Comfort Food on the Easy

Growing up in Kentucky you all but live off of comfort food and one of my favorite dishes is Chicken -n- Dumplins. Growing up my Nanny (Grandmother)always made the best Chicken -n- Dumplins, the only problem is the recipe is an all day process or at least it seems that way. Nonetheless, if you are like me you don't always have the time to spare. So we come to comfort food on the easy using the slow cooker. The slow cooker is a great cooking tool that is often overlooked though it is becoming very popular on many of the food blogs I read and as of recent I haven't checked out at a local grocery store without seeing a slow cooker/crock pot recipe book in the checkout line. Back to the food, if you are shooting for an easy comfort food recipe, you can't go wrong with the following:

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Slow Cooker Chicken and Dumplings

2 cups cooked chicken

1 can cream of mushroom soup

1 can cream of chicken soup

2 soup cans of water

2 teaspoons chicken bouillon granules

½ teaspoon black pepper

1 8-pack can of buttermilk biscuits

Mix all ingredients except biscuits in slow cooker. Cut biscuits into quarters and stir into mixture. Cover and cook on LOW for 4 to 6 hours.
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Few things to note; be sure to use the bouillon granules and not the cubes! The cubes will not dissolve properly and you will lose some valuable taste. As for the biscuits, its always up to the cook but I suggest going with the Grands Southern Style variety. I have made this recipe numerous times with different biscuits but these seem to always taste the best.

One last note on this recipe...It really helps putting all of this together the night before and letting "soak" in the refrigerator, and while cooking this particular recipe in the slow cooker you will have to break the cardinal sin of slow cooking and that is stirring! If you do not stir this recipe while cooking, all the biscuits will make there way to the top and you will end up with a pot pie of sort, and that is not what we are looking for.

Hope all (or anyone who reads this) enjoys!