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Olive Garden Chicken Gnocchi Soup

October 20, 2025

Olive Garden Chicken Gnocchi Soup Copycat is creamy, hearty, and every bit as delicious as the restaurant favorite — but even better homemade! Ready in under 30 minutes, this comforting soup is packed with tender chicken, soft gnocchi, and fresh spinach in a rich, velvety broth.

Olive Garden Chicken Gnocchi Soup

Olive Garden Chicken Gnocchi Soup

Olive Garden Chicken Gnocchi Soup

Olive Garden Chicken Gnocchi Soup Copycat is creamy, hearty, and every bit as delicious as the restaurant favorite — but even better homemade! Ready in under 30 minutes, this comforting soup is packed with tender chicken, soft gnocchi, and fresh spinach in a rich, velvety broth.

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes

Ingredients

  • 3-4 boneless skinless chicken breasts - cooked and diced
  • 1 stalk of celery - chopped
  • ½ white onion - diced
  • 2 teaspoons minced garlic
  • ½ cup shredded carrots
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 4 cups low sodium chicken broth
  • salt and pepper - to taste
  • 1 teaspoon thyme
  • 16 ounces potato gnocchi
  • 2 cups half and half - see note
  • 1 cup fresh spinach - roughly chopped

Instructions

  1. Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add celery, onions, garlic, and carrots and saute for 2-3 minutes until onions are translucent.
  2. Add chicken, chicken broth, salt, pepper, and thyme, bring to a boil, then gently stir in gnocchi. Boil for 3-4 minutes longer before reducing heat to a simmer and cooking for 10 minutes.
  3. Stir in half and half and spinach and cook another 1-2 minutes until spinach is tender. Taste, add salt and pepper if needed, and serve.

Notes

Milk: for even more creamy richness, swap one cup of the half and half for heavy cream. 

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