Chicken Gnocchi Soup

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Chicken Gnocchi Soup

This Chicken Gnocchi Soup is hearty and comforting with big chunks of chicken, sweet carrots, and soft pillowy gnocchi cradled in a creamy broth. Using a pre-made rotisserie chicken makes this soup come together in under 30 minutes, perfect for a weeknight dinner.

Prep Time15

Cook Time12

Total Time27

Course: Soup

Cuisine: American

Keyword: chicken and gnocchi soup, easy soup recipes, gnocchi soup

Servings: servings

Ingredients

3 tablespoons salted butter
1/2 yellow onion , finely diced
1 rib celery , finely diced
2 cloves garlic , minced
3 tablespoons flour
48 ounces low-sodium chicken stock or broth
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme (or 2 sprigs fresh thyme)
1 & 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon pepper
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
10-12 ounces frozen gnocchi
3 cups shredded cooked chicken
1 cup shredded carrots
2 cups baby spinach , roughly chopped
1 cup heavy cream

Instructions

In a large stock pot or dutch oven, melt butter over medium-high heat. Add in onion and celery, sauté for 4-5 minutes, until veggies are softened. Add in garlic and cook for 20 seconds until fragrant. Stir in the flour and cook for 1 minute more until no white patches remain.
Slowly whisk in the chicken broth until combined with the flour mixture and no lumps remain. Bring to a gentle simmer.
Add in the thyme, salt, pepper, rushed red pepper flakes, gnocchi, chicken, and carrots. Bring back to a simmer and cook for 5-6 minutes, until the gnocchi are cooked through and the carrots are tender.
Add in the spinach and cream and cook until the mixture comes back up to a simmer and the spinach is wilted. (Do not bring to a boil.) Serve hot and enjoy!

Notes

Don't boil the cream. Adding the cream at the end of cooking keeps the soup from getting too hot and breaking the cream, which would result in curdled milk. Make sure the soup does not come to a full boil after you add the cream.
Substitute the heavy cream. You could substitute half and half or whole milk for the heavy cream, but the soup will be less rich and may be a bit thinner. Avoid skim milk. This recipe has not been tested with dairy-free alternatives.
Make it vegetarian. Just omit the chicken and use vegetable broth instead of chicken broth.

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