Let’s eat! But first, let’s chat about how this chicken and mashed potato dumplings recipe came to be.
It’s during the holidays that people bring out their favorite family recipes, and it’s so fun to see the different twists and versions everyone has on classic, holiday comfort meals. Like most people I have oodles of favorites, but one of those favorite recipe traditions comes from a good and bad childhood memory.
When I was little, I hated when my parents went on vacation without us because they would go for two and sometimes three weeks at a time, and we had to have a babysitter named Virginia stay at our house. She was nice, but she liked to tease us, and I despised being teased. Virginia had one redeeming quality though; she made some killer chicken and dumplings. Killer.
So at this point you’d expect me to share her recipe with you. Womp womp.
But, I do make a version of chicken and dumplings that tastes like home, childhood and warm happiness, and that I can share.
So from my family to yours, I present this new recipe tradition — chicken and mashed potato dumplings. And after Thanksgiving when we have lots of leftover turkey, it’s turkey and mashed potato dumplings. Either way, it’s feel good food.
Chicken and Mashed Potato Dumplings
At this point, you’re probably like… mashed potato dumplings? The heck?
So lemme ‘splain. Mashed potatoes are more comfort food for me than dumplings could ever be. Plus, they’re buttery, flavorful and so much lighter. I mean, have you tried Idaho Spuds Country Butter Mashed Potatoes?
You must.
So I started topping my chicken stewed deliciousness with ’em, and I never looked back.
Idaho Spuds come in five downright delicious flavors that make a great plus one for the holidays, and the Country Buttered make a great plus one for this recipe!
Ready to make it?
Chicken and Mashed Potato Dumplings
- 4 or 5 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (approximately 3 lbs)
- 4 cups chicken cooking stock (not broth)
- ½ tsp celery seed
- 1 tsp poultry seasoning
- 2 bay leaves
- ½ tsp black pepper
- ¼ cup chopped onion
- 1½ tsp chopped or dried parsley
- 1 (10.5oz) can condensed cream of chicken soup
- 1 tsp Gravymaster
- 8-10 tbsp corn starch + 1 cup water (mixed together)
- 2 tsp salt
- 2 packages Idaho Spuds Country Buttered Mashed Potatoes
- 4 cups water
- Cut chicken breasts in half lengthwise, and then cut each half into three sections. Set aside.
- In large stockpot, add chicken stock, celery seed, poultry seasoning, bay leaves, black pepper, onion and parsley; bring to a low boil. Reduce heat to simmer. Add chicken pieces. Cover and simmer for 1 hour.
- Stir in condensed soup and corn starch/water mixture. Add Gravymaster. Cover and simmer another 30 minutes. Pour into rectangular serving dish.
- Prepare Idaho Spuds according to package directions. Spoon mashed potatoes in dumpling-sized portions over the hot chicken mixture. Serve immediately.
Enjoy!
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This looks great! Thanks for sharing with the Delicious Dishes Recipe party!
Looks tasty and satisfying! This is something my family would definitely enjoy!
Mhaan | http://www.mommyrockininstyle.com
It looks and sounds like a perfect mix of east and west here. It’s a creative idea, I’d like to try it!
Girl, I’m NOT mad at Mash Potato Dumplings, I’d HIT that! LOL 🙂
That looks so yummy, i love mashed potato so much and haven’t had it in ages. I might try this recipe for dinner tonight.
We LOVE mashed potatoes! I know if I made this for my fmaily, they would LOVE it!
I’ve never heard of this recipe before. It sounds delicious for winter!
You are a good foodie. Just come cook for me already!
I think I want to try this one too!
sounds lovely! I am not a fan of instant mashed potatoes, but with some real, fresh ones, this recipe would be awesome, thanks
I always think of Chinese food when I see the word “dumplings” but these look super tasty too!
I love a good chicken recipe and creamy mashed potato. I’ll be on the look out for Idaho Spuds the next time I do grocery shopping.
I’ve never made dumplings, but I’ve always wanted to! This sounds like the perfect recipe, to try with! Looks delicious!
These sound so delicious and quite easy to make so I’d love to give them a go!
This has comfort written all over it! I am all about mash this time of year. Will have to give this a whirl for a meal time next week.
Oh my goodness your have my mouth watering. I have never made mashed potato dumplings. I am definitely giving this recipe a try this week.
I will try this and let you know how it goes next week. So far, your blog is my cookbook 🙂
My goodness, this looks absolutely delicious. The combination of Potato with chicken is always quiet tasty and using mashed potatoes makes it more yummy over all. I would love to give this a try!
This looks absolutely delicious! I mean, how can you go wrong with chicken, gravy and mashed potatoes, in any combination! YUM!
Those mashed potatoes look like something I really need right now. Thanks for sharing! I’ll have to try this recipe out 🙂
This is real honest food! Simple yet so tasty looking. Haven’t had mashed potato for a long time.
I love comfort food, especially as the days get colder and the nights longer.
I’ve never tried anything like this in the Uk, it looks perfect comfort food!
Looks very tasty this is a kind of meal I can make every week and my family will love it. I’m sharing and saving it to my bookmarks for this weekend meal list.
MMMM, this looks like comfort food. I’m all about comfort food.
We love easy dishes around here. Especially ones that involve chicken. This looks delicious!
Idaho has always been my favorite brand for mashed potatoes. Such a rich taste!
I should try this. We grew our own potatoes this year. There’s a whole bucket of them downstairs.
Nothing like a warm, comforting meal. Looks perfect for this cold weather!
Omg this looks so delicious! Potatoes are my favourite.
This sounds like perfect comfort food, its making me hungry already!
This looks so hearty and comforting. Just what we need in the colder months.
I’ve never thought about doing this before. I think it will be a hit with my two sons who are currently crazy for anything with mashed potato! I would love to try the recipe!
This is comfort food at its finest! It looks absolutely delicious!
I could go for a comforting, home-cooked meal. Using those mashed potatoes cuts down on time so we can get to our dinner table quicker.
You just put two of my favorite foods together in one dumpling. Can someone pass me a drool bib?
this would be amazing at this time of year. who doesn’t like potato and chicken?
These look like such a great comfort food! My kids would probably snatch these up in a heart beat.
This looks like real comfort food. Although we dont have Idaho Spuds, we sure have something similar and it will do Thanks for the recipe!
Yummy comfort food! Perfect for this time of year and a lovely family bake, we love potatoes 🙂
This is my kind of comfort food! Cant wait to try tjis recipe out!
This is definitely something my family would love. Real comfort food!
That looks deceivingly simple. What’s the catch? It seems so easy even I could make it!
This recipe sounds and looks very tasty. Love it.
Ooh yummy!! I love the sound of this dish, especially for a cold night xxx
We stock up on the packs of Idaho Spuds every time we shop at Walmart. Mashed potato dumplings sound like a yummy way to enjoy the leftover turkey in November. I like the recipe and how diversified it is for any type of poultry or meat.
I love mashed potato so will be giving this a try! They sound so yummy!
I love how easy this looks to make!! I know my husband would love this for dinner one night!
I’ve never had chicken and dumplings before, but this recipe makes me want to try it. YUM! I need to include this in my menu!
I looks like a great comfort food for now that it’s getting colder.
These look absolutely fantastic! I need to try them one of these days
I can see how turkey would go good with it! This is comfort food at it’s finest.
Considered pinned! Idaho potatoes are the best! Such a comforting meal. I love it.
This does look just amazing and an interesting way of making mashed potato too x
What a delicious and comforting meal! Perfect for fall weeknights…my family would love this!
We love love love mashed potatoes over here, cannot wait to try this spin on an old favorite!
This looks like a great meal idea for those busy days! I think my husband would love this one, we will have to give it a try!
These look so good!! I love quick and easy dinner for the kids, our weeknights can get to be so busy and crazy.
What a fab idea – so much easier than making regular dumplings too I think.
Mashed potatoes have always been one of my favorite comfort foods! The more buttery the better too! 🙂
Another awesome recipe, I should try these at home.
Oh delicious! I’m a sucker for a good chicken casserole style dish. This is just too scrummy!
This chicken and mashed potato dumplings looks so delicious. I will be making this awesome recipe for sure and it will make for a great dinner for any family. Thanks for sharing this awesome dinner recipe.
This looks like such an easy and delicious meal! I’m going to give it a try 🙂
My kids always wanting this mashed potatoes as their breakfast.
I love the idea of mashed potato dumplings – it’s like the ultimate comfort food! x
My husband LOVEs dumplings, but they are such a hassle to make. These mashed dumplings look like a great alternative.
I’ve always loved mash potatoes drizzled with butter but haven’t had any in a while. I plan to make some this week and enjoy it. 🙂
I will be pinning this one. Looks really good.
This sounds like such a comforting meal especially when it is cold! It is extremely cold here so I guess it would be perfect for now!
Mashed potatoes are such a comfort food for me as well and I would eat it with every meal if I could lol! This looks so tasty and easy to make! I will be trying this!
Such a creative recipe. Looks yummy! Can’t go wrong with mashed potatoes in my book!
This looks amazing! I love instant mashed potatoes! I’ve never had potato dumplings though, sounds amazing.
What a delicacy! How does the dumpling hold together without messing the rest of the dish? I’d have thought that eggs (for example) would be part of the dumpling recipe.
My family would absolutely LOVE this recipe. I love the Idaho Potatoes shortcut!
This would be great for after Thanksgiving leftovers. You could substitute the chicken for turkey and the potatoes for sweet potatoes.
Easy and perfect combo for a quick dinner at home. I love my spuds so I would consider adding this option to my weekly menu.
I’m keeping this in mind for the holidays!
This must be so comforting to enjoy on a cold day! And seems simple too!
That sounds amazing! perfect comfort food now that it’s getting cooler outside.
Your recipe looks and sounds so delicious! Mashed potatoes, chicken, and gravy are some of my faves!!! I can’t wait to try it!
Oooh! That sounds delicious. That’s a meal that would really stick to your ribs. I love these southern style meals.
Your recipe looks sooo good! Mashed potatoes, chicken, some of our favorites!!! I can’t wait to try it!
I love that you swapped the potatoes in! My husband is a southern boy at heart and I just can’t make dumplings like his grandmama, maybe this will get me off the hook!
Holy Moly this looks like the perfect fall recipe. I love chicken and those mashed potato dumplings sound AMAZE!! Great job!
This looks very good. I love the Idaho potatoes, so I know this will taste amazing! I can’t wait to give this a try!
This chicken and mashed potato dumplings recipe is going to be a big hit with my family. I will have to add it to my meal plan for this week.
These chicken and mashed potato dumplings look so delicious and easy to make. I will have to get the ingredients I need to make some this week.
You know I am a huge fan of chicken and mashed potatoes. I would definitely eat a big bowl of this. You can bring me some when I see you again. 🙂
I am always looking for new recipes to try. These look so delicious. I am excited to make them.
Mashed potatoes have always been my favorite comfort food. This turkey and potato dumpling recipe sounds like an awesome after Thanksgiving dish!
perfect time of year for comfort food in my opinion. we just closed the windows because its too brisk at night and this would be a perfect weekend meal around our house-thanks for the inspiration
I am in love with this recipe. Honestly, I do not like dumplings because to me they are soggy bread so I think using mashed potatoes in place of regular dumplings is a fantastic idea! Our whole family would love these.
Anything with mashed potatoes in it just screams comfort food to me. This looks really tasty. We love our comfort food here in Georgia.
Your pictures look great!
And we are always trying to find new dishes for dinner.
I will eat anything with potatoes on it!
This looks soooo good, Liz!! My family would love this meal! Pinning it to my recipe board to try later! Thank you for sharing
My favorite (mashed potatoes) I love this recipe. I will be trying it. Looks delicious.
This looks absolutely delicious. Guess what I’m going to be making for dinner tomorrow!!
Louise
Mashed potatoes are definitely our comfort food of choice. This meal looks absolutely delicious.
This looks so good but I cannot stand instant mashed potatoes! I always have to make them homemade.
I love comfort meals like this! I have never in my life tried dumplings before but I want to now because I love anything with mashed potatoes.
Nothing beats a recipe that will remind you of your childhood. Thanks for sharing a recipe that tastes like home for you. I think it’s awesome that you decided to use mashed potatoes. It looks like the perfect comfort food.
This is my kind of dinner. A delicious and comforting meal.
I like mashed potatoes but I never think of making them from a package. My sister would really like these dumplings.
All of my food is comfort food so I’m already down. Mashed potatoes are one of my favorites, I believe in starches on top of starches when making my plate. Growing up we had a lot of chicken and dumplings, but I can’t say that I’ve ever had potato dumplings.
Yum! This looks so tasty!
Oh yummy! I SO love mashed potatoes–carbs have always made me happy.
Oh my heck! I need to get this into my belly now! This is like the ultimate in comfort foods.
this looks like a very nice meal! I will have to make this one day it looks great for autumn/winter 🙂
This looks delicious. I could see adding this into a fall meal plan for sure.
Mmmmm I always love chicken and dumplings. Thank you for sharing the recipe with us!
Nina
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Love cooking wholesome, warming food now the chill is in the air.
chicken and potatos together, men there are delicacies i need to really see how they look face to face and have a taste of them also to confirm. this looks good though but i cants say if i will fancy the combination.. maybe just potatoes and chicken will do for me.
This looks like a great winter warmer dish. I’d like to give it a go but I fear it might have to wait until I come off the Slimming World diet 🙁 Or if I have a cheat night of course!
This seriously looks so DELISH!! I am a big dumpling girl and love this recipe-definitely keeping the Idaho spuds and just substituting a vegetarian protein. All the nom!
This is the perfect fall comfort meal! I would love to make this. I am awful at mashed potatoes!
Absolutely perfect Autumn weather food, you can’t beat mashed potato with anything x
I have a slight chicken and dumpling obsession! I bet these mashed potato dumplings are delicious! I think we’ll be adding this meal to our menu plan rotation!
Yum. This looks great and I do love a shortcut or two when it comes to prepping dinner in a hurry.
I love the sound of this recipe, it’s right up my street! X
This sounds the perfect autumn dish, and I could totally work it into my slimming world routine xx
Looks like a wonderful comforting meal! Can’t wait to give it a try!
My 6 year old daughter is OBSESSED with mashed potatoes right now. I’ve been trying to think of creative ways to serve it with other foods I want her to eat. I’m going to try this one for her!
Chicken and mashed potatoes are the best combination ever!! Those are my son’s favorites.
Those look absolutely delicious! I’m always looking for new quick and easy meals to make for dinner.
I’m always looking for new chicken dishes since I try to keep away from meat. It’s nice to have one with potatoes like this.
What a great looking easy dish! Great comfort food and perfect for fall weather.
What a super yummy treat idea for sure! Glad you shared this with us. Will have to give it a try!
Oh how I love mashed potatoes and yes I have made and eaten several varieties of Idaho Spuds!! This recipe sounds delicious and one that I mayj ust try to make.
This looks like a great recipe to add to the menu rotation. My family is getting bored with the same old chicken dishes.
My husband was just asking for chicken. Maybe I will make his this dish for dinner.
That looks insanely tasty and easy to do. I am learning a lot of cooking skills lately. I will do it with natural smashed potatoes, I like the fast one too but there is no competition to a real smashed potato 🙂
This looks so delicious and easy! We love chicken and I’m always looking for new recipes for making it!
Yum! This recipe sounds great! Thanks for the idea!
I love chicken and dumplings and this looks just as yummy. Thank you for sharing this recipe, I can’t wait to try it.
This looks like an amazing comfort dish! I stink at making mashed potatoes, so Idaho Spuds are my go to!
Oh this looks delicious! Thanks for the recipe.
I often make vegan mushed potato dumplings/burgers, mix them with some veggies and corn flour, then fry in olive oil. It’s also very quick 🙂
What a brilliant idea and so easy! Thank you Virginia (though I’m sorry you had to endure her for weeks at a time). These photos are fantastic and have left me very hungry.
OH these look delicious! I am a huge fan of Idaho Spuds potatoes and love finding creative ways to make them!
I love how easy this looks like it is to make. I have never thought about putting potatoes on as the “dumplings”! So much easier than regular dumplings LOL.
Oh wow, these look incredible. I don’t even eat chicken!
This one looks like a really unique chicken dish. It also does looks tasty and delicious.
This sounds lovely, we eat a lot of chicken in our house so will be trying this x
This is looks good! I’ll have to try this in my son he would also love it.
Love love love! I’m a huge fan of putting things ON mashed potatoes or UNDER them. Either way, it’s always a winner. Especially if it involves any sort of gravy or sauce.
That is the best ever! Any time you put mashed potatoes on top of something, it instantly becomes better.
Oh my goodness! This is looks so tasty! I wanna grab this from my screen!
This looks so easy! And delicious! I think I will have to put it on the menu plan this week, yum!
I’ve always loved chicken and dumplings. I’ve never had mashed potato dumplings and they look so delicious. I’ll have to try this ASAP. Yum!
This looks like a really delicious comfort food! I haven’t had dumplings in ages 😀 Will have to try your recipe for sure.
Oh my word i am so making these tonight. they looks so good. I bet even my son would eat these.
Mashed potato is tasty but mashed potato dumplings is what I like to call food for the gods. Yum x
Not long before I started reading this, I was trying to work out what to do for dinner….problem solved! This looks delish🙂
I love mashed potatoes, as a child it was always included in my favourite childhood meal. Can never go wrong with mash and gravy!
Something about mashed potato dumplings just sounds so appealing! The whole recipe looks good.
This recipe looks delicious! I love that you used the Idaho Spuds to make this recipe easier to make. I will have to try this!