Copycat Olive Garden Chicken Gnocchi Soup
This is a delicious copycat recipe for Olive Garden’s Chicken Gnocchi soup.
Copycat Olive Garden Chicken Gnocchi Soup
This is a creamy chicken soup with little dumpling-like gnocchi.
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Ingredients
First:
- 2 Tbsp butter
- ½ medium white onion (diced)
- 2 stalks celery (diced)
- 2 medium carrots (diced)
- 1 Tbsp garlic (minced)
Second:
- 6 cups chicken broth
- 2 lb chicken breasts (cooked & diced)
- 1 tsp poultry seasoning (more or less to taste)
- 1 tsp thyme (more or less to taste)
- 1 tsp sage (more or less to taste)
- 1 medium bay leaf
- 2 tsp salt (more or less to taste)
- 1 tsp black pepper (more or less to taste)
Just before serving:
- 4 cups potato gnocchi (see below for recipe)
- 2 cups half & half (or milk or cream – more or less to taste)
- ¼ cup corn starch (may need more)
Instructions:
Pre-prep:
- Cook and dice the chicken breasts.
- Prepare the gnocchi.
- Dice the onion, celery, and carrots and mince the garlic
The Soup:
- In a soup pan, saute the butter, onion, celery, carrots, and garlic until the vegetables begin to get soft.
- Once the vegetables are sauted, add the broth, diced chicken, and rest of the seasonings.
- Bring to a gentle boil and allow to simmer for at least 30 minutes. This soup is best if it can simmer for a couple hours.
About 10 minutes before serving:
- In a cup, stir together about 1/4 cup of milk and 1/4 cup of cornstarch. Stir until the cornstarch is completely dissolved.
- Bring the soup up to a steady boil and, while stirring, slowly pour the milk/cornstarch mixture into the soup.
- Add the gnocchi and as much extra milk (or cream) as you wish.
- Allow to simmer for a few more minutes (until the gnocchi is cooked through) before serving.
Notes:
Make Ahead: This is a great make-ahead recipe. You can easily make this in the crock-pot (4-6 hours) or on the stovetop (30 minutes).
This recipe is extremely versatile. Feel free to add any vegetables or seasonings that you wish!