Healthy Dinner Recipes- Hearty Chicken and Dumplings

Ingredients :

Olive oil	1 tablespoon
Celery, finely chopped	2 stalks
Carrot, finely chopped	1 medium
Onion, finely chopped	1
Garlic, finely chopped	2 cloves
Low-sodium chicken broth	4 cups
Rolled oats	3/4 cup
All-purpose flour	1/2 cup
Baking powder	1/2 teaspoon
Finely grated lemon zest	1/2 teaspoon
Kosher salt	to taste
Freshly ground black pepper	to taste
Unsalted butter, cut into small pieces	1 tablespoon
Trimmed and halved green beans	2 cups
Boneless skinless chicken breasts	1 pound
Finely chopped fresh dill	1/4 cup

Directions :

• Take a medium Dutch oven and Heat the olive oil over medium to high heat.
• To this, add the celery, carrots, garlic, onions and cook, by stirring, until all the vegetables are softened, for 5 minutes.
• Add the broth and bring it to a simmer.
• Cook, by stirring occasionally, until all the vegetables are tender, for about 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, powder the oats in food processor until fine.
• In a medium bowl combine it with the flour, baking powder, zest, salt and black pepper powder.
• Work with the butter with the help of your fingers until only very small pieces remain.
• To this, Stir in half cup of ice water, a bit at a time, until a soft dough is formed.
• Let rest it for about 10 minutes.
• Drop berry-size bits of this dumpling dough into the soup.
• Add green beans and stir gently.

• Cook, by stirring occasionally, until all the dumplings are floating and cooked through and until the beans are bright green and crisp, for about 12 minutes.
• Now, add the chicken and continue to cook until just cooked through, for about 3 minutes.
• Remove from the heat, add dill and season with salt and pepper. You are ready with one of the healthy dinner recipes.