Chicken Gnocchi Soup

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  • Number of Servings: 8
Ingredients
2 cups gnocchi4 tablespoons light margarine1 cup onion, diced1/2 cup celery (about 2 stalks), diced2 garlic cloves, minced1/4 cup flour4 cups fat free half and half*1 3/4 cups fat free chicken broth1 cup carrots, shredded2 (4 ounce) boneless, skinless chicken breasts, diced and cooked1 cup fresh spinach, coarsely chopped1/2 teaspoon dried thyme1/2 teaspoon dried parsley1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Directions
In a large dutch oven (or soup pot) over medium heat, melt the butter. Add the onion, celery and garlic and sauté until the onion becomes translucent, about 7 minutes. Whisk in the flour, forming a roux. Cook for 1 minute. Pour in the half and half, and add the carrots and chicken to the dutch oven. Simmer until the mixture begins to thicken, stirring often, about 5 minutes. Add the chicken broth, and allow the mixture to thicken again, stirring often, about 5 minutes or until the consistency desired is achieved. Stir in the gnocchi, spinach, and seasonings and simmer until soup is heated through.

After adding the chicken stock, while you're waiting for it to thicken again, pop the gnocchi into a pot of boiling water - these don't take long to cook, only about 2 mins or so. You boil them until they float. Once they are done, drain them and add them to the soup.

I also mixed about a tbsp of cornstarch with a tiny bit of water, and added that to the soup to thicken it up a bit.

Number of Servings: 8

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user NICHOLEMAY.

Servings Per Recipe: 8
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 285.3
  • Total Fat: 16.9 g
  • Cholesterol: 47.4 mg
  • Sodium: 702.2 mg
  • Total Carbs: 26.8 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 1.7 g
  • Protein: 7.1 g

Member Reviews
  • LESSOFMOORE
    I agree with CTEVIS1, I'd like to know the serving size. - 2/24/18
  • CTEVIS1
    This was really good, I had to substitute tortellini for gnocchi. How much is one serving? 1 cup, 1/2 cup,.....? - 1/23/17
  • DELTAYANKEE
    one of my favorite meals now is healthy - 1/21/17
  • KARMENCLARK1
    Awesome soup!! I used fat free 1/2 and 1/2 an reduced it even farther. Thanks so much for sharing. - 6/14/14