Instant Pot Vegan Chicken And Dumplings
Since making my stove-top version Vegan Chicken And Dumplings, I have been wanting to do one in the pressure cooker. I finally got a chance to do so and it was such a big hit. My family enjoyed it and best of all I did it in no time. I’m planning to make it again today.
I used Butler Soy Curls as my chicken substitute, you can use your favorite replacement.
7 Gluten-Free Vegan Chicken Alternatives
- Chickpeas
- Gardein Chick’n And Scallopini
- Jackfruit
- Tofu
- Tempeh
- Beyond Meat Chicken-Free Strips
- Cauliflower
How To Make Instant Pot Vegan Chicken And Dumplings?
To make vegan chicken and dumplings, combine flour, baking powder, salt in a medium bowl. Add butter and mix until crumbly, Add water and parsley and mix to form a dough ball, set aside. You can substitute parsley with 1 teaspoon of thyme.
Drain soy curls, toss with Bragg’s Liquid Aminos, and Italian Seasoning. You can substitute with any chicken-style seasoning or poultry seasoning.
Select the Saute setting on the Instant Pot and heat the oil. It should say HOT. Add Soy Curls and cook stirring until starting to brown, about 3 minutes.
Move the Soy Curls to one side of the Instant Pot, add onions, garlic, celery and cook stirring for 2 minutes. Add carrots and stir. Move the vegetables leaving a spot and add the flour and cook for 1 minute.
Add almond milk, vegetable broth, and de-glaze the bottom of the pot, using the wooden spatula to scrape the Instant Pot bottom.
Add thyme, nutritional yeast flakes, bay leaf, and salt.
Divide the dumpling batter into 10 pieces, take each piece, roughly roll into a ball and drop on top of the soup and stir gently.
Secure the lid on the Instant Pot, turn the Pressure Release knob to the Sealing position. Cancel the saute function. Press the Pressure Cook/Manual setting and set the cooking time for 5 minutes.
Let the pressure release naturally for 10 minutes, then move the Pressure Release to ‘Venting’ to release the remaining steam.
When the pin in the lid drops down, open the lid and stir, remove the bay leaf and serve.
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Instant Pot Vegan Chicken And Dumplings
Equipment
Ingredients
For The Dumplings
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose gluten-free flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons non-dairy butter (I used Earth Balance)
- 1 cup water
- 1 tablespoon fresh parsley or chives minced
Soy Curls
- 1 cup Butler Soy Curlsâ„¢ soaked in boiling water for 10 minutes
- 1 tablespoon Bragg’s liquid aminos or tamari sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 2 tablespoons oil (coconut, avocado, grape seed)
Soup
- 1 medium onion chopped
- 4 cloves garlic chopped
- 2 stalks celery chopped
- 2 medium carrots peeled and chopped
- 2 tablespoons all purpose gluten-free flour
- 1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk
- 4 cups vegetable broth
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
- 2 tablespoons nutritional yeast flakes
- 1 bay leaf
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Instructions
To Make The Dumplings
- Combine all-purpose gluten-free flour, baking powder, salt in a medium bowl. Add butter and mix until crumbly, Add water and parsley and mix to form a dough ball, set aside.
To Prepare The Soycurls
- Drain soy curls and place in a medium bowl. toss with Bragg's Liquid Aminos, and Italian Seasoning. Select the Saute setting on the Instant Pot and heat the oil. It should say HOT. Add Soy Curls and cook stirring until starting to brown, about 3 minutes.
To Prepare The Soup
- Move the Soy Curls to one side of the Instant Pot, add onions, garlic, celery and cook stirring for 2 minutes. Add carrots and stir. Move the vegetables leaving a spot and add the flour and cook for 1 minute.
- Add almond milk, vegetable broth and deglaze the bottom of the pot, using a wooden spatula to scrape the Instant Pot bottom. Add thyme, nutritional yeast flakes, bay leaf, and salt. Divide the dumpling batter into 10 pieces, take each piece, roughly roll into a ball and drop on top of the soup and stir gently.
- Secure the lid on the Instant Pot, turn the Pressure Release knob to the Sealing position. Cancel the saute function. Press the Pressure Cook/Manual setting and set the cooking time for 5 minutes.
- Let the pressure release naturally for 10 minutes, them move the Pressure release to ‘Venting’to release the remaining steam. When the pin in the lid drops down, open the lid and stir, remove the bay leaf and serve.
Michelle, Michelle, Michelle!! This was so dang good!
My Island, meat-eater father and partner both enjoyed it and raved about how good it was. I threw in a scotch bonnet pepper to really lively up the heat and have even more an aroma of Jamaican soup. Planning to make it again tonight with a different chicken alternative.
Thank you for you!
Avia, I’m happy that you, your father, and partner enjoyed it. Yes the Scotch bonnet pepper takes it even to another level. Thank you for your feedback.
Yum, yum, yum! I used all-purpose flour & added about 1tsp of poultry seasoning for a little heartier savory flavor! Delicious! Thank you!
Melanie, I’m so happy you enjoyed it and adjusted it to make it your own. Thank you for sharing your feedback with us.
I want to make this but don’t have an instant pot, would a dutch oven work + more time?
I have only made it in the Instant Pot, not sure why but yes make it in the Dutch oven and just cook for longer or add less liquid or add 1 tablespoon cornstarch mix with 1/4 cup water to thicken. Hope this helps.
Made a couple of adjustments for what I had on hand. In dough I used 1tsp each dried parsley & sage. Tofu marinated in “chicken” broth in place of soy curls. “Chicken” broth in place of veg broth.
Big hit! Thank you!
Tami, I’m happy you enjoyed it. Thank you for sharing your feedback.
Definitely 5 stars. I used a chicken substitute called No Evil. Great texture. This recipe reminds me of my Grandmother ‘s chicken and dumplings. I did find that a cup of water too much. My dough only needed 1/2 c. Love all your recipes. Thank you
Ann, that is awesome. Thank you for giving the recipe 5 stars, I really appreciate it and also thank you for sharing your adjustment. I believe the amount of water depends on the brand of flour used.
Getting ready to make this. Will whole wheat flour work?
That’s awesome, yes it should work. You may need less water though since gluten-free flours soak up water.
Hi Michelle, I love your recipes, I made a lot of your recipes. Some of the ingredients I have problem finding. Where did you buy your Krysteaz brand, like the gf flour? Also the soy curls. Thanks. Janet
Janet thank you for your feedback. I got Krusteaz brand from Walmart but now they have replaced it with Pillsbury gluten-free all-purpose flour which is perfect for the dumplings. Krusteaz gluten-free all-purpose is also sold on Amazon.
Thank you for this recipe!! Growing up, My grandmother would make this all the time. Now I have my own vegan version, and it was so simple and delicious!!
Sweet Mercy! This was SO good!! I have never felt the need to leave a review on a recipe but this one was so darn good I simply have to let everyone know. I followed your recipe, with the exception of using 1/2 TBS of dried parsley in place of the 1 TBS in the dough as we are in the Covid lockdown and that is what I had on hand. This was really so very wonderfully delicious. Thank you so much for sharing it with us! Did I already say how yummy it was?? YUM!!
Finally got around to trying this. I used tofu instead of soy curls because I had that on hand but OMG it was delicious. Just like I remember from my childhood. Thank you for this recipe!
Mandy, that’s so awesome, I’m happy it brings back memories. Thank you for sharing your feedback.