chicken and gnocchi soup

Name: Chicken and Gnocchi Soup
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 10 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup(s) chicken breast, cooked and diced (you can use the rotisserie chicken); 4 tablespoon(s) butter; 4 tablespoon(s) flour; 1 quart(s) half and half; 1 ounce(s) 14 oz. can chicken broth; 1/2 cup(s) celery, finely diced; 2 clove(s) garlic, minced; 1 cup(s) shredded carrots; 1 cup(s) onions, finely diced; 1 cup(s) spinach (i use frozen and drain all the liquid from it) making a cup; 1 tablespoon(s) olive oil, extra virgin; 1/2 teaspoon(s) thyme; 1/2 teaspoon(s) parsley; - freshly grated parmesan cheese for top of soup; 1 pound(s) potato gnocchi-can buy this in the supermarket; - salt and pepper to taste

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Betty Graves

Germantown, TN

Updated on Apr 21, 2011

This soup is so tasty and is wonderful with just a salad on the side. We go to the Olive Garden Restaurant for lunch sometime and they always serve this soup. We liked it so much that I came home and duplicated the recipe. It has chicken and Gnocchi potatoes. I had never cooked with Gnocchi potatoes before but they are so delicious. They are like little small dumplings

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prep time 30 Min

cook time 10 Min

method Stove Top

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Ingredients

1 cup chicken breast, cooked and diced (you can use the rotisserie chicken)
4 tablespoons butter
4 tablespoons flour
1 quart half and half
1 ounce 14 oz. can chicken broth
1/2 cup celery, finely diced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 cup shredded carrots
1 cup onions, finely diced
1 cup spinach (i use frozen and drain all the liquid from it) making a cup
1 tablespoon olive oil, extra virgin
1/2 teaspoon thyme
1/2 teaspoon parsley
- freshly grated parmesan cheese for top of soup
1 pound potato gnocchi-can buy this in the supermarket
- salt and pepper to taste

How To Make chicken and gnocchi soup

Step 1

Sauté the onion, celery, and garlic in the butter and olive oil, over medium heat when the onion becomes translucent, add the flour, and make a roux, let the butter and flour mixture cook for about a minute before adding 1 quart of half and half. Cook gnocchi according to package directions.

Step 2

Into the roux add in the carrots and chicken. Once the mixture becomes thick add the chicken broth. Once the mixture thickens again, add the cooked gnocchi, spinach, and seasonings, simmer until soup is heated through.
Step 3

Once in the serving bowl spinkle parmesan cheese on top.
Step 4

Comments about this recipe: You can add more chicken if you like. While you could use left over cooked chicken breasts, I really think using the rotisserie chicken that are found in many grocery stores (or Costco) is the best way to get the optimal flavor of this soup.
Step 5

Note: I made this the other day and instead of using gnocchi I used the dumplings like you put in chicken and dumplings. You can buy them in your grocery frozen section. They are square small dumplings.
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