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ItalianSlow Cooker Chicken Gnocchi Soup
This Slow Cooker Chicken Gnocchi Soup is packed with tender chicken, pillowy gnocchi, fresh vegetables, and crispy prosciutto. Perfect for cozy family dinners or meal prep!
T. FountainIngredients
- 2 1/2 lb. boneless, skinless chicken thighs (or chicken breasts)
- 2 cups carrots, small diced
- 2 cups white onion, small diced
- 2 cups celery, small diced
- 2 Tbsp. fresh parsley, chopped
- 1 Tbsp. Herbes de Provence or poultry seasoning
- 1/8 tsp. paprika
- 1/8 tsp. red pepper chili flakes (optional)
- 1 Tbsp. chicken bouillon, or 1 cube
- 6 cloves garlic, pressed thru a garlic press
- 4 cups chicken stock or broth
- as needed salt and pepper, to taste. Be generous with the salt
- 1 lb. potato gnocchi
- 2 1/2-3 Tbsp. cornstarch
- 1 cup half and half or heavy cream
- 5 oz. baby spinach, or curly kale, gently torn or chopped
- as needed fresh parmesan, to garnish
- 3 oz. prosciutto
Instructions
- 1Place the chicken, carrots, onion, celery, parsley, Herbes de Provence, paprika, chili flakes, chicken bouillon, garlic, chicken stock, salt, and pepper in a 6-quart slow cooker.
- 2Gently stir to combine. Cover and cook on high for 4 hours or on low for 7 hours.
- 3Uncover and shred the chicken. Then add the chicken back in.
- 4Whisk the cornstarch and half-and-half together. Pour into the soup. Add the gnocchi and spinach, and cook for another 30-60 minutes.
- 5Serve with crispy prosciutto on top, and enjoy!
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Dried beans and lentils were practically invented for the slow cooker. Eight hours on low turns them into the silkiest, deepest-flavored chili or soup you can put on a table — and a single batch covers four to six fiber-loaded meals.
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Quick Tips
- 1
Brown the aromatics first
Five minutes in a hot pan before they go in the cooker — the difference between flat slow-cooker food and the deep version.
- 2
Dried beans, soaked overnight
Cheaper, better-textured, and you control the salt. One pound of dried makes six servings.
- 3
Acid at the end
A splash of vinegar or lemon stirred in before serving wakes up everything that went flat over 8 hours.
- 4
Freeze flat in zip bags
Soup freezes great. Bags stack like books and thaw in 10 minutes.
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