Let’s just say my boyfriend and I aren’t conventional. I’m not exactly all about sharing everything that we are going through all of the time on the blog. My blog my tone.
Quick Dinner Fixins: Olive Garden’s Chicken Gnocchi Soup
Seen on Frugal Antics of A Harried Homemaker from copykat.com
Ingredients:
- 1 cup chicken breasts, diced and cooked (can use canned chicken or turkey)
- 4 Tbsp butter
- 4 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 quart half and half (can use evaporated milk)
- 1 14 ounce can chicken broth
- 1/2 cup celery, sliced
- 1/4 cup flour
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 cup carrots, shredded
- 1 medium onion, diced
- 1 cup fresh spinach, coarsely chopped
- 1/2 tsp dried thyme
- salt and pepper to taste
- 16 ounce package gnocchi
Preparation:
In a large stockpot, saute the onion, celery and garlic in the butter and olive oil. When the onion is clear, add the flour and form a roux. Stir and cook a minute. Add the half and half . Meanwhile in another pan, cook the gnocchi. Add the carrots and chicken to the stockpot. Stir often and when it gets thicker, add the chicken broth, gnocchi, spinach and seasonings. Cover and heat through.
I made this in a crock pot and let simmer for a while, adding the gnocchi and spinach towards the end when we were getting ready to serve it.
Now, I need to go stock up on some meat. Lots and lots of meat.
Please hop on over to More Than A Mount Full where I am featured as a guest poster today! Exciting!!
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My name is Kita. I am a 20 something girl geek and website/graphic designer who can rock an apron like there is no tomorrow. 
Hubba hubba! This looks creamy and comforting!
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You did an excellent job! So creamy, warm and delicious! When you are addicted to food a meat grinder can really get you excited! Oh the possibilities…
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I actually just made this exact recipe on Monday. It’s so delicious!
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I remember Kristen doing that soup because my wife loves it!! Great job recreating this delicious soup!
and thanks for the tips on my last post, I did ad the warning
cheers
Dennis
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I have never eaten at Olive Garden. I love gnocchi. Stop making me hungry. <3
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Soup with gnocchi!!! Love this idea. It looks sooo good and comforting.
Soup is one of my favorite foods ever.
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Oh lucky you…that’s an awesome gift! Bravo boyfriend!!!
That soup looks great! I love that it is with gnocchi…mmmm!
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My sister would worship me if I made her this soup. It looks awesome.
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I made this for dinner tonight. It is quickly becoming my family’s favorite soup. It’s good to know it can be made in the crock pot.
I cannot wait to see what you do with the meat grinder. What a great gift for a foodie!!!
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Kita Reply:
February 17th, 2011 at 8:17 pm
I was actually quite panicked through the day about how the half and half would hold up in a crock pot but it turned out just fine. This is a great base that I can easily see tweaking. I think next time I’ll defiantly use kale instead of spinach because I love sneaking it in when I can and keep the chicken a little more chopped instead of shredded because I’d like the texture better.
Thanks for the great inspiration!
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Love your blog! I was happy to see your post over at Chef Dennis’ today.
Have a great weekend!
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I would have been excited about that also! I got an Ina Garten cookbook and I love it! Your soup looks delicious and It was great to meet you at Chef Dennis’ today! Have a fabulous weekend!
Mary
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Beautiful photos! And congrats on the guest post at Chef Dennis today-how I found you.
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delicious soup looks wonderful
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Can I come over for a bowl of this soup? Wow! Talk about delicious! And I loved to hear about your present. My husband knows that anything to do with Kitchen Aid will make me smile!
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YUM! That soup looks so good . . . and the Olive Garden? Best restaurant ever! I can’t wait to try it myself. Thanks!
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great soup and aw sweet gift
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A meat grinder. How romantic! That is awesome. Sounds like my relationship too. Flowers and chocolates? Gag me. A new pair of socks? Excellent!!!
I love the Olive Garden’s chicken gnocchi soup (although I have a feeling it might be terrible for you), but I found some tiny onions in it and now have sworn it off for life. So imagine my excitement to find your recipe, where I can omit the little nasties? Thanks!
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What an awesome gift. I’ve been dying for a Kitchen-Aid Stand mixer with meat grinder AND pasta attachments. Can’t wait to see what recipes you make with it.
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Thank you for this delicious recipe! It was soooo yummy!
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This might sound like a dumb question, but where can I find the gnocchi? I’ve looked at 2 stores, so far, in the refrigerated and frozen pasta sections with no luck! I bought tortellini, but I have a feeling that won’t taste the same.
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Kita Reply:
January 10th, 2012 at 7:41 am
Hi Shelly, I am sorry to hear you can’t find gnocchi in the frozen/refrigerated pasta section. My only other thought would be to try if you have a fresh pasta section in the deli area? Sometimes I have seen the Buitoni brand in many stores. And as a last ditch effort, I would check near the frozen potatoes, just in case. Personally, I think this soup would be rocking with the tortellini. Texture wise, a bit different, but I’ll take stuffed pasta over gnocchi any day
Letme know how it all works out for you.
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Made it with the cheese tortellini tonight and it was amazing! Thanks for the recipe and the advice!
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Getting a meat grinder attachment for your Kitchenaid Mixer on Valentine’s Day is every girl’s dream
This soup looks amazing. And I love that it’s made in a crockpot. It makes life so much easier.
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