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Chicken Gnocchi Soup Recipe! {Olive Garden Copycat}
Are you ready for the ultimate comfort food soup? This One Pot Chicken Gnocchi Soup Recipe is for you!
Prep Time
15
minutes
mins
Cook Time
45
minutes
mins
Total Time
1
hour
hr
Course:
Entree
Cuisine:
Italian
Servings:
8
Author:
The Frugal Girls
Ingredients
16
oz.
Potato Gnocchi {1 box} – find on the pasta aisle
1 1/4
cup
Thigh and Drumstick meat from Cooked Rotisserie Chicken
cut into thin 1″ pieces
4
slices
Cooked Bacon
cut into small pieces {use this
Perfect Crispy Bacon in Oven
cooking trick}
1
cup
fresh chopped Spinach
1
cup
diced White Onion
2
cloves
Garlic
minced
1/2
cup
Shredded Carrots
1/2
cup
finely sliced Celery
1
tsp
Fresh Thyme Leaves
1/4
tsp
Fresh Ground Pepper
24
oz.
Evaporated Milk {two 12 oz. cans}
14.5
oz.
Swanson Chicken Broth {1 can}
2
Tbsp
Butter
2
Tbsp
Olive Oil
1/4
cup
All Purpose Flour
Instructions
Preheat 5-6 quart Dutch Oven on stove at Medium-High heat.
After dutch oven has warmed up, add Butter and Olive Oil.
Once Butter has melted, add Onions, Garlic, Carrots and Celery, then saute until Onions become translucent {clear} in appearance.
Stir in Flour, then immediately add 1 can Evaporated Milk, stirring constantly with large wooden spoon for approx. 1 minute.
Once sauce starts to thicken, add in 2nd can of Evaporated Milk, Chicken Broth, Chicken, Bacon, Spinach, Thyme and Pepper, then stir well.
Allow soup to come to a boil, stirring regularly.
Once soup begins to boil, add Gnocchi {making sure all Gnocchi dumplings are separated}
Allow to boil for 3 minutes stirring frequently, then reduce heat to Medium-Low and allow soup to simmer for 15 minutes, stirring regularly. ENJOY!