Creamy Chicken Gnocchi Soup

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Ingredients

  • 0.25 cup butter
  • 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 large zucchini, diced
  • 2 stalks celery, diced
  • 1 yellow onion, diced
  • 0.5 red bell pepper, diced
  • 2 carrots, shredded
  • 4 cloves garlic, minced
  • 0.25 cup all-purpose flour
  • 3 cups chicken broth, or more as needed
  • 1 cup half-and-half
  • 1 pint fat-free half-and-half
  • 2 cups shredded rotisserie chicken meat
  • 1 (16 ounce) package small gnocchi
  • 2 cups torn fresh spinach
  • 0.5 teaspoon ground thyme
  • 0.25 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
  • salt and ground black pepper to taste

Steps

  1. Melt butter with olive oil in a large soup pot over medium heat. Cook and stir zucchini, celery, onion, red bell pepper, carrots, and garlic in hot butter-oil until vegetables are soft, 8 to 10 minutes. Stir in flour until vegetables are coated; cook for 2 more minutes.
  2. Pour in chicken broth and stir until flour paste combines with broth and soup is thick and smooth, about 5 minutes. Pour in both kinds of half-and-half; bring to a simmer. Cook until soup is slightly thickened, about 5 more minutes.
  3. Gently fold chicken, gnocchi, and spinach into soup. Season with thyme, nutmeg, salt, and pepper. Adjust thickness by adding more chicken broth, if desired.