Panera Bread Chicken and Dumplings Recipe

Panera Bread’s Chicken and Dumplings feature a comforting bowl of tender, slow-cooked chicken, hearty vegetables, and fluffy dumplings in a rich and savory broth, providing a soul-warming and satisfying dining option at the popular bakery-cafe chain.

Make our Panera Bread Chicken and Dumplings Recipe at home. With our Secret Restaurant Recipe your Chicken and Dumplings will taste just like Panera Bread.

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Panera Bread Chicken and Dumplings Recipe

Make our Panera Bread Chicken and Dumplings Recipe at home. With our Secret Restaurant Recipe your Chicken and Dumplings will taste just like Panera Bread.

Prep Time30 minutes mins

Active Time50 minutes mins

Total Time1 hour hr 20 minutes mins

Course: Dinner, Lunch, Main Course

Cuisine: American, Southern

Keyword: Chicken Recipe, Panera Bread

Yield: 8 Servings

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• 1 large Onion peeled and cut into 1-inch dice
• 4 ribs Celery cut into 1/4-inch slices
• 4 medium Carrots peeled and cut into 1/4-inch slices
• 1 clove Garlic peeled
• 4 large sprigs fresh Thyme
• 3 quarts Water
• Salt and freshly ground Black Pepper to taste
• 1 large Chicken, about 5 pounds, quartered, or 5 pounds Chicken Legs and Thighs
• 1 loaf Country White Bread crusts removed and cut into 1/2-inch cubes
• 3 cups Cold Water
• 3 large Eggs beaten
• Paprika to taste, to serve

Instructions

• Place a large stockpot or dutch oven over medium heat.
• Pour in oil.
• When oil is hot and shimmering, add onion, celery, carrots, garlic and thyme. Cook for about 7 to 10 minutes, until tender and fragrant.
• Add 3 quarts of water.
• Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
• Add chicken. Increase heat slightly and bring to a simmer. Continue simmering for 25 to 35 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through to an internal temperature of at least 165°F.
• Remove chicken from the pot while the broth continues to simmer.
• Pull all of the meat off the bones. Discard bones.
• Return the meat to the pot.
• Add 3 cups cold water to a large bowl. Add bread and soak for 1 minute.
• Remove bread, squeezing as much water out as possible.
• In a separate medium bowl, add eggs, paprika and salt and pepper, to taste. Mix.
• Add soaked bread and work into egg mixture until if forms a dough.
• Skim the fat off of the top of the broth with a spoon.
• Add the dumpling dough, one spoonful at a time, into the simmering soup. Cook 2 to 3 minutes, or until the dumplings float.
• Taste. Add more salt and pepper, to taste, if needed.
• Place in a serving bowl or individual bowls and sprinkle with paprika.
• Serve hot.

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Photo of “chicken dumplings” is by jeffreyw and is used by permission under the Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) Creative Commons License. Read the Full License Here – https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode. Thank you, Jeffrey. Another Great Picture. Photos may be “representative” of the recipe and not the actual finished dish. All photo licenses listed were correct at the time of the posting of the page. Recipe is our adaption of several recipes formally widely-circulated on the internet – courtesy of the Wayback Machine. Additional Information Courtesy of Wikipedia and is used by permission.