My husband loves soup. I mean, if I ask him what I should make for dinner. Most times, the answer is soup. I’m constantly trying new things with soups. Attempting not to get bored. And I think out of the attempts not to have the same thing every time, I’ve gotten better at making soups. In fact, I didn’t even know how to make soup really until after we got married! I made other foods, but soup was not it for me.

This soup about knocked our socks off, flavor-wise. I hope you love it just as much as we do!

This soup has gnocchi in it. I made them myself. But you can use store-bought as well! The key is adding them in at the end. Also, the first time I made this soup, I had chicken that I added to the soup already premade. So you can do that instead of cooking the chicken in the soup if you’d like. Or, you can do it the way this recipe says and cook them within the soup pot.

Gnocchi and Chicken Soup

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 35 minutes mins

Servings: 8

Course: Main Course, Soup

Ingredients Method

Ingredients

  

• 1 tsp Bacon Grease
• 4 tsp Unsalted Butter
• 4 tbsp Flour
• 1/2 tsp Pepper
• 2 tsp Salt (or add to taste)
• 2 tsp Fresh Parsley For Garnish
• 1 tsp Garlic Powder
• 1 head Broccoli (You can use the stem as well)
• 3 Carrots
• 3/4 Onion
• 4 Cloves Minced Garlic
• 1/2 tsp Paprika
• 1/4 tsp Thyme
• 2 Chicken Breasts
• 14 cups Chicken Stock
• 1 cup Heavy Cream

Method

 

1. Add bacon oil and butter to the soup pot or Dutch oven and turn the heat to medium.
2. While the oils are melting chop the onion.
3. Once the oil and butter are melted, add the flour and mix. Then add the chopped onion.
4. While the onion is cooking in the pot, chop the carrots and broccoli. Add the carrots after the onions have cooked for at least 4 minutes and are beginning to look tender.
5. Add the broccoli 5-7 minutes after the carrots have been added. Then chop the garlic.
6. Add the garlic 5 minutes after you've added the broccoli. Then add the spices into the soup and let that cook for another 8-10 minutes.
7. Add your chicken broth to the pot and turn your heat up to high. Allow that to come to a boil.
8. Add the chicken breasts and allow them to cook for another 20 minutes. Then shred the chicken.
9. Bring the temperature to a low heat and add the shredded chicken back into the pot.
10. Add the heavy cream and let that cook for 2 minutes.
11. Add the gnocchi and allow that to cook for 3-5 minutes.
12. Turn off the heat and add your parsley to garnish! Then enjoy!