Chicken Gnocchi Soup - December at Korrie's

YES, you can use gnocchi you buy at the store. Some are lousy; some are not so bad. It won't be quite as good as homemade, but I freely admit the making the gnocchi is the most time consuming part of the process! If you're going to make gnocchi, make a double batch and freeze half. You'll have enough for another BIG batch of soup. (I freeze them in a single layer on a cookie sheet *after* they have been cooked. They won't survive uncooked.)

Gnocchi

6 oz. flour
2 eggs
2 lbs russet potatoes
Salt
Garlic salt

Wash potatoes and place in heavily salted water. Cook until potatoes are soft. Drain and then peel. Push potatoes through a fine grater or a ricer.

Combine potatoes, flour and eggs in mixing bowl. Mix well with hands until dough does not stick to hands (add small amounts of flour at a time if needed)

Divide dough into 4 sections. Roll out each section into a long rope. Cut each rope into ½” pieces. Push fork tines on each piece for the classic gnocchi appearance.

Bring water to a boil in a sauce pot. Drop in several gnocchi at a time and cook until they float. Pull out with a slotted spoon and place in a shallow dish. I then salted mine with garlic salt because otherwise they are pretty bland. I refrigerated mine overnight and pulled out of the refrigerator about 30 minutes to 1 hour before adding to crock pot.

Chicken Gnocchi Soup

Cooked chicken; cut up (I at least one whole chicken--Costco rotisserie chicken is great!)

8-10 cups of chicken stock

2-4 cups heavy whipping cream

2 large stalks celery, chopped small

Garlic (I used most of one whole bulb, minced)

2-3 large carrots shredded

1 small onion diced small

1-2 cups fresh spinach, chopped

1-2 T. olive oil

Thyme (I used one whole pkg. of fresh thyme; you could use dry)

Salt and pepper

Garlic salt

Red pepper flakes

1-2 lbs gnocchi (pre-cooked)

Potato pearls to thicken

Sauté the celery, onion, garlic and carrots in the olive oil. Poured the chicken stock into the crock pot and put crock pot on high. Then add the chicken and the sautéed vegetables. Season it with the thyme, garlic salt, salt and pepper. Let this just do its thing for a couple of hours. Now after this has cooked nicely for a couple of hours and before adding the cream and the gnocchi, add the spinach and after it has wilted add the cream and the gnocchi. After adding the cream and gnocchil put the crock pot on low and then leave for a while again. Taste for seasoning and add the red pepper flakes and any other salt, pepper, garlic salt if you like. If not thick enough to your liking, add a few handfuls of potato pearls to thicken.