Olive Garden Chicken Gnocchi Soup Made Skinny

Olive Garden Chicken Gnocchi Soup is so delicious! It’s filled with potato gnocchi (potato dumplings) and is hearty enough for a soup meal. I can’t wait for you to try my skinny remake!!! It tastes luxuriously rich and decadent. And, it has more chicken, veggies and gnocchi. Each main course serving has 299 calories, 5 grams of fat and 6 Weight Watchers Freestyle SmartPoints.

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 35 minutes

Ingredients

1 cup onions, chopped

1 cup carrots, chopped or sliced

1 cup celery, sliced

3 tablespoons reduced fat butter or Smart Balance Light

1 tablespoon fresh garlic, minced (about 3-4 cloves)

Salt and pepper, to taste

3 tablespoons flour

4 cups reduced-sodium chicken broth, I used Swanson’s

1 cup reduced-fat milk (2%)

2 cups cooked chicken breasts, chopped into small pieces

1 (16 oz or 17.6 oz) package potato gnocchi, see shopping tip

3 cups fresh spinach, lightly packed

Instructions

1. In a microwave safe bowl or plate, add onions, carrots and celery. Cook in microwave for about 4 minutes until soft.

2. In a large nonstick pan or pot, melt butter.  Add garlic and cooked vegetables. Season with a little salt and pepper. Mix well. Cook for 1 minute.  Stir in flour and mix well. Continue to cook for 2 minutes, stirring often. Stir in chicken broth, 1 cup at a time, mixing after each. Pour in milk and stir well.  Add cooked chicken. Bring up to a simmer and continue to simmer, uncovered for 20 minutes. Stir often.

3. In the meantime, cook potato gnocchi separately, according to package directions.
When soup is finished, add cooked gnocchi and spinach. Simmer for about a minute until spinach is wilted.

Makes 6 servings (each serving, 1¼ cups)

Food Facts
Olive garden Chicken and Gnocchi Soup is a creamy soup made with roasted chicken, traditional Italian dumplings and spinach.

Potato Gnocchi are Italian potato dumplings.

Shopping Tip
You can find packages of potato gnocchi in the refrigerated, pasta section of the supermarket. Sometimes it’s in the shelf stable, dry pasta section.  I used Trader Joe’s Gnocchi Italian. There’s is a 17.6 ounce package. I based my skinny facts using theirs.

Weight Watchers Freestyle SmartPoints 6
Weight Watchers SmartPoints 7
Weight Watchers POINTS PLUS 7