Thick Chicken and Vegetable Soup with Gnocchi

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Thick Chicken and Vegetable Soup with Gnocchi

Thick Chicken and Vegetable Soup with Gnocchi - using leftover chicken, fast cooking veg and NO cream means a lightened-up version of creamy chicken gnocchi soup in 35 mins.

Course Dinner, Lunch/Dinner, Main, Main Course, Soup

Cuisine Australian, Modern Australian

Total Time 35

Servings

Calories 412kcal

Author Lee-Ann Grace

Ingredients

300 g leftover cooked chicken roughly chopped/ shredded
40 g salted butter
1 leek sliced
4 garlic cloves crushed/minced
100 g baby spinach leaves
¼ cup plain/all purpose flour
2 cups milk full cream
2 cups chicken stock
1 large carrot grated
500 g packet ready-made fresh gnocchi from the refrigerator section
salt & pepper
grated fresh parmesan cheese to serve

Instructions

In a large heavy-based pot or dutch oven, heat butter and fry leek over medium low heat for 5 mins or until soft. Add garlic and fry for 30 seconds.
Add flour to butter/leek mixture in pot and cook, stirring for 2-3 mins or until butter/flour mixture becomes grainy and frothy. Remove from heat.
Add stock to flour mixture gradually (about ¼ cup at a time) making sure that stock is fully incorporated and mixture is lump free before each new addition. Once this process is finished, mix in milk & grated carrot and bring to a simmer.
Simmer for 5 mins, or until carrot is almost cooked when tested.
Then add chicken, spinach & gnocchi (uncooked) to pot and mix to combine. Bring to a simmer, and continue to simmer until gnocchi is tender and cooked - this should only be a few minutes once simmering.
Taste test for salt and pepper, then serve with fresh grated parmesan.

Notes

For the grated carrot I just use a good-old stock-standard box style metal grater, on the side with the biggest holes.
You will know when the gnocchi is cooked because it will float to the top of the soup.
Recipe adapted from The Recipe Critic.

*Please note that the amount of calories per serve is provided as a guide only, as ingredients and cooking methods can vary greatly*

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