Categories: casserole, chicken

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 1/2 cup chopped celery
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/2 cup flour
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon dry basil (my sister uses fresh)
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 4 cups chicken broth
• 1 (10 ounce) package frozen peas
• 4 cups cubed cooked chicken
• DUMPLINGS
• 2 cups buttermilk biscuit mix
• 2 teaspoons dried basil
• 2/3 cup milk

Directions

1. eheat oven to 350.

2. Lightly grease 13×9×2 baking dish.

3. In a large kettle melt butter and saute onions, celery, garlic until tender.

4. Add flour, sugar, salt, basil, pepper and chicken broth.

5. Bring to a boil.

6. Boil a minute then add chicken and frozen peas.

7. Pour into previously prepared pan.

8. For dumplings combine biscuit mix, basil and 2/3 cup milk stir until moistened and use fork to drop dumplings onto casserole (12 dumplings) Bake uncovered at 350 for 30 min.

9. Cover and bake 10 min more or until dumplings are done.

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