Gnocchi with Chicken & Bacon
plus Spinach in a Sun-Dried Tomato Cream Sauce
- Milk
Ready for a dish that hits every craveable high note? Welcome this star to the stage—it's creamy, smoky, rich, bacony, and packed full of tender chicken and fluffy little gnocchi pillows. Sun-dried tomatoes, onion, garlic, and spinach add delicious depth to the savory sauce. A handful of Parm and more bacon on top will have you singing for your supper.
Ingredients
4 ounce
Bacon
1 unit
Onion
5 ounce
Spinach
4 tablespoon
Cream Cheese
(Contains: Milk)
1 unit
Chicken Stock Concentrate
4 ounce
Cream Sauce Base
(Contains: Milk)
1 teaspoon
Dried Thyme
3 tablespoon
Parmesan Cheese
(Contains: Milk)
1.5 ounce
Sun-Dried Tomatoes
2 clove
Garlic
10 ounce
Chicken Cutlets
1 unit
Gnocchi
Not included in your delivery
1 tablespoon (tbsp)
Butter
(Contains: Milk)
½ teaspoon (tsp)
Sugar
2 teaspoon (tsp)
Cooking Oil
teaspoon (tsp)
Salt
teaspoon (tsp)
Black Pepper
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Adjust rack to middle position and preheat oven to 450 degrees. Bring a medium pot of salted water to a boil. Wash and dry produce. • Heat a large dry pan over medium-high heat. Add bacon*; cook, turning occasionally and adjusting heat if browning too quickly, until crispy, 6-10 minutes. Turn off heat; transfer to a paper-towel-lined plate. Once cool enough to handle, roughly chop. Wipe out pan. • While bacon cooks, halve, peel, and finely dice onion. Peel and mince or grate garlic. Finely chop sun-dried tomatoes.
• Pat chicken* dry with paper towels. Season all over with half the thyme (you’ll use more later), salt, and pepper. • Heat a drizzle of oil in a medium, preferably ovenproof, pan over medium-high heat. Add chicken; cook until browned but not cooked through, 2-3 minutes per side. TIP: If your pan isn’t ovenproof, transfer chicken to a baking dish now. • Transfer pan to oven. Roast on middle rack until chicken is cooked through, 6-8 minutes. Transfer to a cutting board.
• While chicken cooks, add gnocchi to pot of boiling water; cook until tender, 3-4 minutes. • Reserve 2 cups gnocchi cooking water (3 cups for 4 servings), then drain.
• While gnocchi cooks, heat a drizzle of oil in pan used for bacon over medium-high heat. Add onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until browned and softened, 6-8 minutes. • Add garlic and sun-dried tomatoes; cook, stirring, until fragrant, 1-3 minutes. Reduce heat to medium. • Stir in ¾ cup reserved gnocchi cooking water, cream cheese, cream sauce base, stock concentrate, half the Parmesan (save the rest for serving), ¼ tsp thyme, and ¼ tsp sugar (use 1¼ cups gnocchi cooking water, ½ tsp thyme, and ½ tsp sugar for 4 servings). Cook, stirring, until sauce begins to thicken, 2-4 minutes. TIP: If sauce becomes too thick, add splashes of water.
• Add spinach, gnocchi, 1 TBSP butter (2 TBSP for 4 servings), a pinch of salt, and pepper to pan with sauce. Turn off heat; stir until spinach wilts and butter has melted. Season with a pinch of salt and pepper.
• Cut chicken crosswise into slices. • Divide gnocchi between plates. Top with chicken, bacon, and remaining Parmesan. Serve.
Bacon is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 145°.
Chicken is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 165°.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Sep 2026- Flavor: The creamy sun-dried tomato sauce was a crowd-pleaser, though some found the overall dish rich and heavy; a few felt it leaned slightly sweet or bland.
- Ease of prep: This one requires multitasking across several pans and steps — expect closer to 45–60 minutes, not the estimated time.
- Suggestions: Use only half the thyme, as several reviewers found the full amount overpowering. Add red pepper flakes or a splash of acid (like white wine or lemon) to brighten the sauce; one reviewer found extra cream cheese helped thicken a thin sauce.
- Leftovers: The dish warmed up beautifully the next day, with flavors melding even more 🍲.
- Portions: Some felt there was too much sauce relative to the gnocchi — consider adding extra gnocchi if you want a heartier balance.
Reviews from our home cooks
This dish is fabulous! The cream sauce is delectable and easy to eat up! The spinach and sun dried tomatoes are a nice touch with the sauce!
Very tasty!! However, there were a lot of steps and ingredients.
I wish there was more Gnocchi for this but it was amazing. Even my husband liked it and he doesn't like spinach.
"TOUCHDOWN" with a freaky tastebud dance...... flavor explosion... definitely a "10"...loved this meal...can't wait to order it again
Too much packaging...quality of chicken is poor. The dish was just ok. I actually make something similar outside of this subscription and would toast the gnocchi and finish in the sauce. White wine or some acid would help to brighten this as well.
It stated 40 min and for the 4 serving it took almost double that and used 3 pans and the oven for a just ok taste.
We loved the gnocchi menu options, there have not been any gnocchi recipes for a while, please bring them back.
Would have loved a bit more flavor. It was very bland
