Creamy Chicken Gnocchi Soup

Ingredients

• To Make Homemade Potato Gnocchi:
• 1 Cup + 1 Tbsp,Potato,mashed
• 1/2 Cup + 1 Tbsp, All Purpose Flour/ Maida
• 1/4 tsp,Salt
• For Chicken Gnocchi Soup:
• 1/2 lb, Chicken Breast/ Thigh meat,shredded
• 3 Tbsp,Butter,unsalted
• 1,small,Red Onion,chopped
• 4 Garlic,cloves,chopped
• 1/2 Cup,Carrot,sliced
• 2 Cup,Chicken Broth/Stock
• 1 Cup,Milk,room temperature
• 1/3 Cup,Cream,room temperature
• 2 Tbsp,All Purpose Flour/Maida
• 1/2 tsp,Thyme ,dried
• 1/2 tsp,Black Pepper Ground Powder
• 1 Chicken Bouillon
• 1/2 tsp,Oregano,dried
• 1/2 tsp,Parsley ,dried
• 1 Cup, Potato Gnocchi
• 1/2 Cup,Fresh Spinach
• As per taste,Salt

Instructions

1. To make Homemade Potato Gnocchi:
   Boil 2 Medium or 3 Small Potatoes till soft.
   Cool off and then peel them.
   Mash the potatoes completely with a Potato Masher.
   Add flour and salt to it.
   Make sure there are no traces of water.
   With light hands knead the dough to form a smooth ball.
   If the dough is sticky add little more flour to make it dry and smooth.
   Divide the dough into equal three parts and on a floured kitchen surface,roll the dough into a long log (or rope kind), around 1/4 inch thick approximately.
   Cut 1/2 inch pieces of this long rope.
   With the help of Gnocchi Board or back of fork roll the gnocchi.
   Measure approximately 1 Cup of this gnocchi and leftover wrap in a Plastic Wrap and freeze to use later.
2. To make the soup: In a pan add the chicken breast/ thigh with sufficient water to submerge and cook till chicken is cooked well.
   Fish out the chicken and shred it.
   Strain the chicken stock and reserve to use later.
   In a pan,add butter and veggies and saute till soft.
   Add the broth,spices and cook further.
   In a mixing bowl,add the flour,cream and milk and mix well.
   Make sure there are no lumps and slowly add this to the soup,cook on low flame.
   Add the shredded chicken ,gnocchi and spinach.
   Cook further till the gnocchi is done and floats on top.
   Serve hot!