15-minute Pesto Chicken Gnocchi Soup inspired by Olive Garden chicken gnocchi soup. Packaged gnocchi, rotisserie chicken, pesto, cream, spinach, and broth become a fab dinner with minimal effort. This gnocchi soup recipe belongs in your weeknight dinner recipe collection.
This Pesto Gnocchi Soup recipe is 100% inspired by the Olive Garden gnocchi soup recipe ... with added pesto. Even if you haven't tried OG's gnocchi soup, you'll find this recipe to be crazy easy and super delicious. It's a budget-friendly, last-minute dinner the whole family will love!
Pesto chicken gnocchi soup ingredients
- packaged gnocchi
- chicken broth - or preferred broth
- rotisserie chicken or Instant Pot shredded chicken
- pesto - packaged or homemade (check out my arugula pesto)
- fresh spinach - could use frozen too
How to make chicken gnocchi soup in 15 minutes
- Add dry gnocchi and chicken stock to a soup pot.
- Bring to a boil.
- Add shredded chicken, heavy cream, pesto, and spinach
- Reduce heat to med-low and simmer until ingredients are warmed through.
Recommended tools
- 3.5 quart stainless sauce pot
- soup ladle
How to use rotisserie chicken
When we buy fresh-cooked, rotisserie chicken from the store, we don't just bring it home and devour it in one meal.
Instead, we remove all the meat (it's easier while it’s still warm), eat a couple bites, and turn it into meals, preferably with other healthy ingredients surrounding it.
This way, we maximize our dollars and find ourselves with a delicious protein we can spread across a few meals.
More rotisserie chicken recipes
- Easy Chicken Tortilla Soup
- Rotisserie Chicken Teriyaki Lettuce Cups
- One Pot Chicken and Broccoli Rice
- Chicken Teriyaki Fried Brown Rice
More easy soup recipes to love
- Minestrone Soup [Instant Pot or Stove]
- Homemade Tomato Soup
- Lasagna Soup [Instant Pot or Stove]
- Italian Sausage Soup with Orzo
- Easy Chicken Tortilla Soup
- In-A-Hurry Kale Chickpea Soup
Pesto Chicken Gnocchi Soup
Ingredients
- 17.5 oz packaged Gnocchi
- 1 quart Chicken Broth
- 1 cup Shredded Rotisserie Chicken, or any cooked chicken
- 1/4 cup Heavy Cream, or half and half
- 2 Tbsp Pesto
- 1 cup Fresh Spinach, or 1 cup frozen spinach
- Black Pepper to taste
Instructions
- In a 3.5 quart soup pot over high heat, combine GNOCCHI and CHICKEN BROTH. Bring to a boil long enough to soften gnocchi.
- Reduce heat to med low. Add CHICKEN, HEAVY CREAM, PESTO, and SPINACH.
- Simmer until warmed through, stirring as needed.
- Serve warm. Garnish options: Parmesan cheese, chopped parsley, lemon juice, or crushed red pepper
Nutrition
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Ellen says
10 minutes is my kind of dish! This will be so perfect when the temperatures start to drop.
Thanks, Ellen...enjoy!
Andrea says
I'm so excited about this soup. I love regular chicken gnocchi but can't have it any more. This is definitely a perfect alternative.
Awesome, Andrea! Glad you can enjoy it 🙂