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    Instant Pot Chicken Stew with Dumplings

    76 · Feb 16, 2019 · 1 Comment

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    I can't tell you how easy this Instant Pot Chicken Stew with Dumplings is, you're going to have to try for yourself.

    Dumplings in the Instant Pot?

    Oh yes, and a super easy all-in-one dish with dumplings too!

    Instant Pot Chicken Stew with Suet-Free Dumplings ready to eat still in the Instant Pot DUO's stainless steel inner pot
    Instant Pot Chicken Stew with Dumplings ready to eat

    How this recipe came about (thank you Kate!)

    A little while ago I asked the lovely Kate to measure her suet-free dumpling mix so that I could try dumplings in a pressure cooked stew.

    Anyone who knows Kate, knows that Kate doesn't measure anything!

    So she did me a huge favour (thanks Kate!) because I really fancied a pressure cooked Instant Pot Stew with Dumplings.

    I wanted a Chicken Stew to be exact and figured at 5 minutes pressure cooking time with NPR for chicken thigh fillets, it might just work as an all-in-one with the dumplings in from the beginning. 

    A super Easy All-in-One stew and Dumplings.

    It did!

    Then I cooked it for a second time, varying the ingredients.

    You know, to make sure! 

    The thing is, this is dangerously easy.

    I love dumplings but have always considered them a bit of a faff... until now!

    Now it's actually way too easy.

    Kate has also tried this Instant Pot Chicken Stew with Dumplings successfully with her own ingredients and my timings.

    Instant Pot Chicken Stew with Dumplings on a white plate. Chicken thigh fillet, cavolo nero, carrot and dumpling. Wooden table as background

    Notes

    Important: this only works if the inner pot is filled up to half way, as the dumplings need room to grow and you don’t want them growing up your valves. 

    It also only works with chicken stew as chicken needs a shorter cooking time.

    If what you want is a Beef Stew with Dumplings then add the dumplings at the end and cook them for about 20 minutes on Sauté (or Sauté - Less) after pressure cooking your stew.

    The glass lid comes in handy for this.

    About the ingredients used in my Instant Pot Chicken Stew with Dumplings

    Feel free to change the ingredients, I used what I had.

    No suet: Fluffy dumplings without suet, less fuss, more money for the pot (the Instant Pot) and super fluffy dumplings. Let's keep it thrifty.

    The first Instant Pot Chicken Stew with Dumplings I pressure cooked was similar but with diced Butternut Squash instead of Cavolo Nero.

    You could, of course, use both! 

    The Butternut Squash was parcooked and then diced following the whole Instant Pot Butternut Squash method, which you can find right here. Pressure cooking a whole butternut squash is a game changer.

    If you love Butternut Squash but hate peeling it, you're going to love it!

    Use the 8 minute method for this particular recipe.

    My advice? Use both Butternut Squash AND Cavolo Nero!

    What is NPR?

    Scroll down to the recipe card to find the terminology (and a fancy printable card).

    Ready for the recipe?

    Cool!

    But before that, have you joined my Pressure Cooking with Feisty Tapas group?

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    As with all of my recipes, make sure your Instant Pot is well loved because I like to push the limits of how much liquid to add.

    For that, follow the Give your Instant Pot some Love document in the Instant Pot UK Beginners' Guide which you can download from HERE.

    Instant Pot Chicken Stew with Dumplings

    Fancy printable recipe card further down

    Ingredients

    • 50 g smoked bacon lardons or pancetta use more if you want, it’s what I had left
    • 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil or oil of your choice
    • 500 g boneless chicken thigh fillets left whole
    • 150 ml chicken stock
    • 2 tsp smoked paprika
    • 1 tsp normal paprika
    • 4 large closed cup mushrooms sliced or in wedges. Feel free to use more of course
    • 250 g chantenay carrots washed and left whole or normal carrots cut in big chunks
    • 100 g Cavolo Nero washed and leaves snapped into fours or use a knife if you’re feeling fancy
    • 4 garlic cloves left whole but whacked with the back of your hand
    • Salt and pepper

    Dumpling Ingredients

    200 g self-raising flour a reader has tried the dumplings successfully with Doves Farm gluten-free self-raising flour

    1 heaped teaspoon baking powder (gluten free if making the dumplings GF)

    40 g grated cheddar cheese

    1 tbsp Mixed herbs or herbs of your choice

    Salt and pepper as much as you think you’ll need, I don’t add much as I add cheese

    2 tsp olive oil

    140 ml water from the cold tap

    Instructions

    1.

    Start by preparing the dumpling mix: Mix all the dry ingredients in a bowl, add the oil and water and keep mixing until you have a soft dough. I use my hands. Put aside for now.

    Dumpling mix for Instant Pot Chicken Stew with Suet-Free Dumplings recipe shown in a green mixing bowl
    Dumpling mix for Instant Pot Chicken Stew with Suet-Free Dumplings recipe

    2.

    Sauté the bacon lardons in 1 tablespoon olive oil.

    3.

    Add chicken, stock and the two paprikas and mix well to coat the chicken. Add salt (about half a teaspoon, I don’t tend to use much salt) and a few twists of the black pepper mill.

    4.

    Add the mushrooms, carrots, cavolo nero and garlic and stir. Roll the dumpling mix into 8 balls and place them directly on top of the other ingredients.

    Instant Pot Chicken Stew with Suet-Free Dumplings - about to be pressure cooked. All the ingredients are in: chicken thigh fillets, carrots, cavolo nero, dumplings, etc. in the Instant Pot DUO's stainless steel inner pot. Ready to be pressure cooked
    Instant Pot Chicken Stew with Suet-Free Dumplings - about to be pressure cooked

    5.

    Lock the lid in. Steam release handle pointing to Sealing. Press the Manual or Pressure Cook button and programme 5 minutes with the – and + buttons. When it has finished pressure cooking, let it do a Natural Pressure Release* for 15 minutes and then open turn the steam release handle from Sealing to Venting to do a Quick Pressure Release * and let out any steam that is trapped inside. Or of course let it go to Keep Warm, I have and it works fine.

    Want to brown the dumplings?

    If you want to brown the dumplings, you can put the inner pot under a hot grill for a few minutes (the stainless inner pot goes in the oven) or decant into a different dish and brown there. But I don’t bother personally

    The pressure cooked chicken and vegetables topped with dumplings is seen from above still inside the stainless steel inner pot of the Instant Pot, on a light wooden surface

    Instant Pot Chicken Stew with Dumplings

    Maria Bravo
    A super easy Chicken Stew with Dumplings that takes very little time to prepare and very little effort to get on the table.
    5 from 1 vote
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    Prep Time 10 mins
    Cook Time 5 mins
    Course Main Course
    Cuisine British
    Servings 4 people
    Calories 524 kcal

    Equipment

    • 1 Pressure Cooker

    Ingredients
      

    Stew Ingredients

    • 50 g smoked bacon lardons or pancetta use more if you want, it's what I had left
    • 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil or oil of your choice
    • 500 g boneless chicken thigh fillets left whole
    • 150 ml chicken stock
    • 2 teaspoon smoked paprika
    • 1 teaspoon normal paprika
    • 4 large closed cup mushrooms sliced or in wedges. Feel free to use more of course
    • 250 g chantenay carrots washed and left whole or normal carrots cut in big chunks
    • 100 g Cavolo Nero washed and leaves snapped into fours or use a knife if you’re feeling fancy
    • 4 garlic cloves left whole but whacked with the back of your hand
    • Salt and pepper

    Dumpling Ingredients

    • 200 g self-raising flour a reader has tried the dumplings successfully with Doves Farm gluten-free self-raising flour
    • 1 teaspoon baking powder, heaped gluten free if making the dumplings GF
    • 40 g grated cheddar cheese
    • 1 tablespoon Mixed herbs or herbs of your choice
    • Salt and pepper as much as you think you'll need, I don't add much as I add cheese
    • 2 teaspoon olive oil
    • 140 ml water from the cold tap

    Instructions
     

    • Start by preparing the dumpling mix: Mix all the dry ingredients in a bowl, add the oil and water and keep mixing until you have a soft dough. I use my hands. Put aside for now.
      Dumpling mix for Instant Pot Chicken Stew with Suet-Free Dumplings recipe shown in a green mixing bowl
    • Sauté the bacon lardons in 1 tablespoon olive oil.
    • Add chicken, stock and the two paprikas and mix well to coat the chicken. Add salt (about half a teaspoon, I don't tend to use much salt) and a few twists of the black pepper mill.
    • Add the mushrooms, carrots, cavolo nero and garlic and stir. Roll the dumpling mix into 8 balls and place them directly on top of the other ingredients.
      Instant Pot Chicken Stew with Suet-Free Dumplings - about to be pressure cooked. All the ingredients are in: chicken thigh fillets, carrots, cavolo nero, dumplings, etc. in the Instant Pot DUO's stainless steel inner pot. Ready to be pressure cooked
    • Lock the lid in. Steam release set to Sealing. Pressure cook at high pressure for 5 minutes.
    • When it has finished pressure cooking, let it do a Natural Pressure Release* for 15 minutes and then vent the rest of the steam trapped inside (if any). Or, of course let it go to Keep Warm until you're ready to eat, I have and it works fine.

    If you want to brown the dumplings, you can put the inner pot under a hot grill for a few minutes (the stainless inner pot goes in the oven) or decant into a different dish and brown there. But I don't bother personally

      Notes

      As with all of my recipes, make sure your Instant Pot is well loved because I like to push the limits of how much liquid to add. For that, follow the Give your Instant Pot some Love document in the Instant Pot UK Beginners' Guide which you can download from here.
      *Terminology
      Quick Pressure Release (QPR) means venting the steam as soon as the pressure cooking process finishes. You do this by turning the steam release handle from Sealing to Venting and waiting for the float valve to pop back down. QPR is handy for delicate foods such as vegetables or fish that you don't want to overcook. Never QPR porridge!
      Natural Pressure Release (NPR) means letting the float valve pop back down of its own accord (naturally, no pun intended). So basically with NPR you don’t need to do anything at the end and can keep your feet up. If the NPR takes over 15 minutes and you are keen to eat, you can release the rest of the steam, if any, by performing a QPR (see above). Bear in mind that the food keeps cooking during the NPR. NPR is useful for meat as a QPR can toughen meat. NPR is also essential for soup.
      As you can see in this recipe sometimes I talk about doing an NPR followed by a QPR. 

      Nutrition

      Calories: 524kcalCarbohydrates: 47gProtein: 41gFat: 19gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 148mgSodium: 699mgPotassium: 764mgFiber: 5gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 12009IUVitamin C: 26mgCalcium: 219mgIron: 3mg
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      1. Jan Richards says

        March 15, 2019 at 6:47 pm

        5 stars
        Wonderful meal. Easy to prepare. Dumplings are amazing. Definitely going to be a favourite here.

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