One of my favorite things to eat at our local Olive Garen restaurant is their Chicken Gnocchi soup. I can’t tell you how upsetting it is when I find out I’m just a little bit too late and they are out of my favorite soup for the day. Since I seem to be just a little bit too late to enjoy my favorite soup, I figured I had to come home and make my own version, in my Magic Pot of course!
I have tested this soup out with my family and a few other family members and I think I nailed it! It is even better the next day when you eat it at work or in your own kitchen. I love to add more spinach before I warm it up to give it that huge punch of spinach that I love. It’s super creamy and perfect for those cold winter days, or if your just craving some delicious creamy soup.
If you love this recipe make sure you check out my other great Pressure Cooker Recipes. Including this delicious Indian Butter Chicken recipe that is also delicious on the 3rd day of leftovers!
Pressure Cooker Copycat Olive Garden Chicken Gnocchi Soup
Ingredients
- 2 Chicken Breasts
- 2 Cups of Chicken Stock
- 1/2 Cup of Chopped Celery
- 1 Cup of Chopped Onions
- 3 Tablespoons of Butter
- Salt and Pepper to Taste
- 1 Teaspoon of Thyme
- 3 Cups of Half and Half
- 1 Cup of Shredded Carrots
- 1 Package of Gnocchi
- 2 Cups of Cut Spinach
Instructions
- Turn on Pot and Press Saute or the Chicken/Meat Button. Saute the celery, and onions in the butter. Add salt and pepper to taste. Once the vegetables are 3/4 cooked add the chicken breasts followed by the chicken stock and Thyme.
- Cover and cook for Manual 15 minutes on Low. Once the timer is done do a quick release and shred the chicken to the desired size.
- Turn on saute mode or press the Chicken/Meat Button again. Add the Half and Half and Shredded Carrots. Mix well and add the gnocchi.
- Let boil for 3-5 Minutes or until the gnocchi is cooked through.
- Add Spinach and stir, then serve immediately.
- Enjoy with a warm piece of garlic bread sticks or with your favorite slice of bread.
- Enjoy!
I just made this recipe for the gnocchi soup in my electric pressure cooker, OMG it was so delicious!! I I am printing it to use again. Thanks So Much for posting it!! 🙂
Would this recipe be okay to freeze and reheat later? Are there any adjustments you would suggest to allow for this? Thanks!!
Hi Ashley, freezing it would be perfectly fine. I would suggest if you do reheat later that you add a liquid base to the pot so when it begins to warm up it doesn’t burn the frozen soup onto the sides. I’m not 100% percent sure what the measurement of the liquid would need to be to achieve that as I’ve always had my Kids and I finish the pot of soup in one sitting or have reheated leftovers in the microwave. I hope that was helpful. If you do figure out those measurements and have tried freezing it please come back and let me know how that worked out for you as well as what you did when heating it back up. I would love to know and add that to the post for others like yourself looking to freeze and reheat later.
Can I use.cooked chicken and how long would I cook?
I think it will be fine, you can use the recipe as described, if anything you can pull back the time by a few minutes.
Good, but definitely needed garlic. I also will use mostly broth next time and finish it off with a little heavy whipping cream versus using all the half and half.
Exactly! Any Italian soup has got to have garlic in it! I added 2T and it was great. Excellent recipe others.
Exactly! Any Italian soup has got to have garlic in it! I added 2T and it was great. Excellent recipe others.
Made this tonight and it was amazing!!! Thanks for the recipe!!
That’s awesome Kelly! So happy you liked the recipe. Did you have any leftovers to reheat for tomorrow?
Looks delicious. I never go to Olive Garden, but I love this idea.You just need to change the spelling of the word breats to breasts on your ingredient list.
Can frozen chicken breast and frozen spinach be used? If so what are there any time adjustments?
Frozen should be just fine. Will add extra water to your soup though, you can throw some flour in the mixture once it’s finished to thicken it up. On a simmer in your pot slowly add in sprinkles on flour and whisk in until it reaches the consistency to your liking.
How much soup does this make? Would adding an additional package of gnocchi throw off the recipe?
Hi Kat, this recipe makes about 8 bowls of soup for my family. The extra pack of gnocchi would yield a more dense soup, you can increase the liquid Ingredients in the soup to accommodate the extra package.
Made this last night and everyone loved it. Just added a little flour to thicken. Bearly enough for leftovers.
Did you use thyme leaves or ground thyme?
Is the gnocchi that is used in this recipe fresh or frozen?
Made this last night, amazing!
Super yummy recipe. Changes I’ll make next time include: increasing the liquid, there wasn’t enough soup
decreasing the chicken, cooking the gnocchi longer, and adding double the spinach.
I used the better than bullion chicken base to make the chicken broth and it was super yummy.
Thank you so much for this! It was super tasty!!!
If I double the recipe how long should I cook it for (step 2) or is doubling not recommended?
My Husband loves this soup at the Olive Garden. Could you share the brand of gnocchi you buy or what department I’d find it in.
My IP Lux doesn’t have a manual “low” setting. Any suggestions?
Hi Danielle, For your IP Lux you can use the Soup/Broth Button. If for any reason the Gnocchi isn’t fully cooked after you follow the 2nd half of the cooking instructions let it boil in Saute mode until fully cooked. I hope that was helpful, please let me know how it turns out in your specific pot, I’d love to know how it turns out for you. 😀
-Jay
This tasted great!!! Next time I will half the amount of gnocchi called for. Thanks for the recipe!
Soup was excellent! I used fat-free half-and-half (because that’s what I use in my coffee) and it was perfect. A filling weeknight meal for the whole family! Thanks!
I’m so happy you liked the Recipe Sarah! Thank you for sharing! 😀
OMG YESSSSSSS. I’ve been looking for a copycat of this soup for my Instant Pot. Thank you!
Made this tonight and my family wasn’t quite taken with it. It seemed like the only flavor was the thyme. The half and half also didn’t quite make it creamy to our liking. Doesn’t mean it’s a bad recipe, it simply means we didn’t care for it.
Same. It was good. But did not taste like Olive Garden. Missing something.
Can this same recipe be done in a slow cooker? Would you need to adjust anything in the recipe?
Made the copycat Olive Garden gnocchi soup! Delicious !