds, depending on my mood. When I first made that meal for my husband, he nearly broke into tears, as the meal made him think of his Grandmother, and he was overcome with the nostalgia my cooking brought out in him. Thanks, Tipper! I enjoyed this video.

My wife cooks a whole chicken,bones it out and puts it back in the broth and cuts her dumplings as you do , calls my son in law and grandson and no leftovers at all. The addition of cornbread is a must,crumbled in the broth. Truly southern comfort food!

This reminded me of my sweet grandma from southern Indiana who made her dumplings the same way you did, though she rolled them out thicker and cut them longer into rectangles. She usually cooked hers in beef roast drippings and made a thick gravy. Grandma's dumplings were one of my favorite childhood side dishes, definitely a comfort food. Decades later after she was long gone, I tried to find out if anyone in the family knew how she made them, but to no avail. I remember how surprised I was to read a recipe for dumplings (right after I was married) that said to drop the dough on top of the boiling stew in big mounds!! Those weren't dumplings! Dumplings were thick fat noodles-ha! This is the first time I've heard of anyone making "dumplins", as she called them, like hers!! Thank you, Tipper! This brings back a boatload of wonderful memories from my childhood.

I like the flat chewy kind 😊 My Japanese grandmother-in-law taught me how to make chicken dumplings just like this when I was 19 years old (she raised her family in Georgia though). She said, “more thin, more better!” Anyway, I haven’t cooked them in over ten years and couldn’t remember how long to cook the dumplings for, and here you are! You always cook the best food that I grew up on!

I was taught by my grand aunt that the dumplings should not touch the chicken while cooking, so she removed the cooked meat to a hot platter. She Pinched off thick bits of dough and dropped them in the pot with the lid on tight and temp. low. Never, ever lift the lid during 25 min cooking time. Delicious, dry and breadlike in the centre and not pasty. Love your show.

I learned to make the thicker drop dumplings from my sister Brenda. She used Bisquick and there is a dumpling recipe in the box. She was always looking for short cuts but she never sacrificed flavor. She was a wonderful cook. I like to put a wedge of cornbread on the plate and pour the dumplings right on top. I agree with you Tipper, cornbread really compliments the flavor of the dumplings. I will definitely try your recipe. I have never met a dumpling I didn’t like!

A helpful hint, using a pizza cutter works well for cutting dumplings. I enjoy both drop and rolled dumplings. I like mine thick and here in Indiana we usually put dumplings over top of mashed potatoes. Enjoy your day 🌷

This guy from an Italian immigrant family loves everything this fine lady cooks.

My favorite time when you cook is when Matt and you make your plates and show us. YUMM YUMM !!!! ❤️❤️

I make my chicken and dumplings the way that my Irish Mommom did-with rolled dumplings and vegetables (peas and carrots) added to the cooked broth.

Hi Tipper, I grew up in Colorado and then moved to WV many yrs ago. My Grandma made the best Chicken n Dumplins just like your recipe except She added bay leaves and dried parsley when making the broth for added flavor along with the veggies. She made the best EVER! Although I still make it the same today, I do like mine with a thicker broth and drop biscuits. They remind me so much of home!

Brings back memories. Mom was a fluffy dumpling gal and I loved them.

It amazing to me how similar y’all’s lifestyle is compared to ours in Southern Ohio. I truly enjoy your videos.

YES! Rolled dumplings and lots of broth! That's how my granny made them and that's how I do it too. I'll also have a double helping of those green beans.

Oh my word I'm am so happy you posted this video. I have been trying to replicate my mommas chicken and dumplins for near 30 years without success. I believe you make yours pretty much the way she made hers . And she loved the chicken thigh meat, she said it has more flavor than other parts of the chicken. I like the dumplings like you made here on this video, I don't care too much for the big fluffy style dumplin. I'll be trying this recipe soon

Mama made hers small and thin and called them slickems.I use Mary B's frozen dumplings and they're about as good as you can make.Also a pizza cutter works well for cutting dumplings. Thanks Tipper.

My mom made drop dumplings and my grandmother made rolled ones, which I prefer. I usually add an egg, canola oil, and milk for the wet ingredients. I like them really chewy...the best ones are the sinkers, IMO. I can hear my grandmothers voice as I prepare them telling me to make sure to use a wooden spoon so I don't tear them up and always drop them in the gaps where the broth is bubbling up. I prefer them soupy, as well. Though I tend to use too much loose flour on the cutting board so they wind up a bit on the creamy side. Thank you, as always, for sharing and preserving a record of your Appalachian heritage.

I use drop dumplings in soups, something a good friend taught me. But I make rolled dumplings in chicken stock. Every get together in my mom's family had chicken and dumplings, shuck beans and cornbread, fried chicken, mashed potatoes, fried corn and my grandma's cornbread stuffing too. My mom had 9 brothers and sisters, so there were lots of big bowls of food. I miss those get togethers in my grandma's big yard.

My family always called chicken and dumplings chicken and pastry. Same recipe as yours. They have also started using Anne's flat Dumplings which is almost like home made. Being from Texas, we have used flour tortillas and they are pretty good too. But this recipe is my favorite by far. I also have added cream of chicken soup which makes it really rich...

I love chicken and dumplings and make mine pretty much the same way. I cut the dumplings with a pizza cutter. I think it works pretty good. I always put my chicken and dumplings in a separate bowl because I need more room on my plate for everything else. My goodness everything looks so good!!

Thank you for your dumpling recipe. That’s exactly what I’ve been looking for. I like my chicken and dumplings thick which is how my mom made them. Her dumplings were the ‘drop biscuit’ kind. She kept her mirepoix in her version (carrots, onion, and celery) which I still do. Thank you for all your Appalachia videos. I really enjoy watching you start your garden in the spring and harvest throughout the summer. Thank you

My Grandmother from KY would call these "Slick" dumplings.... I can't wait to try this recipe ! It's been decades since I had them -- Thank you !

Tipper I have always made the fluffy dumplings, however, I love the kind you make. I think I will try to make some after seeing you make yours. I like how you seasoned your broth with the onion, celery & carrots. The final plate looks so yummy! Thank you for sharing. I really enjoy your blog and your videos. Have a blessed day. 😊💕❤️💕

they look so good! this is very similar to how I make mine. I put a little bit of buttermilk in my dough. I learned from my grandmother... we're from southern WV! LOTS of Appalachian food here!

I had only one baby with a C-section but a 4 yr old toddler so I can appreciate your exhaustion. Thank you for this recipe as it brings back many memories from when my own mom served this special meal.

Awe, Matt’s complement to you was just so sweet! I’m somewhat new to chicken and dumplings because I didn’t grow up eating them but my husband did. I’ve tried the fluffy drop dumplings and then thinner chewy ones and prefer the thin ones, as does my husband. Your dinner definitely did look like a feast!

When I was a kid in SE Iowa, we ate both kinds, but the fluffy kind was chicken & dumplings and your kind was called chicken noodles. Never mattered to me...anything my great-aunties cooked was just heaven! 😇

I grew up eating chicken with homemade egg noodles. Mom would roll out the dough and then cut into noodles. She would let them air dry for a while before adding them into the pot. One of my favorite meals. Think it is time for a big pot of them. Yours looked so good!

That is the way my grandmother made her chicken and dumplings. Looks so yummy.

I made these last night for supper and my family absolutely loved them! They love dumplings from cracker barrel and told me these were better. Love your channel! Your food reminds me of my grandmother's cooking. My mother's mother, they are from West Virginia. My mawmaw passed away when I was young but I'll never forget her cooking. April from Ohio

I’m the cook in my family. I was born and raised in southwest Ohio, however my parents are from Kentucky and my mother is from the Appalachian region of Kentucky. When i make Dumplin’s, i make the thinner type like yours, but i like both styles. The fluffy ones made by some are TOO fluffy and doughy for me. Yes cornbread does go well with the dumplins.

Those plates look soooo good Tipper! Matt's last comment "Mighty fine" was one of my Dad's trademark sayings at the dinner table, after finishing one of Mom's wonderful meals! ❤️

I loved this video. It brought back great memories of my grandma. This is almost exactly the same as her recipe. She typically used a whole chicken. The interesting part is that she was French Canadian and we call this dish fricot (pronounced free co). She made her dumplings the same style as yours. She would always heavily dust the dumplings with flour after cutting them. I think that was to thicken up the broth. It's always twice as good the next day. We don't eat much cornbread up here in Canada but the next time I make this, I am going to try to make some cornbread to go with it. Wish me luck : ) Thanks for sharing this and for the trip down memory lane!

Tipper, Thank you so much for teaching me how to make chicken and dumplings! I followed your recipe step-by-step and made the most delicious Sunday dinner for my husband!! He was so proud of me.After 41 years… he got chicken and dumplings that I cooked just for him. I did tell him I had to give you credit though. I can’t express enough how much I love your channel.❤️ I feel like I have a new friend!

I was so interested to see this. It looks delicious. We make our dumplings completely differently in the UK. We use self raising flour and suet - which I'm not sure you have in the US. It's shredded hard fat. Half the quantity of suet to flour, so something like a cup of flour and half a cup of suet, salt and pepper, iced water to make a sticky dough. Drop golf ball sized pieces of them in the stew and simmer for 30 mins. They more than double in size and are very fluffy.

Started drooling the second I read the title! Chicken & Dumplings is my faaaavorite comfort food, it's like a warm hug for your tastebuds. Thanks for sharing your recipe!

I love chicken & dumplings, both the big, fluffy drop ones and the rolled chewy ones. My mother & grandmother made the fluffy ones and my sister made the chewy ones and both kinds were so good! Fresh green beans ( made with ham hocks), sliced tomatoes and cucumbers, all from the garden, and, of course, corn bread. We liked the thicker broth for the dumplings and thicker corn bread made with yellow corn meal. The perfect dinner! VA. & KY heritage here. 😊

This reminds me so much of my Grandmama's chicken and pastry. Definitely something I enjoy making myself, especially since she's gone on now. ♥️

Great looking meal! I make my dumplings flat but prefer a little thicker broth. That's easy to achieve by adding some additional flour to the broth when dropping the dumplings. You may want to consider using a pizza cutter rather than a knife. Its quick and won't damage the cutting surface.

I love chicken and dumplings! My mom would make with fluffy dumplings sometimes and make with the thinner ,chewy dumplings sometimes....I like both....I also love the flavorful broth, and love it with cornbread also .....looks like a delicious supper! Thanks tipper....God bless...🙏❤

After spending 8 years in Lancaster Co PA with the Mennonites and Amish, I learned to make it both ways. My Mennonite cookbook has a recipe for Chicken Corn Soup that is very similar, and it has the onions, celery in it as well as cut up hard boiled eggs and fresh corn with the flat square noodles or dumplings. I just use a can or a half a can of drained corn. Also, I use split chicken breasts because I love the breast meat. My grandmother made the fluffy biscuit dough dumplings and I have tried but can't quite make it as good as she did. Thanks for sharing this!

I have just found your channel and I’m in love! My daddy was from down in London KY, and watching your videos makes me feel like I’m at my granny’s house. We always have chicken and dumplings with pintos & cornbread. Fresh chopped onion on top of the pintos, and a fresh summer sliced tomato. Great memories!!

We like ours with a thicker broth. The broth base makes all the difference. I taught my girls if you make a delicious broth your meal will be good. I roll out the dumplings also and I use a pizza cutter!

Tipper, it is such a joy to watch your videos. For the cooking, yes, but for so much more. I feel like I’m sitting in your kitchen and we’re old friends. I feel so blessed to be able to spend time with you.

Matt tippity tapping on that plate waiting patiently to start eating was so sweet and funny. Wonderful video, thanks for sharing.

Those look just perfect. That is the way my Grandma made them too (right along with the beans and cornbread)! Ahh - the memories. Thank you.

It's amazing that we cook so much alike. I thank my Mom every day that she taught me to cook this way. I make the drop dumplings, mother rolled hers out, but otherwise, we think alike with food. Your chicken and dumplings gave me the idea I needed for supper tonight. Thanks.

Love chicken and dumplings!! I make mine similar but I put the carrots/onions/celery back in after I've cooked the dumplings!! It's so nice to see a husband who appreciates his wife's cooking and also tells her so!!

Such a blessing to have someone to help and provide some meals for you! ❤be made Blissful everyone!

I love this comfort food recipe. No matter how it's made, thick or thin. Cut dumplings, drop dumplings, biscuit dumplings. It's my favorite meal! Thanks Ms. Tipper for making a great recipe for sharing with us!

My great grandma loved chicken and dumplings! I prefer the dumplings to be a little more fluffier just like she did. It’s so good to have that warm fluffy parts of the dumplings with the chicken 😊

My great aunt made absolutely amazing chicken & dumplings! She’s passed now and it’s been probably 20+ years since I had any close to hers! She made the fluffy kind of dumplings. I think her recipe died with her unfortunately. She taught me how to make fried zucchini when I was in middle school and I still make it every summer when the neighbors share their bounty of excess zucchini’s 😉 Such fond memories 💝

My people lived in the NC foothills for years then migrated into the middle of the state following the cotton mills for work…all of these recipes are so familiar to me and remind me of all the great cooking the ladies and men of our family cooked for reunions etc., chickens dumplings were ALWAYS the Christmas Day meal and I loved it…might try these myself for Christmas this year!! Thx for all of these great reminders of my youth!!

I made this last night. It was by far the best chicken and dumplings I’ve ever had and I love your version of the dumplings way better than the drop biscuits I’ve been doing my whole life. I’ll never go back. Thank you!! My family ate the whole pot!

My mother always made the fluffy drop dumplings so that’s what I’ve always made. I do like the kind that you make also as I’ve made them too. Chicken & dumplings is such a good comfort food! ❤️

Cornbread goes good with everything. Chicken, & dumplings is my favorite comfort dish, I like the big fluffy dumplings. Yum

I’m 54 years old. Mom and dad are passed. Mom was from Rutherton NC.. She fried the best chicken in a cast cast iron pan. I’m a good cook, but I never could fry that chicken like she did. I asked her what she seasoned it with. She told me salt and pepper. I couldn’t do it like her. I think it was love

I had to teach myself everything I know it is a blessing to fill in the blanks that cookbooks miss like the butter you added for richness of broth and using broth for dumplings! Thank you I’m cooking this up tomorrow!

Matt's plate looks like at family reunion. Lol I make my chicken and dumplins similar to yours, but sometimes I just do drop dumplins if I'm in a hurry. I also add poultry seasoning for more flavor. Works well. 🙂

I love my dumplings thinner like this too! That meal looks so delicious 😋 thanks for sharing the recipe Tipper!

After watching your show, I had to play it again and show my husband. He loves chicken and dumplins and ofcourse the rest of the dinner looked great. Keep making those great recipes, nothing better than good stick to your ribs country food.

My mother and older sister made the most delicious dumplings. Mother always called it cooked pot pie. She always added potatoes as well. I watched my sister so often. She would place a pile of flour on the kitchen counter, make a well in the center. Then place an egg in the center and begin to mix the two, gradually adding small amounts of cold water til it was just right. She rolled out the dough and cut squares like you to put in the yummy broth. She made beef, turkey and chicken pot pie. I loved them all.

I like my dumplings like yours but ever since I was a child I’ve loved a thick broth over my cornbread. That plate looks SO good, no surprise that Matt went for seconds.

Ms. Tipper I'm sad to say that I have to quit watching your videos! Every time I do you remind me of how my Momma cooked! That is the biggest compliment I could ever give anybody! She's been gone 29 years and I can still taste her chicken and dumplings! By the way she rolled hers out also, after second thought maybe I could watch another one or two😁

Yes, to the cornbread with the dumplings! There is a magic that happens when that dumpling broth meets the crusty cornbread. So so Delicious! I also love the flat rolled chewy dumplings. My favorite recipe for Chicken & Dumplings calls them Rolled Slick Dumplings. It’s so very simple, and so delicious. Love them with green beans and pickled beets too!! Making me miss my grandma now.

I was chicken and dumplings deprived as a child! My mom never made it. I don't know why, she was an excellent cook. I've never made them either. Until today. I can't wait to try this! Thank you for your excellent channe!. Purchasing your book is definitely in my plans.

I love a thick fluffy dumpling but I sure wouldn’t turn away a smaller chewy one. This meal looks amazing!!!

My mom always made drop dumplings but my aunt rolled hers out. The first time I had rolled one's I didn't like the texture. It was just something different. I learned to like them that way too!

I just started watching your channel, and I love your recipes. This is how I learned to cook most of what are still my favorite recipes: just by watching. "A dash of this, a bit of that. Just til it's right!"

I like the ones u like an I love it when Matt is waiting for whatever you have fixed just like with the strawberry pie

I love all your videos! I just had to comment that I laughed SO HARD at the cameo of Matt impatiently awaiting the chicken 'n dumplings!!! More cameos of Matt :) I'm loving all your recipes and look forward to Friday's book reading!!! :D

Thank you Tipper. What a meal, one of my favorites. I do prefer the fluffy dumplings but you can"t wrong either way. I definitely need more practice to fix them. I think the butter may be the thing missing in my chicken and dumplings. They never seem rich enough like I remember my mom's. I eat mine with cornbread too. Green beans and pickled beets are the perfect sides. I will definitely be saving your video.

I love my dumplin's fluffy with lots of broth. I don't take the chicken off of the bone but leave it in the pot. Saves time. You always cook some mighty fine meals. Thanks! I chuckled when your hubby came back for seconds.

I watch your videos often, and it always makes me feel warm. I’m lying here late at night and just needed to escape from insanity in this world for about an hour. Bless your whole family!

My Mom made similar dumplings but called them pot pie noodles. We had the fluffy biscuit style dumplings usually

I make both kinds of dumplins...I cook my chicken like you do. When I decide to make it I ask my beloved husband, "Flat or Fluffy". LOL. 90% of the time he says Flat. Yes, comfort food. The nectar of the gods. ❤

I love your channel. We loved going to visit my dad's family in Appalachia. My grandma cooked the best food. Soup beans, fried taters and cornbread, what a meal. She made green beans and potatoes, but I haven't perfected that one yet. Every meal had 'grease gravy' on it. Yummmmm. I look forward to your next video. Hi from Colorado.

Love chicken and dumplings! My Nana made this dish with the chewy type like you and also the airy puffy kind.But it was always a rich broth like you do it! Thank you so much for sharing!!

I grew up with the drop dumplings and my soup is usually very thick. Almost a stew. But I grew up in Minnesota and it was a great winter stick to your ribs meal.

I’ve always been afraid to try the rolled out dumplings so I always make drop. Mine always turns out thick. I think I will give your way a try! I think I can do it! Love your channel! Kentucky here 👋

This is another of your recipes I’m going to try. It’s nice that your husband enjoys your cooking. My husband is the same way. Thanks for sharing so many wonderful recipes.

Oh my! Just like my Grandma from Southern Missouri made! The flat noodles like yours is THE BEST! I do not like those lump dumplings, like biting into a lump of raw flour. Now I can make chicken and dumplings like grandma did. She used 2 whole chickens and made a vat full. Seeing Matt holding his plate reminds me that my cousin used a large mixing bowl for grandma's chicken and dumplings. Thank you for this recipe. I'm going to sent it to my cousins wife. He will probably cry he'll be so happy. My grandma thanks you from heaven for getting this recipe back to us. 🙏🙏🙏

Great video, Tipper!!! My family says this is absolutely the ultimate comfort food! Looks exactly like mine...just not as much chicken back in the pot since we like to use most of the chicken in chicken salad to go with it. Also (like my grandma) I make egg gravy which is boiled eggs, sliced and sprinkled with salt and pepper and just before serving, add some of the broth to the eggs. Anyone ever hear of that? In my part of eastern NC when you go to a family reunion, you see that the chicken pastry, applejacks and barbeque from a local restaurant are gone in a hurry. 😁 I bet the flavor of the vegetables really adds a lot, and I'm going to try it that way next time. I bet the broth adds a lot to the dough, but as long as I can buy those thin Atkinson's pastry strips, I'm not making them.....lazy! 🙄

It doesn’t matter what you are cooking, you present it so down home warm and good, I just want to come over. 😊

My grandmother made a rich stock using chicken backs and of course she stewed the chicken in this. Her dumplings were made using the stock to bring the ingredients together. She simply pressed the dough, using her fingertips, on a floured surface till the dumplings were the thickness she wanted. They came out light as a feather. Now I'm hungry all over again!

Watching you cook always gets my tummy growling with hunger pang’s lol, everything you cook looks good and homey. I’ve always made my dumplings the drop biscuits style but I think it’s out of laziness not taste 😂 Matt sure is a lucky man to have you for his wife!!!

Just thinking about my Grandmother's Chicken and Dumplings today, lost her when I was young, but no soft Dumplings here.. love the chewy dense ones, extra pepper please.

Congratulations to both you and Matt on the marriage of your beautiful daughter! And... My chicken and dumplings are cooking as we speak. I can't believe I had all of the ingredients in the house and it smells heavenly! It's 2 hours before dinner but I don't think I'm going to be able to wait... I can definitely relate to your husband standing in the kitchen waiting... that's exactly how I feel right now! Thank you, Tipper! You're the best!

This is how I make my chicken and dumplings too. I’m not a fan of drop dumplings but to each his own. This is such comfort food. I love it.