Grandma's Chicken Cobbler

Time :1 hour 45 minutes
Yield :8 servings

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Grandma's Chicken Cobbler is a cozy, homestyle dish... exactly the kind of dish that would put a smile on your face when you walk into Grandma's house and smell it from the kitchen. It combines tender shredded chicken bubbling in a rich, creamy filling and a buttery, golden-brown, chive-bacon biscuit topping. Grandma's Chicken Cobbler is sure to bring back nostalgic memories! The homecoming feeling is being served to you warm and delicious!
Grandma's Chicken Cobbler is a cozy, homestyle dish... exactly the kind of dish that would put a smile on your face when you walk into Grandma's house and smell it from the kitchen. It combines tender shredded chicken bubbling in a rich, creamy filling and a buttery, golden-brown, chive-bacon biscuit topping. Grandma's Chicken Cobbler is sure to bring back nostalgic memories! The homecoming feeling is being served to you warm and delicious!

Ingredients

  • 3 tablespoons butter room temperature, plus 1/2 cup butter, melted, divided, plus more, to taste, for greasing the baking dish
  • 1 cup carrots sliced
  • 1 medium onion chopped
  • 2 (8-ounce) packages fresh mushrooms quartered
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 1/2 cup dry white wine
  • 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
  • 3 cups low-sodium chicken broth
  • 3/4 cup whipping cream
  • 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
  • 3 tablespoons chives sliced, plus more, to taste, for garnish
  • 3 tablespoons parsley chopped, plus more, to taste, for garnish
  • 2 teaspoons rosemary chopped
  • 2 teaspoons thyme leaves chopped
  • 8 cups chicken cooked and shredded
  • kosher salt to taste
  • freshly ground black pepper to taste
  • 2 1/2 cups self-rising flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon sugar
  • 1 1/4 cups buttermilk chilled
  • 1/2 cup bacon cooked and chopped

Directions

  • Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
  • Using the extra butter, grease a 3-quart baking dish. Set it aside.
  • In a Dutch oven over medium-high heat, melt 3 tablespoons of the remaining room temperature butter.
  • Add the carrots and the onions to the butter and cook, while stirring, until softened, about 5 minutes.
  • Add the mushrooms to the vegetable mixture and cook, while stirring, until tender, about 5 minutes.
  • Add the garlic to the vegetable mixture and cook, while stirring, until fragrant, about 2 minutes.
  • Add the wine and cook until slightly reduced, about 2 minutes.
  • Add the all-purpose flour to the vegetable mixture and cook, while stirring constantly, until golden-brown and incorporated, about 3 minutes.
  • Slowly add the broth to the vegetable mixture, while stirring constantly, until fully combined.
  • Bring the vegetable mixture to a boil and cook, while stirring constantly, until it thickens, about 2 minutes.
  • Add the whipping cream, the white wine vinegar, 3 tablespoons of the chives, 3 tablespoons of the parsley, the rosemary, and the thyme leaves to the vegetable mixture and stir to combine.
  • Add the chicken to the vegetable mixture and stir to combine.
  • Season the chicken mixture with the salt and the black pepper, as needed.
  • Cover the chicken mixture and transfer it from the heat.
  • In a medium bowl, add the self-rising flour and the sugar and whisk to combine.
  • In a small bowl, add the buttermilk and 1/2 cup of the remaining melted butter and whisk to combine.
  • Add the buttermilk mixture and the bacon to the flour mixture and stir until just combined into a dough. Do not overmix. The dough should pull away from the sides of the bowl.
  • Uncover the chicken mixture and place it over medium-high heat.
  • Cook the chicken mixture, while stirring constantly, until bubbly and hot, about 2 minutes.
  • Spoon the chicken mixture into the prepared baking dish.
  • Drop the biscuit dough by the level 1/4-cupful over the chicken mixture, keeping the dollops about 1/2-inch apart.
  • Bake until the top is browned and the filling is bubbly, about 30-35 minutes.
  • Serve garnished with the extra chives and the extra parsley.
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