Want a tasty copycat recipe that everyone will love? This Olive Garden Chicken Gnocchi Soup is easy, flavorful and completely addicting. Simple ingredients make this better than the original!
If you are an Olive Garden fan, raise your hand! We are huge pasta, soup and salad lovers in this house and Olive Garden is one of those that we have always enjoyed.
Now we don’t have an Olive Garden near us, well not within an hours drive so I took it upon myself to recreate one of their most beloved soups, Chicken Gnocchi Soup.
This is hands down one of our most made soups ever. We make it at least once a month, if not more often simply because everyone in the family loves it.
Gnocchi is one of our favorite things to cook with, you can check my One Pot Creamy Sausage Gnocchi and my Taco Gnocchi recipes if you are also a fan.
Gnocchi is also one of those staples that are easily adaptable and can be added to so many different things than just this Copycat Olive Garden Chicken Gnocchi Soup.
Some of our other favorite Olive Garden recipes include:
It’s super easy to make all your favorite restaurant recipes at home. We love all sorts of copycat recipes and we take it upon ourselves to try to recreate as much as possible.
INGREDIENTS YOU NEED:
- Chicken breasts
- Olive oli
- Butter
- Flour
- Onion
- Garlic
- Chicken broth
- Milk
- Carrots
- Parsley
- Salt & pepper
- Gnocchi
- Spinach
I love this Chicken Gnocchi Soup because it’s pretty straight forward and super simple to whip up and the ingredients aren’t super weird where you cant find them anywhere.
I find that when I try to recreate recipes, sometimes it’s hard to locate some of the ingredients that they call for, so we like to adapt as much as possible and sometimes they turn out a little better than the original.
HOW TO MAKE CHICKEN GNOCCHI SOUP:
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In large dutch oven or stock pot, melt butter and olive oil together.
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Add your onions, carrots and garlic and cook until onions become translucent.
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Whisk in your flour and let cook for a minute, slowly stir in your chicken broth and simmer until it starts to thicken up.
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Meanwhile in pan cook your gnocchi according to package directions, drain and set aside.
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Add your milk to your veggie and chicken broth mix and bring to a boil, stir in your seasonings.
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Once at a boil reduce heat and add your gnocchi, spinach and chicken simmering until heated through and thickened.
This gnocchi soup recipe can literally be whipped up in less than 30 minutes which makes it the IDEAL weeknight dinner. It is easily able to be doubled with no trouble at all.
TIPS AND TRICKS:
- To make a thicker soup mix together mix together 1 Tbs cornstarch and 1 Tbs cold water and stir until thickened.
- We aren’t the biggest fans of celery, but you can add 1 cup chopped celery when you add your other vegetables.
- We like to use mini gnocchi which we find at Walmart, but regular sized gnocchi is fine as well.
- You don’t need to pre-boil your gnocchi, you can cook it in the liquid instead.
- I do not recommend freezing this soup, thawing it will make it separate and become watery.
So if you want a perfect easy dinner recipe this Olive Garden Chicken Gnocchi Soup recipe is the way to go. Everyone raves about it (just check out the reviews) and pretty much the whole family loves it!
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Olive Garden Chicken Gnocchi Soup
Ingredients
- 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts cooked and shredded
- 1 Tbs olive oil
- 4 Tbs butter
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 small onion chopped
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 6 cups chicken broth
- 2 cups milk
- 1 cup carrots shredded
- 2 tsp parsley flakes
- Salt and pepper for seasoning
- 1 package 16 ounces mini potato gnocchi
- 1 cup fresh spinach chopped
Instructions
- In large dutch oven or stock pot, melt butter and olive oil together.
- Add your onions, carrots and garlic and cook until onions become translucent.
- Whisk in your flour and let cook for a minute, slowly stir in your chicken broth and simmer until it starts to thicken up.
- Meanwhile in pan cook your gnocchi according to package directions, drain and set aside.
- Add your milk to your veggie and chicken broth mix and bring to a boil, stir in your seasonings.
- Once at a boil reduce heat and add your gnocchi, spinach and chicken simmering until heated through and thickened.
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Nutrition
Tornadough Alli is not a nutritionist or dietitian, and any nutritional information shared is an estimate. If calorie count and nutritional value is important to you, we recommend running the ingredients through whichever online nutritional calculator you prefer. Calories and values can vary depending on which brands were used.
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Vanessa
Thanks for sharing! Does it keep long?
Tornadough Alli
It should keep 1-2 days in the refrigerator.
Michael Wurm Jr
Get out!? I need to try this recipe. It sounds so delicious!!
xo Michael
Sabrina
This is definitely a big bowl of comfort food! Just makes you warm from the inside out. Glad I can make it at home now!
Emily Hill
I love this soup from Olive Garden. Thanks for the copycat recipe. Totally pinning!
Jaide
Mmmmm! I love the Olive Garden! This looks so good!
Kim - Today's Creative Life
This sounds AMAZING!
Mallory Lanz
So easy and comforting for a date night in.
Denese Garrett
Loved this recipe! I have never cooked gnocchi before. It will definetly be a family favorite! Thank you for sharing a wonderful,easy and delicious recipe.
Tornadough Alli
Awe, thank you so much! We ADORE this recipe so much!
Birdie Eakins
Hi,
I really love this soup. Although I have not been to Olive Garden to try theirs, &!would probably be disappointed.
I have made a couple of alterations for me. I use Gluten free flour, & add at the end a little Port or Cherry to the soup. Talking about delicious! My family can’t get enough of it, whether it’s winter or summer.
Thank you!
Tornadough Alli
This soup is really a year round recipe! We hate having to wait til the winter to enjoy any soup so we make this all the time for sure! So happy you were able to adapt it to fit your flavors!
Krista
I made this a while back and it was delicious however I cooked my gnocchi according to the package directions. I still found it to be somewhere firm. I know when I’m at Olive Garden it’s very soft did I do something wrong?
Tornadough Alli
It really depends on the type of gnocchi. A lot of store bought gnocchi is a little firmer on texture. I wish I knew olive gardens secret to their fluffy gnocchi. You could just try boiling it longer to make it tender or just test some alternative brands.
Jade
Just wondering how much this makes? I have four people in my household, my husband a teenage boy who eats a lot and a toddler I just want to make sure I have enough ingredients for us all to eat. Thank you!
Tornadough Alli
Makes about 6 servings 🙂
Missy
Very good and similar to Olive Garden….prob as close as you can get. Since I’ve moved overseas I’ve been craving it….craving fulfilled! Next time I’d prob lessen the butter as it turned out a bit yellowish and not white-ish like the one at Olive Garden also too buttery for my liking. No extra salt needed to taste either….perfectly salted as is. Thanks
Madi
Chicken and gnocchi soup is my absolute favorite soup! I’ve been dying to try making it at home, I’ll have to give your recipe a try!
Samantha Dawn
A family favourite!! So creamy and just like the real thing!
Susanne
This soup was phenomenal! Thanks for the great recipe!!
Susanne
Debbie
Just made this for my family of 4. It was delicious and there were no leftovers. I doubled up the gnocchi but otherwise followed the recipe. Will definitely be making this again! Thanks 😊
Tornadough Alli
Thats awesome Debbie!! We can’t get enough of it, super simple and so tasty! A go-to recipe for sure!
Christina
Has anyone tried this in an instapot?
Kim G
I hadn’t been to Olive Garden in about 5 years. I’ve been making your soup for a few years now. We went back to OG last week as a central place for family to meet and I got this soup. Wow! This is so much better quality!! I think they just have it in a can or something bc it tasted like Campbell’s cream of chicken with some gnocchi in it…
This recipe is fabulous though!! Everyone that has tried it is obsessed (including me!!) I’ve been keeping the ingredients on hand (and really, I eat most of the ingredients on a regular basis) this winter! Thanks for coming up with this improved version of OG’s soup!
Tornadough Alli
I’m so so so happy you love this as much we we do! We are the same when keeping the ingredients on hand, we can’t resist!
Jenny
This soup was so delicious. I am in love! So glad I found your recipe, thank you! I substituted 1 cup of milk for heavy cream and it turned out lovely. Paired with some home made breadsticks, this soup was amazing!
Tornadough Alli
Thanks so much Jenny!! We love love love this soup and cannot get enough of it! So happy you liked it!
Diane Marie
Delicious! Made as directed except used half & half in place of milk, also added sautéed celery with other veggies. Rich, creamy and very tasty, hubby and I loved it. Will make again. Thanks!
Tornadough Alli
Yay! So happy you liked it. And making subs to your liking is always encouraging!