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Creamy chicken and gnocchi soup

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  • 1½ lb chicken breast
  • 2 tsp garlic salt
  • 1 tsp onion powder
  • 1 tsp white pepper
  • ½ tsp salt
Season the cut chicken breast with garlic salt, onion powder, white pepper and salt and mix until well coated.
  • 2 tbsp oil
Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a dutch oven over medium-high, add the chicken and cook 5 minutes, then remove it.
Browning the chicken in the Dutch oven
Add another tablespoon of oil and 4 tablespoons butter and let the butter melt.
  • 1 tbsp oil
  • 4 tbsp butter
  • onion
  • celery
  • carrots
Reduce to medium, add the onion, celery and carrots and cook 7 minutes.
Add the minced garlic and cook 30 seconds, until you can smell it.
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 4 tbsp all-purpose flour
Add 4 tablespoons all-purpose flour, mix in and cook a minute.
  • 4 cup chicken broth
Add the chicken broth slowly, mixing so no lumps of flour remain.
  • 3 cup heavy cream
  • 1 tbsp better than bouillon
  • ½ tsp parsley
  • ½ tsp thyme
  • ¼ tsp nutmeg
Add the heavy cream, then the better than bouillon, parsley, thyme and nutmeg, and let it thicken.
After about six minutes it comes to a simmer and thickens; taste for salt and adjust.
Gnocchi, chicken and spinach
  • gnocchi
Separate the gnocchi and add them, return the chicken and stir.
  • spinach
Add the spinach, mix and cook 5 minutes.
  • Parmesan cheese
  • fresh parsley
  • garlic bread
Serve in bowls topped with Parmesan cheese and fresh parsley.
Serving and tasting