Slow simmered right in our kitchen. Served with your choice of 2 or 3 Country Sides and hand-rolled Buttermilk Biscuits or Corn Muffins.

Chicken n' Dumplins slow simmered right in our kitchen. Plus choice of Country Side. Served with hand-rolled Buttermilk Biscuits or Corn Muffins.

Nutrition Facts

The first restaurant was built close to Interstate 40, in Lebanon, Tennessee. It opened in September 1969, serving Southern cuisine including biscuits, grits, country ham, and turnip greens. Evins incorporated Cracker Barrel in February 1970, and soon opened more locations.

Probably didn't know about the dish. We all love to dig. Into. But you know what else i can say chicken and dumplings cause those are on the menu. And they are good.

It all seems so rich, anyway. A Cracker Barrel Chicken n' Dumplin copycat recipe from Food.com unpacks the mystery of dumplings. They are, essentially, boiled biscuits, flour, baking soda, salt, buttermilk, and shortening (either animal fat or vegetable oil that is solid at room temperature).

Probably didn't know about the dish. We all love to dig. Into. But you know what else i can say chicken and dumplings cause those are on the menu. And they are good.

Ingredients for Cracker Barrel Dumplings

• All-purpose flour.
• Baking powder.
• Salt.
• Whole milk.
• Vegetable oil.
• Chicken bouillon cubes or chicken soup base.
• Butter.
• Sugar.

The U.S. Food & Drug Administration recommends 2,300 milligrams per day, so the Chicken n' Dumplins gets you about three-fourths of the way to your daily limit - before you even dig into those side dishes. Bottom line: For a Cracker Barrel option, the Chicken n' Dumplins is a relatively health-conscious choice.

It has been suggested that white slave foremen in the antebellum South were called "crackers" owing to their practice of "cracking the whip" to drive and punish slaves. Whips were also cracked over pack animals, so "cracker" may have referred to whip-cracking more generally.

Since 1969, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has been an interstate institution. It's famous for all-you-can-eat biscuits, tabletop peg games and general stores selling everything from throwback toys to vintage candy you haven't seen in decades.

Brand Promise. Cracker Barrel provides a friendly home-away-from-home in our old country store and restaurant. Our guests are cared for like family while relaxing and enjoying real homestyle food and shopping that's surprisingly unique, genuinely fun and reminiscent of America's country heritage … all at a fair price.

Dumplings are most commonly formed from flour or meal bound with egg and then simmered in water or gravy stock until they take on a light cakey texture. Many recipes call for herbs, onions, grated cheese, or chopped meat to be rolled into the dough before cooking.