Olive Garden Chicken and Gnocchi Soup with chicken, spinach, and gnocchi. Easy copycat for the creamy restaurant soup, it makes a delicious lunch or dinner!
Olive Garden Chicken and Gnocchi Soup is hands down my favorite creamy soup. You can ask my family; pretty much every time we visit the restaurant, my “usual” has been Chicken and Gnocchi Soup, breadsticks, and salad.
It's not a difficult soup to make at home, though. You just need a few key ingredients, and I like to add a little sage to give it even more flavor.
I think I've got a pretty good handle on making my own homemade version of Chicken Gnocchi Soup. Now if I could only master a recipe for Olive Garden's breadsticks (because they are absolutely perfect for dipping in my soup).
Whether you want to warm up on a cold winter night or simply want a lunch to get excited about, this copycat recipe is for you. Let's cook up a pot of delicious soup, shall we?
Tips for how to make Olive Garden Chicken and Gnocchi Soup
- Gather your ingredients. You'll need salted butter, a medium sized onion, celery, garlic, carrots, cooked chicken breast/s, chicken broth, heavy whipping cream, sage, gnocchi, salt, pepper, and fresh spinach.
- Wash any fresh veggies you'll be using.
- Mince the onion, celery, and garlic.
- Melt a tablespoon of salted butter in a Dutch oven.
- Sauté the onion, celery, and garlic in the butter for about 5 minutes or until they begin to soften.
- Shred the carrots and the cooked chicken breast/s (if you like more liquid in your soup, use only 1 chicken breast; if you prefer a chunkier soup with less liquid, use 2).
- Add the carrots, chicken, and chicken broth to the Dutch oven, mixing well.
- Bring the mixture to a boil, and let it simmer on medium heat for about 5 minutes.
- Add the heavy whipping cream and sage to your soup.
- Bring to a boil again, and simmer for another 5 minutes.
- Add the gnocchi, salt, and pepper to the soup mixture.
- Again, bring the soup to a boil, and simmer for 5 more minutes.
- Add the spinach leaves to the soup, and simmer for another 2 to 3 minutes.
- Serve while warm with breadsticks, baguettes, or crackers. Enjoy!
Other chicken soups you may enjoy:
Tools you may need to make Olive Garden Chicken and Gnocchi Soup
Cutting Board and Vegetable Cleaver – I prefer an old school cutting board and knife for chopping. You'll use these time and again to chop vegetables for recipes.
6 Quart Dutch Oven – My Dutch Oven is sort of like my spatulas. I wouldn't want to be without it.
Wooden Spoon – I've been eyeing this particular wooden spoon for awhile now… But again, my wooden spoons are like my spatulas; couldn't cook without them!
Salad Shooter (or Vegetable Shredder) – Perfect for shredding carrots and other veggies.
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Chicken and Gnocchi Soup
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon salted butter
- 1 medium yellow onion minced
- 2 stalks celery minced
- 1 teaspoon garlic minced
- 2 medium carrots shredded
- 2 chicken breasts cooked and shredded
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 3 cups heavy whipping cream
- 1 teaspoon ground sage
- 16 ounces gnocchi
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 cup fresh spinach leaves
Instructions
- In a Dutch oven pan over medium heat, melt the butter.
- Sauté the onion, celery, and garlic in the butter for about 5 minutes, or 'til they begin to soften.
- Add the carrots, chicken, and chicken broth to the Dutch oven, stirring everything together.
- Bring the mixture to a boil, and let it simmer on medium heat for about 5 minutes.
- Add the heavy whipping cream and ground sage to the soup.
- Bring to a boil again; then simmer over low heat for another 5 minutes.
- Add the gnocchi, salt, and pepper to the soup mixture.
- Again, bring the soup to a boil; then simmer over low heat for 5 more minutes.
- Add the spinach leaves to the soup, and simmer for another 2 to 3 minutes.
- Serve while warm with breadsticks, baguettes, or crackers.