Okay, here are two versions, both of which I make a lot in the winter. The gratuitous quickie chicken and dumplings goes like this:
get some chicken broth, low sodium or regular, doesn't matter but there should be a lot of it.
Get it boiling and toss in some cooked chicken pieces- I like chicken breasts and I boil them in water first so weird stuff doesn't gunk up the broth for the fast kind, but you can boil them in the broth if you like that better.
While the chicken pieces are boiling, open a few cans of cheap-ass canned biscuits. Roll out the little biscuit pucks, or just smoosh them. Use a pizza cutter to cut them into sizes you like. Use a lot. You can never have too many dumplings. Then just drop 'em into the boiling broth and cover them up and let 'em simmer for a little while-ten or fifteen minutes is good. Salt,pepper, serve and go.
Do wha?!
That is fucking brilliant. I can't wait to try this out. The only thing that keeps me from doing C&D more often is the time stewing and cleaning the chicken. Very, very cool.
Another fun trick with canned biscuits is to make donut out of them. Heat some oil in a pan, poke a hole in the biscuit, and drop it in the oil. Turn over after 5 min., or when brown, and cook the other side. Roll in powdered sugar or cinnamon while still hot if you like. Makes a perfect donut. Great trick for camping trips.