Chicken stew and dumplings is one of my favourite winter dishes. it's warming, comforting and tasty. It can quickly become an expensive dish though when you start adding lots of ingredients.

Southern dumplings use chicken fat to create a texture and flavor you won't find anywhere else. Make the stew in advance and steam the dumplings in the pot right before you're ready for dinner.

Adding dumplings to this simple, slow-cooker chicken casserole makes it great value when feeding the family. Equipment and preparartion: For this recipe you will need a 6.5 litre/11½ pints ...