Creamed Chicken With Gnocchi Dumplings Rachael Ray Recipes

ITALIAN CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Place a large pot of water on to boil for gnocchi.
• Heat a pot with 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, a turn of the pan, over medium-high heat. Add chicken, season with salt and pepper, and lightly brown. Remove to a plate and add another tablespoon of olive oil and 2 tablespoons butter and heat. Add mushrooms, carrots, celery, and bay leaf, season with salt and pepper. Soften 5 minutes, sprinkle in flour and cook 2 minutes. Whisk in 2 1/2 cups stock, slide the chicken back into the pot and simmer to allow sauce to thicken.
• Place the remaining 1/2 cup stock in food processor with basil, parsley, garlic, pine nuts and cheese, salt and pepper. Turn processor on and pour in the remaining few tablespoons oil.
• Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a skillet over medium heat with the zest of 1 lemon.
• Salt cooking water and drop gnocchi in the water, cook until the gnocchi floats, drain and add to the lemon butter and season with salt and pepper, to taste. Toss the gnocchi 2 to 3 minutes in lemon butter until light golden at edges.
• Turn heat off chicken and stir in pesto sauce. Serve the chicken in shallow bowls and top with lemon butter dumplings.

CREAM OF CHICKEN AND GNOCCHI SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large, heavy saucepan over medium heat; cook and stir onion, celery, carrot, and garlic until softened, 5 to 10 minutes. Stir flour into vegetable mixture; cook and stir until vegetables are evenly coated and flour is fragrant, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Pour chicken broth, half-and-half, and milk over vegetable mixture; cook and stir until mixture thickens and comes to a boil, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat and stir gnocchi, chicken, and spinach into broth mixture; season with rosemary, salt, black pepper, and nutmeg. Cook soup over low heat until gnocchi become tender, 8 to 10 minutes.

ITALIAN CHICKEN & GNOCCHI DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Add 2 tablespoons of the olive oil to a heavy-bottomed pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Pat the chicken dry with paper towel, then season generously with 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt & ground black pepper as desired. Carefully add the chicken to the pot, working in batches as needed to avoid overcrowding. Cook for 4-5 minutes per side, until deeply golden brown. Transfer to a plate and set aside. The chicken will not be cooked through at this point - that's fine!
• Reduce the heat under the pot to medium. Add in the carrot, celery, onion & potato, seasoning with 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt. Cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 5 minutes. Add in the garlic & Italian seasoning, stirring to combine, and cook 1-2 minutes, until fragrant.
• Dust the flour over the softened veggies, stirring to coat. Cook for 1-2 minutes, stirring frequently, until deeply browned. While scraping the bottom of the pot with a wooden spoon, slowly pour in the chicken stock. Be sure to scrape up any brown bits that may have formed at the bottom of the skillet - that's where the flavor is! Add the bay leaves, parmesan rind, & poultry herbs (I like to use kitchen twine to tie all the herbs together into a little bundle for easy removal; if you do not have kitchen twine, finely chop the herbs). Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer. Add the browned chicken into the pot. Cover & simmer for 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, as the soup simmers, prep the DeLallo Gnocchi Kit. Follow Step 1 of package directions to prepare the gnocchi "dumpling" dough - Combine package contents with water in a medium bowl. Stir with a fork until dough begins to form. Knead by hand until dough no longer sticks. Set aside.
• Remove the chicken from the pot & carefully shred. You can do so using 2 forks, or my favorite trick: pop them in a stand mixer & let the paddle attachment do the work for you (I swear this works!). Add the shredded chicken back into the pot along with the half & half, stirring to combine. Bring the soup up to a simmer. Using 2 spoons, freeform the gnocchi dough into tablespoon-sized dumplings, dropping the dumplings into the pot one by one (you could also use a tablespoon measure, just take care not to overwork the dough). Once all the dumplings have been added to the pot, cover & simmer for 5 minutes, until the gnocchi is cooked through. Taste and season with additional salt or ground black pepper as needed.
• : Ladle the chicken & dumplings into individual bowls & finish with a sprinkling of chopped fresh parsley or chives, as desired. Enjoy!

OLD-FASHIONED CREAMED CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat.
• Whisk in the flour and cook, stirring constantly, until bubbling, about 1 minute.
• Whisk in the broth, half-and-half, and sherry.
• Bring to a boil, whisking frequently.
• Decrease to a simmer and cook, stirring, until nice and thick, 3-5 minutes.
• Stir in the chicken, the thyme, and salt and pepper to taste, and warm through.
• Serve garnished with parsley or scallions.
• Serve over egg noodles, toast, or waffles.

CREAMED CHICKEN WITH GNOCCHI DUMPLINGS - RACHAEL RAY

Steps:

• Cook gnocchi according to directions, set aside.
• Melt 2 TB butter in a large deep skillet. Stir in the onion, red bell pepper, and stir-cook until softened. Add in the chicken, cook until cooked-through, approximately 5-7 minutes.
• Melt 2 TB butter in a small saucepan. Whisk in flour. Continue to stir for about two minutes or so. Add in chicken broth and heavy cream. Bring to a boil. Lower heat & let it simmer until thickened.
• Pour sauce into chicken mixture and add in the gnocchi. stir until all is blended well and simmering.
• Season with salt & pepper and throw in the green onions on top.
• Serve and enjoy!

MONTALCINO CHICKEN WITH FIGS AND BUTTERED GNOCCHI WITH PANCETTA AND NUTMEG

Steps:

• ** This dish uses Rosso di Montalcino wine (an affordable, younger version of Brunello -- I call it "Baby Brunello") but you can substitute any dry red wine you like.
• Heat a deep skillet over medium high heat. Add extra-virgin olive oil, 4 turns of the pan, and the cut pancetta. Brown the pancetta, 3 to 4 minutes then remove with a slotted spoon and reserve.
• Place a pot of water on the stove to boil for the gnocchi.
• While pancetta browns, season the chicken chunks with salt and pepper and dredge in a little flour then add to the hot pan. Brown the pieces a few minutes on each side over high heat, then scoot the meat to the edges of the pan and add the onions, garlic and chopped figs. Saute 5 minutes, combine chicken with onions and figs then add the wine and cook it down 5 minutes or so until only about 1/3 cup remains. Add chicken stock, parsley, lemon zest and thyme to the chicken and stir to combine. Reduce heat to simmer cook another 10 minutes, while you make the gnocchi.
• Add salt and gnocchi to boiling water and cook to package directions, drain, 4 minutes for fresh gnocchi, 6 minutes for frozen. Heat a medium nonstick skillet over medium-low heat. Melt butter and brown it. Drain gnocchi and add to skillet. Raise heat to medium-high and lightly brown the dumplings. Season gnocchi with salt, pepper and nutmeg, turn to coat and add chives, toss and remove from heat.
• Adjust the seasonings on the chicken with figs. If you would like a little more sauce, shake another half cup of stock into the pan. Serve the chicken and figs in shallow dishes, the gnocchi piled in the center of the bowl on top of the chicken. Garnish with crisp pancetta sticks.