Olive Garden's Chicken Gnocchi Soup
a knock off of Olive Garden's delicious gnocchi soup, cannot get enough!
Equipment
- 1 stove
- 1 large pot
Ingredients
- 3-4 skinless chicken breasts, cooked and diced boneless
- 1 stalk celery chopped
- 1/2 white onion diced
- 2 tsp. minced garlic
- 1/2 C. carrots shredded
- 1 Tbs. olive oil extra virgin
- 4 C. low sodium chicken broth
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 tsp. thyme
- 16 ou. potato gnocchi, I use gluten-free
- 2 C. half and half...see note
- 1 C. fresh spinach roughly chopped
Instructions
- 1.Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add celery, onions, garlic, and carrots and sauté for 2-3 minutes until onions are translucent.
- 2. Add chicken, chicken broth, salt, pepper and thyme, bring to a boil, then gently stir in gnocchi. Boil for 3-4 minutes longer before reducing heat to a simmer and cooking for 10 minutes.
- 3. Stir in half and half and spinach and cook another 1-2 minutes until spinach is tender. Taste, add salt and pepper if needed, and serve.
Notes
notes: milk: for a creamier richness, swap out 1 C. of half and half for 1 C. heavy cream.
Also, use your leftover turkey instead of chicken, after your Thanksgiving meal, still delicious.