Creamy Chicken Gnocchi Soup is a thick and hearty soup packed full of vegetables, gnocchi, chicken and flavor, its ready in only 30 minutes, with only one pot!
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This chicken gnocchi soup is one of the best soups ever! Its rich, and creamy, and so flavorful. Its such a heartwarming and comforting soup, that is perfect for the cool fall weather that we’ve been having.
How to pronounce gnocchi?
Many americans mispronounce the italian word gnocchi as either no-kee or nyaw-kee. The gn sounds makes a “nyuh” sound, so you should pronounce gnocchi correctly as “nyoh-kee”
Gnocchi are soft dumplings made from potato flour, semolina flour, or all purpose flour usually served in place of pasta noodles with a sauce.
How to Make Chicken Gnocchi Soup?
The soup is made with celery, carrots and onions cooked up with a little butter and then flour is added to make it into a roux. It’s the perfect base for this soup to load it with flavor, and the flour helps thicken it up.
Then you’ll add milk, a little bit of heavy cream, and chicken broth to make the creamy broth. Add in the cooked chicken and gnocchi just long enough to cook the gnocchi. This should only take about 4 to 5 minutes, but follow the directions on the package of gnocchi that you buy.
Add in the spinach to cook till warm and wilted, only about 2 minutes and the soup is ready to serve and enjoy!
I don’t know about you, but we love milk over here. For drinking, or cooking with, you can often find at least two gallons of m ilk in our fridge. It’s Colby’s drink of choice almost all day long, which I’m happy to give him, because dairy milk is so naturally nutritious. Its has nine essential nutrients; calcium, B vitamins, Vitamin A Vitamin D, and more – its a good source of protein, and great for our bodies. (Per 8 ounce serving)
My husband said that this might be the best soup he’s ever had, and even my picky 3 year old loved the gnocchi and chicken from the soup! It’s a comforting meal the whole family will love!
This soup tastes just like Olive Garden’s Chicken Gnocchi Soup and is so easy to make! No more needing to go to Olive Garden to satisfy your soup cravings!
If you are prepared with already cooked chicken (you can use rotisserie chicken, shredded chicken, baked, whatever – then you can make this dish in only about twenty five minutes, and in one pot.
One pot dishes are the best for easy clean up!
The gnocchi add the perfect heartiness to this soup too because they are like mini potato dumplings, and everything comes together for the perfect comforting soup that is great for lunch or dinner!
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Creamy Chicken Gnocchi Soup
Ingredients
- 4 TBS butter
- 3/4 cup diced carrots
- 3/4 cup diced celery
- 1 cup diced yellow onion
- 1 TBS minced garlic
- 1/4 cup flour
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 2 cups milk
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 TBS Italian seasoning
- 1 tsp salt (to taste)
- 1/2 tsp pepper (to taste)
- 16 oz mini gnocchi (found in the pasta aisle)
- 2 cups shredded or diced cooked chicken
- 1 1/2 cups spinach (roughly chopped)
Instructions
- In a large pot melt your butter over medium high heat.
- Add in the carrots, celery, onion and garlic and cook for about 5 minutes until the onion starts to get translucent and the vegetables all start to get tender.
- Add in the flour and stir together to create a roux (a thickener), cook for about 1-2 minutes.
- Slowly pour in the chicken broth, while stirring. Add in the milk, and heavy cream the same way.
- Allow to come to a boil, and lower temperature to medium or medium low and cook until thickened, for about 8-10 minutes.
- Add in the Italian seasonings, salt, pepper, gnocchi, and chicken and cook for about 4 to 5 minutes, or until the gnocchi is cooked through (according to package directions).
- Add in the chopped spinach and cook for another 2 minutes, until wilted.
- Serve immediately.
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Kierstin says
This was delicious! My husband loves Gnocchi and I was excited to try this recipe.
Ashley says
I love this recipe, gave it a try months ago just to try something new. My kids(toddlers) are picky eaters and wont easily eat vegetables, they gobble this soup up and always ask for seconds. It’s easy to make and easy to make substitutions, for example, I use tortellini instead of gnocchi. I just wanted to say thank you for sharing this recipe, it reignited my love for cooking. I stopped getting creative in the kitchen and wasnt excited by many recipes I found, until I came across this recipe. It’s a must make every few weeks, and I find myself having cravings for it quite a bit.
Aimee says
Thanks so much for letting me know! That makes me so happy! 🙂
Victoria Godfrey says
My husband and I’s new favorite soup recipe! Simple but so yummy! It was also very filling. LOVED it!
Aimee says
Yay! So glad you loved it
Tatiana says
I will keep in mind this soup next time i cook for my kids. They like milk, they like gnocchi , the soup look creamy and delicious!
Ellen says
I hope your kids love it like we do.
Jenn says
Helloooo comfort food! I could live inside this bowl of deliciousness!
Ellen says
Thank you, comfort food to the highest!
Sasha @ Just Coffee Maker says
Delicious! I did substitute evaporated milk for the cream, but that is just personal preference. I love the celery ‘heart’ in the soup ladle picture — not sure if that was styled or just a happy accident, but it made me smile.
Jennifer Seme says
It’s fantastic!!!
Klynn says
How many people does the feed? Looks delicious!
Aimee says
I’d guess 6-8! Hope you try it!
Janet says
I just noticed in the instructions you say to add chopped spinach, but it’s not listed in the ingredients – how much? Thank you! Looking forward to making this!
Aimee says
So sorry, not sure how I forget those, I’m working on updating the recipe, but for now it’s 1 TBS minced garlic, and about 1.5 cups spinach, chopped! Hope you love it!
Janet says
How much garlic is needed? Not listed in ingredients, but in the instructions it says to add garlic in after the onions. Thank you.
Larry says
It says 1 TBS minced garlic.
Amy says
This soup looks really scrumptious! I love how creamy it is! #client