This copycat Olive Garden Chicken and Gnocchi soup taste just like what you would get at the restaurant but even better since it's made at home. For more restaurant favorites, visit Best Copycat Recipes.
My daughter and I love Olive Garden. It is our favorite place to go and have a girl's day out.
The menu item that has us the most intrigued so far is the Olive Garden Chicken and Gnocchi Soup.
This soup is so delicious! The fresh gnocchi, the taste of the spinach, and the hearty and creamy broth will leave you begging for more.
Ever since that first bite at the restaurant, my daughter and I knew this would be one of those dishes we would want to recreate at home.
While I like to make my gnocchi fresh for dishes like this one, you can purchase store-bought.
It's whatever is easiest for you. If you want to try making this at home, you can just use a fork to make your gnocchi, but I invested in this paddle from Amazon and it has worked wonders in cranking out those delicious potato puffs!
How to Make Olive Garden Chicken and Gnocchi Soup
This dish comes together in under 3o minutes for one of the most delicious soups you will ever prepare for your family.
The cool thing about this meal is if you are pressed for time, you can take some shortcuts, which will cut down on the cooking time drastically!
- Instead of making homemade gnocchi, you can purchase boxed kind you can find on the pasta aisle
- For the chicken, you can purchase a roasted chicken from the deli
- You can always purchase pre-washed and cut up spinach -- it's a great time saver
- Use canned carrots and then drain and chop them up into quarters
There are 10 servings in this pot of soup which makes it very budget-friendly and good to have on a day when it is cold outside and you need to warm your bones.
I served this soup with a chicken sandwich (using the same kind of chicken) with mozzarella cheese, spinach, tomato and pesto sauce (all of this was leftover stuff in the refrigerator!) Or even better yet, you can serve it with a delicious grilled cheese sandwich.
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Copycat Olive Garden Chicken and Gnocchi Soup
This copycat soup is so good and so easy to make that you won't even need to visit Olive Garden again!
Ingredients
- 2 chicken breast, cooked and diced
- 4 tablespoon butter
- 4 tablespoon flour
- 1 cup half and half
- 2 boxes can of chicken broth
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 cup carrots, diced
- 1 cup fresh spinach, torn or chopped
- 1 box potato gnocchi (or you can use my recipe to make homemade)
- salt and pepper to taste
- Grated Parmesan Cheese for garnish
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
Instructions
- In a skillet on medium-high heat, season chicken breasts with salt and pepper and then saute on both sides, about 5-7 minutes each until chicken reaches 160 degrees internally. Shred chicken and set aside.
- In a large soup pot, saute garlic in the butter and olive oil over medium heat until garlic is cooked through.
- Add the flour and make a roux. Cook for 2 minutes until flour taste has been cooked out of the roux.
- Now add in chicken broth and half and half.
- While this is cooking and thickening, cook the gnocchi in a separate pan according to package directions.
- In the soup pot, add in the carrots and chicken. If the mixture gets too thick, be sure to add in some extra half and half if needed.
- Now, add in the cooked gnocchi, the spinach, and salt and pepper. Simmer until soup is heated through. Serve with sandwiches and enjoy!
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
8Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 227Total Fat: 14gSaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 57mgSodium: 267mgCarbohydrates: 13gFiber: 1gSugar: 2gProtein: 12g
Thank you for sharing this! This is my favorite soup at OG - I had it just this week and my hubby and I were talking about how I needed to find a clone recipe and make my own!
Thanks for the shout out!
Blessings,
Jennifer
What store did you get the potato gnocchi? I havent been able to find any. Thanks
About the potato gnocchi .You can not find that just anywhere, try Trader Joe's or Whole Foods they are natural and organic grocery stores. I actually make my own gnocchi it is pretty easy!
2 quarts of water
6 oz all purpose flour
2 eggs
2 lbs russet potatoes
2 tsp of salt
Wash potatoes and place in water.And cook until soft,then mash potatoes until well mashed.
mix flour,salt,potatoes,and eggs until dough like
After all of that roll dough into about 1/2 inch balls
Boil more water and place them into the water and when they are floating they are done.
Enjoy! I am 14 years old and have been cooking forever,so this is pretty easy to accomplish!
And remember to do everything to glory of the one who made you.Jesus Christ our one and only savior!
I found the potato gnocchi at Safeway in the dry pasta section.
Loving our Lord with you morgan thanks for recipe..............
I found this recipe off pinterest. Made it tonight and followed the directions with a few minor adjustments and it was a dead ringer. The only things I did different was I poched my own chicken breast and used matchstick carrots...thats it. It was perfect. Thanks a million for sharing.
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What are the nutrition facts of this soup? Same/better than Olive Garden? Just wondering before I make it. I am wanting a healthified version. Thank you!
I am a big fat guy ( according to my wife) who loves to cook and eat....this is a terrific recipe and duplicates OG's perfectly. Gnocchi purchased at Trader Joes.
How many servings does this make?
This makes about 8 servings.
Nice recipe perfect combination of taste and health