Bea’s Chicken & Dumplings Recipe Is the Ultimate Taste of Tennessee

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Bea's Chicken and Dumplings Recipe wins the Tastes of Tennessee Food Bracket Contest

The votes are in and Tennessee Home & Farm readers picked Bea’s Chicken and Dumplings as the winner of the Tastes of Tennessee March Madness Food Bracket. This delicious, traditional chicken and dumplings recipe won the Down-Home Dumpling Cook-Off back in 2007 and is just as rich and flavorful today.

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You can find this one and many more dumplings recipes in our Down-Home Dumplings Cookbook.

Bea’s Grand Champion Chicken and Dumplings

Bea’s Grand Champion Chicken and Dumplings; Photo credit: Brian McCord

Bea’s Chicken and Dumplings

If all this madness has made you hungry, here are all of the tournament recipes for your Southern dinner table. Enjoy!

Beef Classic Burger with Cheese Sauce

Beef Classic Burger

Oven-Baked Mini Reubens

Oven-Baked Mini Reubens

Broccoli Cheese Cornbread Recipe

Broccoli Cheese Cornbread

Old-Fashioned Light Cornbread Recipe

Old-Fashioned Light Cornbread

Chocolate Fried Pies Recipe

Chocolate Fried Pies

Homemade Butter Pecan Ice Cream Recipe

Homemade Butter Pecan Ice Cream

Garden-Stuffed Yellow Squash Recipe

Garden-Stuffed Yellow Squash

Turnip Greens with Pine Nuts and Spicy Peppers Recipe

Turnip Greens with Spicy Peppers

Country Ham and Cheese Biscuits Recipe

Country Ham and Cheese Biscuits

Sweet Potato Casserole Biscuits Recipe

Sweet Potato Casserole Biscuits

Bacon-Wrapped Green Bean Bundles Recipe

Bacon-Wrapped Green Bean Bundles

Fried Green Tomatoes Recipe

Fried Green Tomatoes

Opal's Best Beef Stew Recipe

Opal’s Best Beef Stew

Key Lime Cake Recipe

Key Lime Cake

Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe

Red Velvet Cupcakes

22 Comments

  1. Jerry Brawner Jr. says:

    Beef Classic Burger, Broccoli Cheese Cornbread, Chocolate Fried Pies, Garden-Stuffed Squash, Country Ham and Cheese Biscuits, Fried Green TomatoesBea’s Chicken and Dumplings, Red Velvet Cupcakes

  2. Becca from BettyBecca.com says:

    Beef Classic Burger, Old-Fashioned Light Cornbread, Homemade Butter Pecan Ice Cream, Garden-Stuffed Squash, Country Ham and Cheese Biscuits, Fried Green Tomatoes, Bea’s Chicken and Dumplings, and Red Velvet Cupcakes.

  3. Nancy Conley Smith says:

    Oven baked mini-reuben, old fashioned cornlight bread, home made butter pecan ice cream, garden stuffed squash, country ham and cheese biscuits, fried green tomatoes, bea’s chicken and dumplings, key lime cake

  4. Eddie James says:

    Beef classic burger,Broccoli-cheese cornbread,Chocolate fried pies,Garden-stuffed squash,Country ham and cheese biscuits,Fried green tomatoes,Opal’s beef stew,Key lime cake

  5. Dolores says:

    Beef Classic Burger
    Broccoli Cheese Cornbread
    Homemade Butter Pecan Ice Cream
    Turnip Greens with Spicy Peppers
    Sweet Potato Casserole Biscuits
    Fried Green Tomatoes
    Bea’s Chicken and Dumplings
    Key Lime Cake

  6. Robin Robertson says:

    Oven baked mini reuben
    Broccoli cheese cornbread
    Homemade butter pecan ice cream
    Garden stuffed squash
    Sweet potato casserole biscuits
    Fried green tomatoes
    Bea’s chicken and dumplings
    Red velvet cupcakes

  7. Shannon Simon says:

    Beef Classic Burger
    Old Fashioned Light Cornbread
    Chocolate Fried Pies
    Garden Stuffed Squash
    Country Ham and Cheese Biscuits
    Fried Green Tomatoes
    Bea’s Chicken & dumplings
    Red Velvet Cupcakes

  8. cnorwood says:

    Beef Classic Burger
    Old Fasioned Cornbread
    Homemade Butter Pecan Ice Cream
    Garden-Stuffed Squash
    Country Ham and Cheese Biscuits
    Fried Green Tomatoes
    Chicken and Dumplins
    Red Velvet Cupcakes

  9. Kim says:

    Mini Rueben, Corn Light Bread, Butter Pecan Ice Cream, Turnip Greens, Country Ham & Cheese Biscuits, Fried Green Tomatoes, Chicken & Dumplings, Key Lime Cake.

  10. Sarah Davis says:

    Beef Classic Burger, Old-Fashioned Light Cornbread, Chocolate Fried Pies, Garden-Stuffed Squash, Country Ham and Cheese Biscuits, Fried Green Tomatoes, Bea’s Chicken and Dumplings and key lime cake

  11. Pat King says:

    Beef Classic Burger
    Old-Fashioned Light Cornbread
    Chocolate fried pies
    Garden Stuffed Squash
    Country ham and Cheese Biscuits
    Fried Green Tomatoes
    Bea’s chicken and dumplings
    Red velvet Cupcakes

  12. Brian says:

    Beef Classic Burger
    Old-Fashioned Light Cornbread
    Chocolate Fried Pies
    Garden-Stuffed Squash
    Country Ham and Cheese Biscuits
    Bacon-Wrapped Green Bean Bundles
    Opal’s Beef Stew
    Red Velvet Cupcakes

  13. Kim W says:

    Beef Classic Burger
    Old-Fashioned Light Cornbread
    Chocolate Fried Pies
    Turnip Greens w/Spicy Peppers
    Country Ham and Cheese Biscuits
    Fried Green tomatoes
    Bea’s Chicken and Dumplings
    Red Velvet Cupcakes

  14. JcBaldwin says:

    Beef classic burger,old fashioned light cornbread,chocolate fried pie,turnip greens with spicy peppers,country ham and cheese biscuits,fried green tomatoes,bea’s chicken and dumplings,red velvet cupcakes

  15. Lynn Gregory says:

    Beef Classic Burger
    Garden-Stuffed Squash
    Country Ham and Cheese Biscuits
    Bea’s Chicken and Dumplings

  16. VA says:

    My Top 4:
    Cornbread
    Garden Stuffed Squash
    Fried Green Tomatoes
    Red Velvet Cake

  17. Becca from BettyBecca.com says:

    My top 4: Old-Fashioned Light Cornbread, Chocolate Fried Pies, Fried Green Tomatoes, Bea’s Chicken and Dumplings

  18. Robin Robertson says:

    Garden Stuffed Squash
    Old Fashioned Light Cornbread

    Country Ham and Cheese Biscuits
    Fried Green Tomatoes

  19. Becca from BettyBecca.com says:

    Dumplins and Garden-Stuffed Squash

  20. Janice Spitzer says:

    This makes no sense to me. There’s only 4 recipes. How can I pick 4? I guest I’ll vote 4times for Bea’s Chicken n Dumplings ‘. ‘Nuf said.

  21. Katie Smith says:

    Old-Fashioned Light Cornbread
    Bea’s Chicken and Dumplings

  22. William D. Hickman says:

    Love all of them, can’t pick just one.

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