Chicken, Spinach, and Gnocchi Soup
Experience the goodness of chicken, spinach, and gnocchi soup. A hearty and delicious homemade recipe to warm your soul.
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How great is soup? It’s warm and cozy, great for blah spring or chilling fall days. I personally can’t get enough of soup, especially on spring and fall days.
Today’s recipe, chicken, spinach, and gnocchi soup, is a play on a certain “Italian-American” restaurant favorite. This is my version of a chicken and gnocchi soup. It’s all my favorites in a perfectly creamy, full chicken flavor soup, packed with tons of veg.
What is Gnocchi?
Gnocchi is made from potatoes, flour, and eggs. I LOVE it. I’m honestly not sure what genius came up with it, but I am forever grateful for their genius. Making gnocchi is fun, and rewarding. Honestly, once you make it from scratch, you’ll never go back to store-bought. It’s light, fluffy and store-bought can’t compare. Especially in this chicken, spinach and gnocchi soup. That being said, if you’re busy and in a pinch, grab that store bought stuff. I’m definitely not here to judge. I have definitely bought them on busy days when I didn’t have any in my freezer (more on that below), and still wanted to make chicken, spinach and gnocchi soup.
HOW DO YOU MAKE GNOCCHI?
If you have time and the inclination to try your hand at your own homemade gnocchi, allow me to refer you to the best gnocchi recipe ever! Nope, it’s not my recipe. I refer to an Italian expert, and use the one and only, Giada De Laurentiis’s recipe for my gnocchi. It is the absolute best and I make it all the time!
Cooking with Kids
DISCLOSURE: These tips are generalized, and meant to be suggestive. Everything I’m sharing I do with my kids, and they are all different even within my own five. So please take these as suggestions or ideas and if you think your child needs more or less help, then go with what you and your child are comfortable with. Ultimately, you know your kids, do what YOU think is best.
Making gnocchi is also a great opportunity to include the kids. My kids actually really enjoy making the gnocchi. For my younger girls, they use a gnocchi board which makes it really easy and fast for them.
While they roll out the gnocchi, I cook the soup and add them in batches. It works out well, I’m not stressed and the kids get to help.
Bonus! This chicken, spinach, and gnocchi soup is freezer-friendly! Make the soup without the gnocchi and freeze in a freezer-friendly bag!
If you make made gnocchi that is also freezer-friendly! You can make the gnocchi, place them on cookie pans, freeze them, place them in a freezer bag and add them to your freshly made soup (no defrosting needed)!
Ingredient Change Ups
- Instead of chicken bouillon: add an extra cup of chicken broth and a teaspoon of salt.
- Instead of Fresh Spinach: You can also use frozen or canned spinach for this as well.
- Instead of boneless-skinless chicken cut up into pieces: You can use pieces of rotisserie chicken from your local grocer. Simply tear it apart, removing the bones and skin, then add it to the soup at the end.
Bread is a perfect addition
Serve this delicious chicken, spinach and gnocchi soup with Mozzarella Croutons, French Baguette (make it a little fancier with a Pain d’Épi), or even some Steamed Bao Buns!
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Chicken, Spinach and Gnocchi Soup
- Total Time: 1 hour 35 minutes
- Yield: 8 people 1x
Description
This hearty chicken, spinach, and gnocchi soup is packed with veggies, potato dumplings, and chicken. It’s the perfect creamy soup recipe for any chilly day.
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- 2.5 oz carrot (shredded)
- 1.5 oz yellow onion (chopped)
- 3 medium-large garlic cloves (chopped)
- 1 chicken buillon cube (optional, but highly recommended see notes³ for sub)
- 1/4 cup flour
- 1 cups half and half
- 6 cups chicken broth
- 1 bunch fresh spinach (See notes¹ for details)
- 1 teaspoon parsley
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- 1 lb Chicken (see notes² for details cut into pieces 1 inch or less in size.)
- 16 oz gnocchi (home-made or store-bought)
- 1/4 cup basil (chopped)
- 1/4 cup parmesean cheese
Instructions
- Begin by heating the olive oil in a pan on medium heat.
- If you’re using raw chicken, cook the pieces until golden brown on all sides, then add the onions and carrots. Stir continuously until the onions are translucent.
- Add the bouillon cube, break apart and disollved, then add the garlic and continue cooking until fragrant.
- Add parsley, oregano, and flour. Stirring until everything is coated in the flour.
- Slowly add the chicken broth, make sure your are continuously stirring the entire time.
- Let this come to a boil and let it continue to cook until it has noticeably thicken.
- Add the spinach (chicken IF you used a rotisserie chicken) and gnocchi. Stir and let it cook at medium for 5-10 minutes. If you’re using fresh gnocchi, careful not to break them up as they cook.
- Finish with half-and-half, then salt & pepper to taste.
- Top with basil and parmesean cheese; Serve and enjoy!
Equipment
Lodge 6 Quart Enameled Cast Iron Dutch Oven with Lid
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SMIRLY Bamboo Cutting Board Set with Holder,
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Global 7-piece Ikasu Knife Block Set
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KitchenAid Universal Bamboo Short Turner, One size, Wood
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¹ You can also use frozen or canned spinach for this as well.
² You can use:
- boneless-skinless version (whether it be thighs or breasts), cut them into small pieces, and cook them in the oil prior to making the soup.
- pieces of rotisserie chicken from your local grocer. Simply tear it apart, removing the bones and skin, then add it to the soup at the end.
³Instead of chicken bullion: add an extra cup of chicken broth and a teaspoon of salt.
- Prep Time: 35 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour
- Category: Soup
- Method: Stove Top
- Cuisine: Italian-American
Nutrition
- Calories: 245
- Sugar: 3
- Sodium: 1689
- Fat: 7
- Saturated Fat: 3
- Carbohydrates: 30
- Fiber: 3
- Protein: 17
- Cholesterol: 45
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