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Do you love Chicken Gnocchi? Want to make it at home? Use this recipe, similar to Olive Garden’s Chicken Gnocchi Soup, and make it at home tonight.

You will also need the recipe for Homemade Gnocchi for this recipe!

Chicken Gnocchi Soup

Chicken Gnocchi Soup has been my husband’s favorite for quite some time. We stop by Olive Garden once every while, just so he can take a bite of it, although he did say recently, that this, homemade soup, tasted better!

It may seem as if this recipe requires a large number of ingredients or is too complicated to make, but I promise you that it is actually quite simple and fairly quick to do. If you’ve prepared Zuppa Toscana before, this will be just as easy, I promise.

What to Serve with Chicken Gnochhi

With any soup recipe, I love to serve a big salad and a bread of some sort. Here’s a few of my favorites:

Ingredients For Chicken Gnocchi Soup

ingredients for soup
  • Chicken Breasts
  • Garlic Salt
  • Butter
  • Olive oil
  • Onion
  • Celery
  • Garlic Cloves
  • Flour
  • Half and half
  • Hot Water
  • Chicken Better Than Bullion
  • Gnocchi
  • Carrots
  • Spinach
  • Parsley

How to Make Chicken Gnocchi Soup

Begin this recipe by cooking the chicken as directed. This can be done in advance, and diced to use in recipes later during the week, or can be cooked the same day you wish to make this soup.

Prepare your vegetables ahead of time to cook in s saucepan before adding flour and the half-and-half to create as roux base for this thick soup. You will follow directions for adding in the chicken, carrots, spices, and gnocchi to simmer before serving.

Other Soup Recipes to Try:

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Chicken Gnocchi Soup on a bowl with a soup besides it

Chicken Gnocchi Soup

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Servings
10 Servings
Prep Time 30 mins
Cook Time 1 hr
Total Time 1 hr 30 mins
Chicken Gnocchi Soup has been my husband’s favorite for quite some time. We stop by Olive Garden once every while, just so he can take a bite of it, although he did say recently, that this, home made soup, tasted better.

Ingredients

  • 2 Chicken Breasts
  • 2 tbsp Garlic Salt
  • Oil for cooking chicken
  • 4 tbsp Butter
  • 1 tbsp Olive oil
  • 1 cup diced Onion
  • 1/2 cup diced Celery
  • 3 Garlic Cloves pressed
  • 1/4 cup Flour
  • 1 qt Half and half
  • 24 oz Hot Water
  • 2 tbsp Chicken Better Than Bullion
  • 16 oz Gnocchi
  • 1 cup shredded Carrots
  • 1 cup chopped Spinach
  • 1/2 tbsp Parsley chopped
US Units – Metric

Instructions

  • Season chicken on both sides with garlic salt. Preheat skillet to a medium/high and cook chicken until golden brown. Poke with a knife to see if the chicken is cooked through. Let the chicken rest for about 5 minutes and dice it into one inch cubes.
    sliced chicken for chicken gnocchi soup
  • Dice, chop and prepare ingredients for cooking the soup. Combine hot water with Better Than Bouillon.
    Ingredients on table including; half and half, chicken slices up into cubes in a bowl, butter in a bowl, flour in a bowl, gnocchi in a bowl, and a plate with celery, onions and carrots
  • Melt the butter with oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add onion, celery, and garlic. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the onion softens. Whisk in the flour and cook for about 1 minute.
    Butter, garlic, celery, and onions in a saucepan
  • Whisk in the half-and-half, simmer until thickened. Whisk in hot water and chicken Better Than Bullion, simmer until thickened again. Add gnocchi and parsley.
    half and half in a pot for chicken gnocchi soup
  • Stir in chicken and carrots, cook for about 15 minutes. Add spinach and remove from the heat.
    gnocchi soup
  • Serve while the soup is warm, it also reheats well.
    A bowl of Gnocchi Soup with chicken
Nutrition Facts
Chicken Gnocchi Soup
Amount Per Serving
Calories 327 Calories from Fat 162
% Daily Value*
Fat 18g28%
Saturated Fat 10g50%
Cholesterol 76mg25%
Sodium 1712mg71%
Potassium 388mg11%
Carbohydrates 25g8%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 1g1%
Protein 15g30%
Vitamin A 2950IU59%
Vitamin C 4.9mg6%
Calcium 129mg13%
Iron 2.2mg12%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Posted April 24, 2019

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Natalya Drozhzhin

Natalya founded Momsdish to demonstrate that placing a homemade meal on the table is not hard at all. Natalya makes cooking easier and approachable, by simplifying the ingredients, while still producing the same great taste.