This hearty one-dish recipe makes eight servings!

Chicken & Dumpling Casserole

Ingredients

1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped celery
1/4 cup butter, cubed
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon dried basil
1/2 teaspoon pepper
4 cups chicken broth
1 — 10 oz. package frozen green peas
4 cups cubed cooked chicken

Dumplings:

2 cups biscuit/baking mix
2 teaspoons dried basil
2/3 cup 2% milk

Directions

~Preheat oven to 350°.

~In a large saucepan, saute onion and celery in butter until tender. Add garlic; cook one minute longer. Stir in flour, sugar, salt, basil, and pepper until blended. Gradually add broth; bring to a boil. Cook and stir one minute or until thickened; reduce heat. Add peas and cook 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Stir in chicken. Pour into a greased 13×9-in. baking dish.

~For dumplings, in a small bowl, combine baking mix and basil. Stir in milk with a fork until moistened. Drop by tablespoonfuls into mounds over chicken mixture.

~Bake, uncovered, 30 minutes. Cover and bake 10 minutes longer (or until a toothpick inserted in a dumpling comes out clean).

~Serves eight.