Cream of Chicken and Gnocchi Soup

Description

A copycat version of the Olive Garden® soup. Oh so good!

Ingredients

  • ½ cup margarine
  • ¾ cup finely chopped onion
  • ¾ cup finely chopped celery
  • ½ cup finely grated carrot
  • 1 ½ teaspoons minced garlic
  • ⅓ cup all-purpose flour
  • 4 cups chicken broth
  • ¾ cup half-and-half
  • ¾ cup milk
  • 1 (16 ounce) package potato gnocchi
  • 1 ½ cups chopped cooked chicken
  • ¾ cup shredded fresh spinach
  • ½ teaspoon dried rosemary
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • ¼ teaspoon nutmeg

Instructions

  1. Melt butter in a large
  2. heavy saucepan over medium heat; cook and stir onion
  3. celery
  4. carrot
  5. and garlic until softened
  6. 5 to 10 minutes. Stir flour into vegetable mixture; cook and stir until vegetables are evenly coated and flour is fragrant
  7. 3 to 4 minutes.
  8. Pour chicken broth
  9. half-and-half
  10. and milk over vegetable mixture; cook and stir until mixture thickens and comes to a boil
  11. about 5 minutes. Reduce heat and stir gnocchi
  12. chicken
  13. and spinach into broth mixture; season with rosemary
  14. salt
  15. black pepper
  16. and nutmeg. Cook soup over low heat until gnocchi become tender
  17. 8 to 10 minutes.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 25 mins

Total Time: 45 mins

Servings: 8

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