Southern Style Chicken and Dumplings 

Kent-My father was raised in the depression . Told us kids that for one year all they had to eat was tomatoes. They ate tomatoes for breatkfast, lard and tomato sandwiches for lunch, and boiled tomatoes for supper. That my hero, is "getting by". Ended up in the Aleutian Islands for the entire campaign in WW2. Came in to Dutch Harbor on June 2, 1942 and left in Oct of 1943 from the island of Kiska. He was in charge of the kitchens during the campaign. He was a tough man. Fought the last 2 hours of the the Battle of Attu hand to hand. These are the men and women who lived at that time. They never complained, they just took what they had to and moved on. Keep up the good work, and thanks for the recipe, and for your tribute to the generation that went through it all.

My Granny lived thru the depression. Her family were tobacco farmers and had cattle and horses. She always said she never saw the difference in depression times because they never had any money to begin with. She made the best chicken and dumplings I ever had. Dumpling big and fluffy inside. Thank you the video took me back in time for awhile.

Kent Rollins......the Bob Ross of cowboy country cookin'! Love these vids.

Brought a tear to my eye. My grandpa was born in 1905 and my grandma in 1913. As a little kid in the late 70s, I did not recognize the gifts that I had in front of me at the time. 😔

My mom and dad were born in 1914 and 1915, and we had a hard time in Arkansas, so my dad took us across the states working in the fields until we finally settled in Clovis California in the 1949. My mom made a lot of southern meals and chicken dumpings was a big part of our meals. Good memories.

Chicken and dumplings is one of my favorite dishes. One of the luckiest things for me was having parents, grandparents and great grandparents who instilled a sense of gratitude for the basics and an understanding that everyone doesn't have food, fresh water and a safe place to live. If you have those things you have everything.

My mother and her family were from Bama. Her parents lived through the depression had a bunch of kids (free farm labor). They didn't put veggies in chicken & dumplings either and they didn't use corn starch. They made rue with course ground corn meal. The finished product was less like gravy and just a thick, brothy soup. Chicken & dumplings for supper, the next morning a warm mug of that soup! My grandfather worked all day on the farm, a huge garden, and a bunch of chickens. Then, he worked the third shift in the coal mines and always carried two peanut butter sandwiches in case of a cave in. My mother would meet him halfway and walk him home. She would eat his second peanut butter sandwich on the way home. I lost mom in December 2019, so now I'm the curator of all the memories as I'm the last family member, so I share to keep the knowledge and family alive. It's been a long time since I made chicken and dumplings. Sounds like an entry on the "to-do" list! Thank you, sir, for stirring up good vittles and good memories.

My momma made dumplins for 50+ years, light and fluffy best things ever! Not until about 5 years ago I realized she doesn't even eat them. Now that's love and devotion to our large family. She rolled out and cut every one. It's quite a mess to clean up but she did it for us and did it well, thank you momma ♥️

Yes!! I grew up in Tennessee and my parents cooked dinner food for breakfast. I love chicken and dumplings. May God continue to bless this channel 🙏🏾

My mother and both grandmothers made chicken and dumplings. They didn't put the carrots and celery in them. However, they were DELICIOUS! I've never been able to make chicken and dumplings that taste near as good as theirs. Any of you younguns out there, get your parents and grandparents recipes. Because one day, you will miss them.

Kent is such a wholesome guy. Definitely brings a little light to a pretty dreary world.

I’m from Australia but had the privilege of eating this dish for the first and only time at a friend’s grandmothers house in Shamrock TX and I’ve never forgotten it. Thanks for the video, I’ll be making this for my family soon.

Cowboy Kent makes the best cooking tutorials!

My grandma a southern woman from Corpus Christi born early 1900s used to make the best chicken and dumplings. Papa was a farmer so we had fresh veggies every meal and meat bought from Piggly Wiggly. Love southern cooking.

I got your cook book for my birthday last year. You had the thoughtfulness to sing it - and I thank you for that I have made many recipes from your channel and a few from the book. The classic (?) chicken and dumplings recipe is a HUGH hit. I took liberty adding carrots, celery, and sometimes corn. I am glad to see you are re-visiting this recipe and adding a few things to it. I am a Retired Combat Veteran, and I love that you fly the American Flag and offer your gratitude at the end of EVERY video. Someday, I hope to meet you in person and shake your hand and tell you "Thank You" for all You do.

I never throw out the chicken skin, it has the most chicken flavor. I mince up the skin and put it back in the pot. Also, I bake my skin on and bone in chicken with seasonings first. I usually freeze them in vacuum seal bags until I am ready to make chicken and dumplings. Baking the chicken versus boiling raw chicken gives a stronger and more flavorful chicken broth. I sautee a little bit of chopped onions and celery in butter in a pot before I add my defrosted baked chicken and water. I add a can of chicken broth if I need a lot of broth (I prefer a lot of broth because I make big fluffy drop dumplings). Anyway, just wanted to share another way of doing chicken for soups or dumplings. Now I need to eat. LOL

These types of meals really should touch your heart. People making due with what they had , so we today can add all the celery, carrots, and whatever else. God bless you Kent and Shan we love and appreciate you both

Wow! I just have to say this video brings back lots of good memories. My mom ('30) and papa ('27) were country folk born and raised on farms in Milam Co. Texas. Mom got her recipes from her mom. What made me smile while watching the video was when you were making the dough. My wife and I still have pictures of our three boys making dough with their MeMa. She had to put stepping stools by the kitchen table, so they could be high enough to sling that flour! Boy howdy, did they ever make some messes. Their little faces, blonde hair and clothes would be covered in flour. Papa would always tell those boys, their chicken and dumplings were better than their MeMa's. Mom passed away in 2021 and our boys are in their mid to late 30's now, and they still cook up some of her recipes! Thanks for the video.

Thanks for the gift of your teaching. So many of us are people who come from folks who had just enough of what they had to survive and made unforgettable meals out of it. My mother in law made us chicken and dumplings up in Wisconsin one summer. There was love in every bite. She cried at the airport when we had to leave. She's gone to glory now. I love you Loyce.

I love seeing your helpers. They always look so happy! It reminds me the other day the neighbor lady was outside talking to her cat. Almost as though he understood her. I went in and told Darla, my weiner dog. We laughed and laughed!!

I haven't eaten dumplings since both my Grandma passed ! This brought a tear to my eyes..

Love this channel! The food is amazing, and Mr Rollins, as a veteran myself, I appreciate you taking the time to recognize all those who’ve served!

I loved my grandma's chicken n dumplins. When we were little, she'd make the dumplins by cutting our handprints in the dough. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

My mama still makes the best chicken and dumplings I have ever had (of course) She does it the way she was taught to make them from my Granny. She starts with a whole chicken. She makes them every year for me on my birthday because she knows its one of my favorite meals ❤

Beag is determined! 😁 I made a pot of chicken and dumplins last night. Awesome stuff and a great immune system booster. Thank you for the video. I can never have enough of you guys. My tv plays yalls videos on low volume all day. Keeps me company and reminds me of my childhood growing up around farms. Yall take care and we love you over here in Georgia. 👋😊

your channel is helping me through the worst time of my life thank you guy's for all y'all do!!

A cooking show just ain’t complete without a chicken thief. 😂

Kent I wish you were a hunting guide or my grandpa. I could spend endless days listening to your stories and eating your amazing food. Your videos help bring some of the little joy in my life.

Grew up eating this every Sunday dinner when family gathered after church,that's when America was still America. Thanks for the fond memories Kent Rollins 👍🇺🇸😎

Made this for my husband and my dad today. Husband watched the video and said it looked good ,so i figured i'd make it. They ate 2 bowls each. It was really great. Thank you for a hearty recipe.

I’ve made rabbit and dumplings a couple of times and it was sooooo good! I do remember going to Epcot with my grandparents back in the mid 80’s. There was a dust bowl exhibit. It was the only time I ever saw my grandpa cry. He and my grandma grew up in central Oklahoma.

My Mom used to save backs, necks and wings for her dumplings. (No big chicken peices, those were fried up for a previous meal.) After cooking pull the meat off the bones, put it back in the pot. She made the dumpling without butter and thinned it to a thick batter that she spooned in a little at a time.

I LOVE EVERYTHING about this video so much!! 🥰 The rewind spin🤣 the chicken thief 🐾😂, the right time dumpling dance😆 all had me cracking up laughing! Love the stories/history info also! I’m definitely making chicken & dumplings this week because of how delicious yours look! Kent you are SUPER GREAT! You & your dogs put a big smile on my face & heart! THANK YOU!! Many blessings to you! 🙏❤️

My Grandparents on my Father's side lived in Southeastern Poland until the Wearmach insisted that they move to Western Germany near the Denmark border. Home made pasta and dumplings were part of every pot of soup and stew. Pierogi were a common side dish, we grew rabbits in the basement and all my Aunt's and Uncles went to a private Catholic School. It never dawned on me that we were poor. Every grown man in the household worked at least 2 jobs because they all had too much time to themselves. If you weren't working at least 2jobs and going to college, you were going to Vietnam. That's how the world worked back then.

My dad and his siblings lived through the Great Depression in Alberta, on a farm. So did my (late) mother's family. I'm sure they were aware of cooking that would make things go farther. Their parents had to be very resourceful, like many families had to be, back then. That is some really good classic country cooking. Cheers, Kent and Shannon!

Man! I came up pretty poor in Alaska, but my parents were from south of there and my mom made Chicken 'n dumplins for us. She didn't add cream, it was more like thick chicken soup with dumplings added. That said, I don't think I've had it since I was young and I am looking forward to making this soon. Thank you Ken.

This is one of those meals that gives you peace and love 💕

Hi Kent, I’m an American living and working all the way over in Shanghai, China. I really enjoy your videos for how wholesome and informative they are. You convinced me to get a cast iron skillet and I used the tips in your cast iron care video to keep it maintained. I really love your food suggestions, and my grandma made the best chicken and dumplings. Now I know what’s for dinner tonight. 😂

When times were tight, i remember my mother making chicken n dumplins for us. The meal would last for days. She made incredible chicken n dumplins !! We never went hungry, halleluYah!!!

Some of my family are from Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Mississippi…so I love this channel a lot

Hi, Mr Kent. This is the perfect time for this video, my mother tought me to make this as a kid, it's something that was a classic on the table during those days. Even though her dad was a butcher, with around 14 people at the table every day and especially during the Canadian winters, this was a hearty and filling meal. I've mentioned my mother to you in the past, 94yrs old and a retired nurse of 40+ years, sharing this is my tribute to her as she passed earlier this week. When she would make this, she'd make the larger, raised dumplings which were plump, tender, essentially steamed biscuits as she'd put large spoonfuls of the dough into the waiting pot with everyone else already in the pool and then the lid went on for a full 30 minutes and if you reached for it before then, you'd get cracked across the knuckles with a wooden spoon. 😆 "You'll ruin my dumplings... And I'll ruin you!" hahaha. But when the lid came off, the thick broth, tender chicken and heavenly dumplings wrap you in a warm blanket of love. She'd season the dumplings with herbs and the broth was perfectly seasoned and spiced, as well. Aftercthe first meal was gone, the second was just as good as she'd put the pot back on, add more dumplings and 30 minutes later, voia la! More perfection. I've had all variations of this dish, the hard, little dough balls that they call "dumplings" in different areas just doesn't cut it. Maybe they didn't have the patience for it and it got lost over the years but, this is a classic! Just make the biscuit recipe on the box of biscuit mix then put large table (desert size) spoons of it into the pot, makes a half dozen or so large dumplings (you can adjust the size, we tend to make them bigger) and when you serve them up and ladle a big helping of broth over that fluffy cloud from heaven, you understand how the slight amount of chicken can be forgiven. 😀 Today, we use as much as a whole chicken in that pot, lots of leftovers for future meals that can be canned or frozen 😉 My mother was a wealth of cooking knowledge, including cooking for the whole bunch at round up and slaughtering time and your shoes reminds me of that all the time... Thanks for keeping me in touch with such great memories. ❤️ I'm sure I'm not the only one here who feels that way.

My Mom is going to make hers this Weekend with my Left Over Apple Smoked Whole Chicken, She uses Bisquick because she's Canadian and that's how she was taught... she also uses lots of Carrots and Celery and Onion and any other Veggie depending on how many people need to be fed, some fresh Thyme and Rosemary really make this an Over the Top awesome Meal.

This is so close to my Grandmother’s recipe I can’t believed it!! Thank you!!! You gave me such a warm and loving memory.

I absolutely love Cowboy Kent's videos more than anyone else on RU-vid

Chicken and dumplings is one of my all-time favorite dishes! Now, your recipe is different from the recipe I have made for 45 years, but I'm definitely going to give it a shot. Thanks, you two!

I love chicken and dumplings. My grandma lived through the depression also. She made the best Chicken and dumplings this side the Mississippi.

My Grandpa made the best chicken and dumplings and he served it with this real peppered rice that he always cooked perfectly. The only twist was his dumplings were more like long and thinner almost like pasta but still were thick enough to hold up and not turn mushy. I miss that man so much I would give anything to be able walk back in my Grandparents old house about 1:30 on a Sunday afternoon seeing him cooking and hearing whatever NFL game he was watching and him give me a big old hug. Thank God my Grandmother is still hear, I miss you Grandpa and yes unfortunately the Falcons still suck and the Hawks are as inconsistent as ever but the Braves and Bulldogs both won a Championship this past year.

What a wonderful dish. And more to all those who came before and took such good care of people.

i love southern style America especially the cooking all the way from Australia

Your recipes are so good and the history of them is priceless

I tip my hat to all the depression Era and dust bowl Era folks that may still be alive to Cowboy Kent being a fellow Okie we know exactly what your talking about it's in our blood!♡

My great grandma and grandad went through the depression here in Texas. This reminds me of her and how she would feed anyone who would come to the table.

I made this. Then about two weeks later I made it again because everyone wanted to have more! About a month later, now I'm thinking about making it again haha

I cooked this today for my family and it was a hit! I improvised somewhat on ingredients I didn't have readily available (buttermilk subbed by just milk) made the dumplings from scratch using the written recipe. I won't make chicken and dumpling any other way from now on.

I’m a few days late. But Cowboy Kent, you make food that moves people in their soul. This is love in a bowl. Thank you and Shannon for what y’all do!

My favorite! This is something I always do with Turkey leftovers! Looks delicious

Kent just want to say always appreciate the end of the videos when you thank men and women like myself who are currently serving or who have already served. Discovered your videos during Covid when we were stuck in our barracks rooms with nothing to do and can say your attitude helped me a lot and gave me plenty of recipes make for the lady in my life when I go home. Thank you Kent.

I have made these twice in the last week. I have tried for 30 years to get it right. This IS THE RECIPE!!!!!

My dad and little brother had to go the city dump to get food for the family during the depression. I'm 68.he with Mom and Jesus now but I remember the times he would tell us those stories. God Bless.

Kent, you are an awesome person. I wish success to you and your family.

Nothing better on any day of the week!!! Thanks for sharing with us Kent and Shannon. Stay safe, Fred.

Thank you for your wonderful spirit in cooking and gratefulness of days gone by and your thankfulness of our American vets and the flag of FREEDOM!!

My great aunt was legendary in our family for her chicken and dumplings. At every gathering, shed bring a big pot and we would all enjoy it. This video reminds me of fond memories, thank you sir

When I make chicken and dumplings after coating the chicken in the flour mix I pan fry them about 3 minutes on each side and then put them in a pot to boil for 25 minutes before adding the dumplings. Great flavor

My all time favorite eats, chicken -n-dumplings. I've had quite a few great family dinners over the years eating that. Great food, great family dinner, what more could one ask for??? I know, pass the pot, I need another helping of that!!!! Thanks Kent!!!!

Where i grew up we called that drop dumplings which was very easy and fast to make but I liked them more when the dumplings were rolled out and cut into rectangular shape (almost like noodles but much thicker ) . My mother would make this almost every other week and never had to say it twice that dinner was ready ! I have 7 other brothers and sisters so seconds were a little scarce !

Aw, this is a very good recipe. When I take some neighborhood kids camping in Tx or Ok, they love it. They had never heard of the Depression or dust bowl days in these modern times. This has always been a depression meal, like crackers in the meatloaf. No one leaves hungry. Today it is even better and is still around though most people don't know why. Thank you for showing us the old ways. Still love your sausage and biscuits recipe, which they all love. Your channel greatly relaxes me from PTSD from the Afgh War. 6 tours. But all that goes in a box once I watch and make your recipes. Thanks to you, sir. And love to Ms. Shannon for your work teaching us. I am sure it is hard work. I hardly know any men my age (49) that know how to boil water. I don't eat out. I make my own food. I like things simple. Your recipes are simple relative to the great flavor and happiness they cause. Sure, would like to see you make rabbit stew!

My parents grew up during the depression. My dad worked his family farm and a neighbors farm pretty much on his own. He was used to 20 hr days getting minimal sleep. My Grandmother would make food like this for him and his Dad to keep them fed well and had enough energy to last all day long. When I grew up, my mother cooked the same way. When I was a kid I tried it and it was soooo good. Haven't had it in many years.. Guess I'll have to try to make it now. Thanks ole timer....now I'm hungry.

Looks amazing 👏 👌

I love dumplings so much & this meal is one of my favorites from you. It looked so delicious. Beag was playing the role of a chicken 🐔 bandit today! Little Major was only grumpy because you're making fun of his grandiose mustache. Love you guys❤

Amen God bless America. I cook for seniors and others

Loved your delicious recipe and above all the sweet loving prayers. God bless you ever so richly as you serve Him.

All of my grandmother's recipes were either from the depression or pennsylvania dutch (my family was Amish until a few generations ago). This is something she always made. Only slightly different. Her dumplings were a bit bigger and that is really the only difference I see. One of my favorite dishes. Just holds so many memories for me. Great video as always. So glad to see when you upload a new video!

This is one of my all time favorites right here! I love me some chicken and dumplins!

Hello Kent Rollins I love your shows! My name is Abigail and I am 9 years old and me and my dad watch enjoy your shows. I hope I get to meet you some day. Keep up the good work. 👍😁

I had chicken and dumplings for dinner last night. I love. I grew up in the north and we loved it too

I was adopted and raised by my grandma, she was known for her chicken and dumplings. Great video 🤤

Chicken and dumplings was one of my favorite dishes that my grandmother used to make when I was a kid. It was as labor intensive as you’d expect making the dough from scratch and rolling out then cutting the noodles. Good memories!

My grandma made the _best_ chicken and dumplings. I _begged_ her to make it for me every time I visited, I loved it so much. She gave her daughter (my mother) the recipe, but dear old Mom, now in her mid 70s, has _never_ been able to replicate grandma's recipe. I fell into the restaurant business in my early 20s, but didn't realize I not only was good at cooking, but that it was my calling, until my late 30s, which is the time you realize you're _too damn old_ to be in the business. I mention this because my dear old grandma passed in my early 20s, and had I realized this fact before, I would have asked her to *teach* me her recipe. (You know why I emphasized "teach"). Is Momma's cooking bad? No, I'd love to eat her cooking every day --she just cannot replicate her mother's chicken and dumplings.

Yep love them chicken & dumplins. With carrots, peas, and some sweet corn

Man LOVE, LOVE, LOVE me some chicken and dumplings! Awesome job Kent! Looks incredibly delicious! Thank you, Shannon and the pups for what you guys do! Keep up the great work.

One of the best memories I have was of my mom. She grew up during the depression and never wasted any food. With raising five kids alone after dad died (at 51) that was a bit easier, since there was seldom much left after a dinner. If we had a couple of chickens for dinner, or a turkey, she would spend a lot of time after the meal stripping the carcass of every scrap of meat for chicken and dumplings, or some homemade soup. She taught my wife, and I, at 70 am STILL eating mom's soups by my wife's hand and training. Mr. Rollins, this is a GREAT video, and one that brings back memories I cherish. Thank you!

I love your show. I haven't tried this recipe yet but I will. Never realized how my mom fed 5 kids lol. You helped me fix my cast iron skillet and get those eggs slippy!

Every meal you, make every bite you take, your dogs will be watching you.

Make this a lot in the fall and winter. I'll admit to sometimes getting a rotessire chicken and shredding the whole thing and making dumplings out of bisquick, which is about all it's good for really. I've also started with a whole chicken raw, and boiled it until done, then cooled and shredded it.

Chicken and dumplings are such a good meal, my granddaddy used to make squirrel and dumplings it’s just bring back memories of being young and spending time with family and learning the good old ways, Kent thanks for all you do for RU-vid and America, God bless you and Shannon. keep the videos a coming

My dad lived through the Great Depression as well and he made an amazing chicken and dumplings, very similar to yours! Thanks so much for bringing back such good memories and God bless you. 🥲🤤

That was interesting to watch. Your kitchen helpers are cute too. I grew up in a European Family, but I enjoy watching your show. I love to cook and bake. Your show has a bit of America history to it. Ty 👍🇺🇸😊

It is indeed the ultimate comfort food.

Kent, I feel lazy, because the last time or two I have made chicken and dumplings (and yeah, my wife will eat it, but she doesn't have fond memories from her youth, so she doesn't cook it for nostalgic reasons, so I make it) I cheat with a rotisserie chicken from WalMart and a package of store bought biscuits and chicken broth. Mine's easier, but yours looks more like what my mom used to make WAY back in my youth. Thanks as always for bringing back great memories!

Kent's recipes really light a fire in my aching soul. reminds me of the great people I've had the chance to know and how we would share great meals with each other.

I have a cousin who o haven't seen in35 uears and the first thing he said was do you remember grandma s chicken and dumpling s. I have missed them since 11976. I think she made them the way you just taught us. Thank you mrrollins.

My grandma used to make this dish. She went through the depression and knew how to make the best chicken n dumplins that I have ever eaten. Man you bring that ol school cookin back with style my friend. Sure would like to eat a meal with ya out on the prairie.

I’m gonna make this tomorrow for my lady. I’m sure we are gonna love it! It looks amazing Kent! Thanks for the amazing recipes

I'm a Puerto Rican from PA and love all your videos. Keep it up

I love Kent's voice he just gives off good vibes

I'm 66 and my grandparents made chicken and dumplings as follows: 1 whole cut up chicken, a pot big enough to cover the chicken with water, salt and pepper to taste. While bringing the chicken to a boil (boil until fall off the bone tender), make the dumplings by combining enough self-rising flour or make your own from plain and water to make a thick sticky dough, one granny used a big spoon instead of her hands, then place heaping spoonful's of the dough into the pot of chicken that's still boiling but done and cook until the dough is done. That's it. All that was needed was a big pot, whole cut up chicken, water, self-rising flour, salt and pepper. I still make it this way. They were dirt poor. One grandfather worked as a supervisor on a farm and the other one was a sharecropper.

I am 2:30 into my first time watching this channel, and hit pause to tell you I just subscribed. It's a pleasure to watch a good old intuitive cook.

Thank you, Sir, for another fine meal idea. My wife and I were just talking about making some chicken and dumplings. Now we know how! God bless you and miss Shannon.

As a veteran myself, sir, my hat off to you and your delicious recipes! thank you so much for sharing, not just your recipes but your wonderful heart warming stories too. Looking forward to additional videos from you. God bless.