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Olive Garden Chicken and Gnocchi Soup Recipe

February 10, 2015 by yumyucky 17 Comments

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olive garden chicken gnocchi soup

This is a real belly-pleaser. I promise. It only takes about 30 minutes to make a large pot that serves about 7-8 hungry beasts.

I’m just gonna go ahead and say it — my version of Olive Garden Chicken and Gnocchi Soup Recipe is better than going to the restaurant to grab a bowl. This is the my 4th winter of cooking up this bowl of deliciousness, and the whole family loves it. My adaption is “souped-up” by the addition of more thyme and the introduction of rosemary to the recipe.

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Olive Garden Chicken and Gnocchi Soup Recipe
Recipe by: YumYucky.com
Recipe type: Soup
Prep time:  10 mins
Cook time:  30 mins
Total time:  40 mins
Serves: 7-8
 
Ingredients
  • 6 cups chicken stock (tip: both Swason and Herb Ox bullion brands have no MSG)
  • 3 cups light cream
  • 4 cups pulled rotisserie chicken from the grocery store
  • 1 to 1.5 packages gnocchi (in the pasta aisle)
  • 1.5 cups raw spinach
  • 4-5 dashes heavy of thyme, but add it slowly so you can adjust to your liking
  • 1 tsp. rosemary
  • Sprinklings of salt & pepper to taste
Instructions
  1. Pull apart chicken from the rotisserie.
  2. Add broth and light cream to large pot.
  3. Slowly add thyme, rosemary and pepper to taste. If using dried rosemary, smash it into smaller pieces with your fingers before throwing into the pot. Allow spices to marinate with a slow simmer for approx 15 minutes.
  4. Adjust the texture of the soup by adding more broth or cream depending on desired consistency. More broth will make it lighter, more cream will make it thicker.
  5. Add gnocchi and continue cooking for approximately 10 minutes. You can opt for the mini gnocchi I used, as pictured, or use the standard size gnocchi.
  6. While the gnocchi cooks, cut fresh spinach into small pieces and add to the pot.
  7. Add your cooked chicken to the pot last.
  8. Serve once the spinach has wilted and the soup has reached the desired consistency.
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There was actually an argument in my house about who was going to get the last bowl. If you desire increased arguments and soup-factions to rise up in your home, go ahead and make this soup immediately.

olive garden chicken gnocchi recipe

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  1. Ellen says

    February 10, 2015 at 7:01 am

    I have one word for you, Josie: YES ma’am, I’m doing this!! Okay, that’s 5 words.

    Reply
    • yumyucky says

      February 10, 2015 at 3:42 pm

      haha! Stop it, woman.

      Reply
  2. MATADOR says

    February 10, 2015 at 8:51 am

    Looks delicious. Great for a cold winter evening.

    Reply
    • yumyucky says

      February 10, 2015 at 3:42 pm

      Ain’t that the truth. I’m going to make another pot for this weekend!

      Reply
  3. mimi says

    February 10, 2015 at 3:39 pm

    Since i’ve never mastered cream soups, i will try this and see how the crew likes it!
    mimi recently posted..Take that, technology!

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    • yumyucky says

      February 10, 2015 at 3:41 pm

      Don’t worry, mimi. This recipe is ridiculously easy. If you know how to measure 3 cups of cream and pour it into the pot, you are now the master of cream soup. Yup.

      Reply
  4. Gail says

    February 10, 2015 at 3:47 pm

    “I boiled my breasts in broth.”
    I hope you sought medical treatment immediately. 🙂
    I love this soup! I’m making this for the next snowstorm here in Boston!

    Reply
    • yumyucky says

      February 10, 2015 at 3:52 pm

      My 42-year-old breasts pretty much looked melted even before I boiled them for this recipe. So ya, no difference. Enjoy the soup, Gail! I’ve been crossing my fingers for a huge blizzard storm here in Delaware, but it just ain’t happening. ((sad face))

      Reply
  5. Kim says

    February 10, 2015 at 4:15 pm

    Looks good but I don’t really know what gnocchi is. Is it pasta or potato?
    Kim recently posted..A Smile Doesn’t Always Tell the Whole Story

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    • yumyucky says

      February 11, 2015 at 6:40 am

      Hey Kim, it has potato and flour in it. Honestly tastes nothing like pasta. I just found a homemade gnochhi recipe from Mario Batali that looks crazy-easy. http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/mario-batali/gnocchi-recipe2.html

      Reply
  6. crabby mcslacker says

    February 10, 2015 at 5:12 pm

    Somehow, I have never in my life been inside an Olive Garden, but I do not doubt your soup is superior!

    Now could you just invent a non-toxic version of Applebee’s Oriental Chicken Salad, which is mysteriously addictive even though it’s junky? That is our road trip chain-food takeout achilles heel.
    crabby mcslacker recently posted..Altra Shoe Giveaway! And Torin and Intuition 3 “Zero Drop” Walking Shoe Review

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    • yumyucky says

      February 11, 2015 at 6:37 am

      I’m curious about that toxic salad now. May have to scout it out and replicate in your honor.

      Reply
  7. kita says

    February 10, 2015 at 10:44 pm

    I have sworn off of knockoffs because they never turn out right but I trust ya so I will be trying it. I gotta pronounce gnocchi right because the people in the stores will look at me cray cray
    kita recently posted..Lovebirds’ Suite: 9 Steps to Creating a Romantic Master Bedroom

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    • yumyucky says

      February 11, 2015 at 6:37 am

      g-no-kee. That’s the pronunciation. LOL. Now go get some.

      Reply
  8. CARLA says

    February 11, 2015 at 5:19 am

    (((ADDS CREAM TO SHOPPING LIST AND HEARS THE CHILD CHEER :-))))
    CARLA recently posted..What would Tami Taylor do?

    Reply
  9. Tamara says

    February 11, 2015 at 8:45 pm

    What time can I come over for dinner?
    No offense against the original but it’s full of bad things. Your knockoff recipe is full of good things! Like magic.
    Tamara recently posted..You’re a Wizard, Harry!

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  10. Geosomin says

    February 12, 2015 at 9:23 am

    Yum. I love everything in this.
    Totally making this this weekend…

    Reply

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