Creamy Chicken Gnocchi Recipe
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Our Creamy Chicken and Courgette Gnocchi dish ticks all the boxes. It’s a quick and simple one pan meal (hello less washing up!) and gives us major comfort food vibes with a healthier twist.
We use lighter cream cheese to cut back on fat content while still getting a delicious velvety texture and pack in heaps of hidden vegetables to the sauce for added goodness and variety.
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Still not convinced this recipe needs to be added to your weekly meal prep? Packed with 42g of protein, our chicken and courgette gnocchi dish is also perfect as a post-workout meal to help with muscle repair and recovery.
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Serves: 4
Prep time: 10 mins
Cook time: 25 mins
Ingredients:
- 400g gnocchi
- 1 large onion, diced
- 4 garlic cloves, crushed
- 400g chicken breast, diced
- 1 large courgette, diced
- 400g tinned chopped tomatoes
- 30g sundried tomatoes, diced
- 2 low sodium chicken stock cubes
- 100g baby spinach
- 2 tbsp light cream cheese
- 2 tbsp parmesan cheese, grated
- Low-calorie oil spray
- Salt and Freshly ground black pepper
Method:
- Add a couple of sprays of low-calorie oil spray to a large frying pan and bring to a medium heat.
- Add gnocchi to the pan and fry off for 6-8 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add extra sprays of low-calorie oil spray when needed to stop the gnocchi from sticking. Cook until golden brown, and then remove from pan and set aside.
- Add onion and garlic to the empty pan with some low-calorie oil spray and sauté for 2-3 minutes until fragrant.
- Add chicken and fry off until browned all over, stirring regularly for 3-4 minutes.
- Add diced courgette to the pan and fry off for 2-3 minutes until soft and the chicken is cooked completely through.
- Pour in chopped tomatoes and crumble in the stock cubes, simmer for 1 minute.
- Add a 1-2 tbsp of water, sundried tomatoes, baby spinach and cream cheese. Stir and simmer until the spinach is wilted and the sauce has thickened.
- Add gnocchi back to the pan and coat in the sauce. Then season to taste with salt and pepper, sprinkle over parmesan cheese and serve.