This homemade soup is very similar to a famous restaurant soup. Cooked chicken is added to a slow cooker with chicken stock, celery, carrots, onions and Italian seasoning. After several hours of cooking, potato gnocchi and evaporated milk is added in with cooked spinach and garlic. An additional hour of cooking and you have a fabulous home made soup to eat.
Course
Soup
Cuisine
Italian
Prep Time30minutes
Cook Time7hours
Total Time7hours30minutes
Servings4people
Ingredients
1-2lbscooked chicken diced or shredded
4cupschicken stock
5stalks celery sliced
3whole carrotspeeled and sliced
1medium onionchopped
1tbspItalian seasoning
2tbspcornstarch
1tbspwater
16ozfrozen potato gnocchi
14.5ozcan evaporated milk
3clovesgarlicpeeled and chopped
8ozspinach fresh or frozenchopped
1tbspolive oil
Instructions
In a 4 or 5 quart slow cooker add the chicken, chicken stock, celery, carrots, onion and Italian seasoning.
Cover and cook on LOW 6 hours.
In a small bowl mix cornstarch and 1 tbsp water to create a slurry which will thicken the soup.
After 6 hours of cooking time has passed stir in the potato gnocchi and cornstarch/water mixture and the evaporated milk to the slow cooker.
In a small skillet add the olive oil, garlic and spinach and sauté until the spinach has wilted (if using fresh spinach).
Stir in the spinach mixture into the soup in the slow cooker and cover and cook 1 additional hour.
Ladle hot soup into bowls and serve with bread or crackers for a delicious soup for dinner or lunch.
Recipe Notes
I season the chicken when I cook it or you can use a rotisserie chicken. After I remove the chicken from the cooking pan, I add the chopped vegetables and sauté them for a few minutes. This slightly browns the vegetables and allows the vegetables to pick up any pan drippings from cooking the chicken. Then I add everything to the slow cooker and follow the rest of the recipe. You can use a 10 oz box of frozen spinach; I can’t find an 8 oz box. I always have frozen spinach on hand, so it’s easier for me to use instead of fresh.