This Chicken Gnocchi Soup Recipe is a copycat of the famous Olive Garden dish. It’s creamy, comforting, and can be made in under 30 minutes.
This is the fifth recipe in my Fall soup series. Follow along on my TikTok or Instagram pages for more.
I love Olive Garden’s creamy and comforting chicken gnocchi soup. And, I really love being able to make it myself at home in just a few minutes.
How To Make Chicken Gnocchi Soup
Note: This is a summary. The full printable recipe and step by step video are located at the bottom of this post.
- Melt butter in a large soup pot.
- Add diced onion, grated carrots, and sliced celery.
- Add thyme, salt, and pepper.
- Cook until the veggies are soft.
- Add minced garlic and flour.
- Cook, stirring often, for two minutes.
- Add the half & half one cup at a time, stirring after each addition.
- Add chicken broth.
- Bring the liquid to a simmer.
- Add rotisserie chicken, potato gnocchi, and chopped spinach.
- Cook for five minutes
I like to serve mine with grated parmesan cheese and bread sticks for dipping.
How To Store
Store leftovers in a sealed container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. As the soup rests, the dumplings will soak up a lot of the liquid. So, I like to add one to two additional cups of chicken broth to the soup as I reheat it.
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Chicken Gnocchi Soup
Video
Ingredients
- 4 Tbsp unsalted butter
- 1 cup diced yellow onion
- 1 cup grated carrots
- 1/2 cup thinly sliced celery
- 1 tsp dried thyme leaves
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
- 3 minced garlic cloves
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 cups half & half
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 2 cups rotisserie chicken -skin removed and meat pulled apart into bite-size pieces
- 17 oz. dried potato gnocchi -found in the pasta isle
- 1 cup coarsely chopped spinach
- Optional: Grated parmesan and bread sticks for serving
Instructions
- Add the butter to a large soup pot and place it over medium-high heat. Once the butter is melted, add the onion, carrots, and celery. Stir to coat the veggies in the butter.
- Add the thyme, salt, and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the veggies are soft, about 7 minutes.
- Stir in the garlic. Then, add the flour. Cook, stirring often, for two minutes.
- Add the half & half one cup at a time, stirring after each addition.
- Add the broth. Stir well. Bring the liquid to a simmer.
- Add the chicken, gnocchi, and spinach. Adjust the heat so the liquid stays at a simmer. Cook for five minutes, stirring occasionally.*
- Serve with grated parmesan cheese and bread sticks for dipping.
This was delicious! It was a huge hit with my family. I’m definitely saving this recipe. Thank you for sharing!
Very good and easy to make. I used coconut milk. It was delicious. Thank you for the wonderful recipe.
Tried this for dinner tonight, as per the recipe. Absolutely spot on for the at-home version of the Olive Garden! Might add a bit more pepper next time now that I have an amazing base to modify and play around with. Thank you for making this available, saw your video originally on TikTok!
I made this last night and it was so yummy and comforting. Great Recipe! It is a definite make again!
This was super good! Lots of flavor!
This is one of my favorite soups now that the cold weather is approaching! The gnocchi really makes it.
I have tried a couple of chicken gnocchi soup recipes but this one is the one I will make again and again. It’s so easy, especially using a rotisserie chicken. We served it with garlic bread and there wasn’t one drop left.