Creamy Spinach Gnocchi is a home cooking meal made in simply 20 minutes in one pan! This fast and simple recipe utilizes store-bought, shelf-stable potato gnocchi. The velvety sauce is made with garlic, smoked paprika, Italian flavoring, and red pepper flakes. This flavor-packed supper makes sure to end up being a household preferred meatless main dish or a reassuring side meal to boost your preferred protein or meat suppers!

Creamy Spinach Gnocchi in a stainless steel pan.

20-Minute, One-Pan Supper

This 20-minute family-friendly recipe utilizes just 3 fundamental ingredients: shelf-stable potato gnocchi, spinach, and cream What makes this recipe unique and additional delicious is using spices: smoked paprika, Italian flavoring, garlic, red pepper flakes, and, obviously, salt and pepper. Whatever is prepared in one pan, consisting of the gnocchi! Easy enough to make on a hectic weeknight. Fancy enough to serve when amusing business. It’s a terrific meal to contribute to your month-to-month supper rotation!! Serve it as a meatless supper, or include protein to turn this into a total meal. Other 30-minute, one-pan gnocchi recipes that I suggest are velvety chicken gnocchi and reader-favorite velvety sausage gnocchi with spinach.

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What makes this recipe work

  • Quick and easy recipe. Spinach gnocchi is an easy 20-minute supper that utilizes very littleingredients Whatever is prepared in one pan, consisting of the gnocchi! In the end, there is just one pan to clean up! It’s an essential to have in your rotation for hectic weeknights.
  • Pleasing meatless supper. The richness of the velvety sauce, the pillowy soft gnocchi, and the wilted spinach together with spices develop a flavor-packed supper where you will not miss out on any meat.
  • Include more veggies. Spinach gnocchi is an exceptionally flexiblerecipe You can utilize spinach, kale, or arugula, or a mix of these greens. Include any other veggies you like: mushrooms, roasted bell peppers, broccoli, green beans, tomatoes, roasted butternut squash, and so on

What kind of gnocchi to utilize?

  • Shelf-stable gnocchi. I utilized potato gnocchi, a Delallo brand name, made with 85% potatoes. They are not gluten-free, however this brand name likewise provides a gluten-free choice of potato gnocchi.
  • Cooled gnocchi – you can discover these in the cooled pasta area of some supermarket!
  • Cauliflower gnocchi offered by Trader Joe’s can likewise be utilized in this recipe without making any modifications.

Do you require to pre-cook the gnocchi?

You do not require to pre-cook the gnocchi for thisrecipe Simply include the raw gnocchi straight to the sauce (whipping cream + chicken broth). The gnocchi will prepare in the very same pan with the sauce and the sausage. This conserves you another pan to tidy and reduces the clean-up. Likewise, as you prepare the gnocchi in the sauce, the starch from the gnocchi is launched which assists to thicken the sauce. I utilize whipping cream in this recipe, however half-and-half can be utilized rather.

Spinach gnocchi – primary ingredients

  • Gnocchi. I utilized store-bought potato gnocchi, Delallo brand name, made with 85% potatoes.
  • Greens. I utilized fresh spinach. You can likewise utilize frozen spinach – defrosted and drained pipes of any liquid. Or, utilize kale or arugula rather.
  • Whipping cream includes creaminess and richness to spinach gnocchi. You can lighten it up by utilizing half-and-half rather.
  • Chicken broth is integrated together with whipping cream to prepare the gnocchi. You can likewise utilize veggie or beef broth (or stock). Or, even water if you do not have chicken stock readily available.
  • Italian flavoring includes a lots of taste to velvety spinach gnocchi.
  • Smoked paprika is another spice that includes both color and great deals of taste to this meal.
  • Garlic. I utilized fresh minced garlic. It includes scent and pungency to any meal.
  • Salt and pepper. Utilize those to taste. I suggest utilizing newly ground or coarse black pepper.
  • Red pepper flakes will include heat. Utilize these moderately, to taste, so that they do not overwhelm the meal.

How to make spinach gnocchi

This simple recipe is carried out in 4 easy actions.

1) Prepare spinach. Start by cooking spinach experienced with salt and pepper in olive oil in a big high-sided frying pan till wilted. Eliminate spinach to the plate.

2) Make the velvety sauce and prepare the gnocchi. Next, to the very same, now empty, frying pan, include raw potato gnocchi, chicken broth, whipping cream, minced garlic, Italian flavoring, and smoked paprika. Give a boil on medium heat and cook for about 5 minutes on medium heat, while the sauce boils.

4) Assembly. Lastly, put together the meal by including prepared spinach back to the frying pan with prepared gnocchi and velvety sauce. Season with salt and pepper, along with red pepper flakes and more smoked paprika.

Cooking Tips

  • Usage shelf-stable packaged gnocchi for finest outcomes. Your next finest option is cooled gnocchi or cauliflower gnocchi. Homemade gnocchi can be vulnerable and break down in the sauce or develop into mush, so take care if utilizing homemade things.
  • The sauce will thicken as this meal cools. In this case, include a splash of additional whipping cream, half-and-half, milk, or chicken broth to thin it out prior to serving.
  • Utilize a high-sided, heavy-bottomed frying pan such as a cast-iron frying pan or a good-quality stainless-steel pan. This will assist prevent the burn areas and will guarantee even cooking without food getting stayed with the bottom of the pan.
  • Make this recipe gluten-free by utilizing gnocchi plainly identified as “gluten-free”.

Variations, replacements, and add-ins

  • Pasta. If you can’t discover gnocchi, you can utilize short-cut pasta rather. I suggest utilizing orzo, bow-tie (farfalle), fusilli, orecchiette, rotini, or rigatoni. If utilizing this type of pasta, you may need to prepare it as you would typically prepare pasta – in a big pot of boiling water – and just then include it to this recipe.
  • Usage other greens. Swiss chard, arugula, or kale will work terrific in this recipe besides spinach.
  • Include any other veggies you like: mushrooms, roasted bell peppers, broccoli, green beans, tomatoes, roasted butternut squash, sun-dried tomatoes, asparagus, and so on
  • Cream. You can utilize either whipping cream for an abundant velvety sauce or half-and-half for a lighter variation.
  • Dairy-free choice. Attempt utilizing unsweetened coconut milk. Or utilize almond milk, cashew milk, or oat milk and thicken it up with a roux of olive oil and flour (similar to you would make a bechamel sauce).
  • Include sausage or chicken. I suggest hot Italian sausage, chicken sausage, or skinless boneless chicken thighs. You can likewise utilize plant-based sausage such as Beyond sausage brand name.
  • Toppings. When serving, you can include grated Parmesan cheese (or Asiago, Romano, or Gruyere), fresh herbs, sliced green onions, or sliced chives.

Storage and reheating ideas

  • Refrigerator. Shop the remaining velvety spinach gnocchi in an airtight container in the fridge for as much as 3 days.
  • I do not suggest freezing this meal. Velvety sauces are generally not freezer-friendly and they lose their texture when frozen and defrosted.
  • Reheat on the stovetop. I suggest reheating the leftovers on the stovetop for the very best outcomes. After being cooled, the velvety spinach gnocchi sauce will thicken. Reheat it gradually, over low-medium heat in a big, high-sided frying pan on the stovetop. When utilizing this approach, include a percentage of whipping cream, half-and-half, milk, or broth to thin out the sauce when reheating.
  • Reheat in the microwave. Reheat the cooled leftovers in a deep pasta bowl in a microwave for about 30 seconds. Taste and reheat for 30 additional seconds or more, if required. You may need to include a percentage of milk or cream if the sauce is too thick, slowly include it, and stir it in.

What to serve with it

Since spinach gnocchi has an abundant, luscious sauce, I suggest serving it with a light and fresh salad. Here are a few of my favorites:

  • Apple Spinach Salad with homemade Maple-Lime Mustard Dressing
  • Cranberry Spinach Salad with Cashews and Goat Cheese
  • Arugula Salad with Lemon Passion, Parmesan, Pine Nuts, and Balsamic Dressing
  • Arugula Salad with Apples, Cranberries, and Pecans
  • Strawberry Spinach Salad with Blueberries, Feta, and Pecans
  • Spinach Salad with Mango, Avocado, Blueberries, Strawberries, Cashew Nuts, and Balsamic Vinaigrette

Other gnocchi recipes you may like

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