Stovetop Chicken and Gnocchi Soup
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I love all of Olive Garden’s soups and have shared many at home versions for you. I have shared a slow cooker chicken and gnocchi before, but today I have a stovetop chicken and gnocchi soup recipe.
The chicken and gnocchi soup has a creamy base with chunks of chicken, potato gnocchi, carrots, spinach, onion, garlic, and celery. Now, when I get the soup at Olive Garden, at lot of the time I have to search for a chunk of chicken or a piece of gnocchi. There just is not enough in their soup for me.

When I made this version at home, it had A LOT of chicken and gnocchi in it. Actually too much for my taste. In my opinion, it was over kill. SO in the recipe, I provided a range. The smaller amount is what I will use from now one. The larger amount of chicken and gnocchi is what the recipe originally called for.

Stovetop Chicken and Gnocchi Soup
Real Mom Kitchen
Ingredients
- 4 Tbsp butter
- 1 cup diced carrots
- ½ cup diced celery
- ½ cup diced onion
- 1 Tbsp minced garlic
- ¼ cup flour
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 2 cups milk
- ½ cup heavy cream
- ½ Tbsp Italian seasoning
- 1 tsp salt
- pepper to taste
- 8 oz to 16 oz mini gnocchi found in the pasta aisle *** see note
- 1- 2 cups shredded or diced cooked chicken *** see note
- 1 cup spinach roughly chopped
Instructions
- In a stock pot, melt your butter and add in the carrots, celery, onion. Cook for about 5 minutes until the onion gets translucent and the vegetables start to get tender. And in the garlic and cook for 1 minute.
- Add in the flour and stir together. Cook for about 1-2 minutes.
- Slowly add in the chicken broth, while stirring. Do the same with the milk and heavy cream.
- Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer. Cook for about 8-10 minutes until thickened.
- Add in the Italian seasoning, salt, pepper, gnocchi, and chicken and cook for about 4 to 5 minutes, or until the gnocchi is cooked according to package directions.
- Add in the chopped spinach and cook for another 2 minutes, until wilted.
Notes
Recipe adapted fro Like Mother, Like Daughter.