Southern style chicken and dumplings with biscuits

How to keep Bisquick dumplings from falling apart: Once you drop the biscuit dough into the pot, be sure that you do not stir the dumplings and do not let the simmer go too fast. If you bring the broth to a rolling boil or fast simmer, the dumplings may dissolve or fall apart.

Chicken and dumplings
Alternative names	Chicken and pastry, chicken and sliders, chicken and slicks
Place of origin	United States, Quebec
Region or state	Southern and Midwestern United States
Main ingredients	Flour, shortening, water or milk or stock; chicken

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Don't Overwork the Dumpling Dough Stir everything together until the wet and dry ingredients are combined and you don't see any more dry flour. The dough might look a little lumpy, but that's okay! Overworking the dough is one of the easiest ways to end up with tough dumplings.

You can use either one. Shortening produces a slightly more tender dumpling, but I love the flavor from butter.