Creamy Chicken and Gnocchi
Soft-pillowy gnocchi, a garlicky cream sauce, tender, juicy chicken thighs, and sneaked-in kale? Yes, 1,000% yes.
If you need one of those nights in with a tall glass of white wine (that you can also use in this recipe) and the best kind of comfort food you can eat in the most comfortable sweatpants, this is it for you.
It’s hearty, it’s cozy, and it’s super super easy to whip up.
Now you can use store-bought cauliflower potato gnocchi (I used the one from Whole Food’s here – it seemed a lot lighter and less dense than the regular kind of gnocchi), or you can go that extra mile and use the homemade gnocchi recipe here.
IT IS ALL GOOD. There is absolutely no wrong-doing here at all. Just know that the cream sauce is absolute perfection.
Creamy Chicken and Gnocchi
Ingredients
- 1 (16-ounce) package cauliflower potato gnocchi
- 1 ½ pounds boneless, skinless chicken thighs
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, divided
- 1 medium shallot, diced
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme leaves
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 ¼ cup chicken broth
- ¼ cup dry white wine*
- ½ cup half and half
- 1 bunch kale, stems removed and leaves torn into bite-sized pieces
- ½ cup freshly grated Parmesan, about 2 ounces
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook gnocchi according to package instructions; drain well.
- Season chicken with 3/4 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper.
- Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a large skillet over medium heat.
- Working in batches, add chicken to the skillet in a single layer and cook until golden brown and cooked through, reaching an internal temperature of 165 degrees F, about 4-5 minutes per side; set aside.
- Melt remaining 3 tablespoons butter. Add shallot, and cook, stirring frequently, until tender, about 3-5 minutes. Stir in garlic and thyme until fragrant, about 1 minute.
- Whisk in flour until lightly browned, about 1 minute.
- Gradually whisk in chicken broth and wine, and cook, whisking constantly, until slightly thickened, about 3-5 minutes. Stir in half and half until thickened, about 1-2 minutes; season with salt and pepper, to taste.
- Stir in gnocchi and kale until the kale has wilted, about 1-2 minutes. Return chicken to the skillet; sprinkle with Parmesan.
- Place into oven and bake until bubbly, about 10-12 minutes.
- Serve immediately.
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Make this recipe on repeat! Use GF flour and GF gnocchi for my daughter!! Delish!
What a phenomenal recipe! The cream sauce is SO delicious. I substituted chicken breasts for the thighs, because I just can’t stomach chicken thighs. Also, the kale was subbed with baby spinach. Everything else was exactly what your recipe called for. And it was such a great dinner. My family was singing its praises as well. This is absolutely one for the regular dinner rotation. Thanks so much for sharing it.
Love this recipe! It is now a regular meal in our household!
I’ve done it with ground chicken and spinach instead and it is delicious!
Adding panko before baking it is also very good
Thank you for sharing this recipe!
I made gnocchi for the first time this week! It came out fairly well. I had cooked some chicken breasts in the crockpot the same day. So I used the broth from them, cut about 1-1/2 of the breast up, (they were fairly large) used regular white onion, more broth because I had no white wine, fresh greens & some fresh mushrooms. Then I added some grated cheddar in with it. Baked it in my ninja foodi dual heat air fryer and it was very good! A real good comfort meal.
I’ve made this dish several times, it’s delicious!! A family favorite. I make enough for leftovers. Substituted spinach for the kale also.
Made this dish three times already. So delicious! Everyone in my family loved it, especially on cold nights. I make a double batch, btw, so there’s leftovers ❤️
This was delicious! I doubled the amount of half and half and added an extra 1/2 cup of broth just because the half and half was spoiling soon and I wanted to use the rest of it. It came out great!
Wow! Yum! I subbed spinach for the kale and it turned out really well. Great recipe.
Another hit. Your recipes are so good and simple.
Thank you so much.
I made this for my family for dinner one night.. It was amazing and they all loved it! My uncle with dementia who refuses to eat anything if its not box potatoes… ate the entire meal! I will be making this anytime I have someone I want to impress.. Thank you!
This looks amazing! Do you have any suggestions for how to cook the gnocchi in the same pan to avoid dirtying a second dish?
This was awesome… my husband and I loved it and plan to add it to the fall/winter dinner rotation. I did make a few subs due to convenience. I used rotisserie chicken quarters and instead of cooking the gnocchi separately (I used a package of dry potato gnocchi), I added extra broth and cooked it in the sauce. Worked beautifully and reduced the cooking time greatly.
Made this last night for my mom’s bday. We both loved it. I had to make some changes as we didn’t have flour. Subbed it for almond flour and a little bit of arrowroot mixed into the wine first then added. I also essentially slow cooked the chicken within the cream since I hadn’t realized it was to be separated in the process. Chicken came out so tender it melted in your mouth so I’m not complaining.
Will definitely be making this again.
This is SO GOOD! I had to make some changes because I made it as dinner meal prep for the week and since I am a college student.
I used chicken breasts and cut them into cubes to cook. I also used a yellow onion instead of a shallot, just potato gnocchi because they didn’t have cauliflower gnocchi at the store, 3 handfuls of chopped kale from a bag instead of a whole head, pre-minced garlic from a jar, just chicken broth so no white wine, dried thyme instead of fresh, and I just used the parmesan they sell in the little plastic shakers instead of fresh grated.
Even with all the changes, my roommate said it was the best thing I’ve ever cooked. It was absolutely delicious and I will definitely be making it again!
Holy moly I’ve made this and wow, it was so delicious everyone enjoyed it. I recommend this recipe!!
This recipe was incredible!! I loved it so much and will definitely be making it again.
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I made this bomb ass recipe, only I used spinach instead of kale and I added mushrooms. I also used complete seasoning on the chicken instead of just salt and pepper.
This is the second chicken gnocchi recipe I’ve tried, and so far it’s my fave. Will be using this again!
Good recipe. I cooked garlic about 10 secs so as not to burn. Think I’ll try with thin breasts and wide egg noodles for a variation next time. That roux gravy is damn delicious.
MUST TRY! This has become me and my fiancés favorite dish! We are big pot roast/crock pot, real meat and potatoes type of eaters and this is perfect! Literally so good we make this all the time now! Yum!
This was Damn Delicious!
Just made this it was awesome !!!!!!
I am a terrible cook but following this recipe, the family, without solicitation, declared it to be “restaurant quality”, which is the highest level of praise possible in this house.
Making this for dinner 2nite, other than a salad what’s a good side
I had some chicken thighs I needed to cook up and had all of the ingredients on hand. Used regular gnocchi’s because I had them but a big bag so made up a bit of extra sauce using all ingredients. I have a tower garden and had fresh kale and some Swiss chard (also fresh thyme). Used a bit of extra chicken broth and a bit of pasta water to make the extra sauce. This was so so good! Definitely a keeper!
Delicious comfort food & so easy! Only modifications I will make next time is use half canola oil/half butter for sautéing the thighs as the butter burned & affected the flavor of the sauce. Also, sauce is definitely thick so add more chicken stock. Great combination of flavors though!
LOVED this yummy recipe! Comfort food at its best! Changes I would make next time: Half canola oil/half butter to sauté chicken to avoid burned butter taste which I had a problem with on gas burner. Also I would double the sauce.
This was amazing! My husband and I both loved it. The roux -damn delicious! Served with steamed broccoli and we used it to soak up the sauce, which I doubled. Added to our dinner rotation.
Bravo! This recipe is restaurant quality. My whole family, including my Italian husband, raved about it! Make it, you will be glad!
Can this be frozen? Thanks for your time.
So dang good! Just made it for dinner tonight, subbed fresh thyme with dried, otherwise followed it to a T. Yum!!
I used spinach bc I couldn’t find Kale. My 4 kids ages 1-8 loved it.
Next level flavor! We loved it!
I made this tonight for my family. They loved it!
I didn’t have parm so I used Gruyère and added peas instead of kale. Yum!
Delicious. Will become a new regular meal for my husband and I. We used regular gnocci and added mushrooms .
This recepie is AMAZING!! My family raved about it and I will make it again!
Pretty good. I halved the recipe. Easy to make
Uh-MAZE-ing!!! we had to improvise on a couple of ingredients. Yellow onion and green onion for shallots and frozen bag kale and it was still so good!!
I had this for dinner the other night and it was a big hit with my family! Delicious and yummy.
Amazing. Simply amazing. Substituted mozerella for Parmesan, still delish! Would add more kale next time :)!
Loved this recipe! It was so easy and perfectly delicious. The whole family loved it.
Rich and creamy, this was SO yummy! It made more than I expected and was a hit with my husband and 1.5 year old 🙂
I made this for my family and it was a huge hit. I didn’t have kale, so I substituted spinach and it was still delicious.
I made this last night and it was delicious. The family loved it. I had to use bone-in thighs and I couldn’t find the cauliflower gnocchi at WF so I went with mini potato. The sauce was a little too thick and I increased the amount of wine but that’s never a complaint. I love the addition of kale, and I’m sure spinach would have been great too. I’ll definitely make this again, with boneless thighs (my favorite).
This recipe is the bomb! I read all the reviews and saw the variations that people have tried. I had Italian sausage on hand so I used that instead of chicken. I browned the sausage first then removed from pan and then used the same pan proceeding with the directions. I used potato gnocchi that I had made and froze. I put them in boiling water and removed with a slotted ladle and placed into the pan towards the end of the recipe. I made the recipe as described but added sun-dried tomatoes and broccoli rabe instead of kale. I pre-blanched the broccoli rabe. I also added less flour and it thickened fine. This was amazing.!!!!! Everyone loved it. I would make this recipe as is as well as with other variations again!
Our grocery delivery left out kale, so I went ahead and made this without it. Y’all. When I tell you it is a family favorite, I’m not exaggerating. Both adults, the teenager, and the 8yo LOVED every bite. The flavors are so layered, and the chicken is perfection. I’ll make sure to get kale for the next time we make it, but you can just as easily leave it out in a pinch. Husband said leftovers were even better the second day. Bonus points for only having one pan to clean up.
My first time making anything with gnocchi. Easy and so delicious!
I didn’t get to finish. I made this but with Garlic pepper and regular potato GNOCCHI
We made these a second time because we still had leftover cream from last time. However, we didn’t have any gnocchi so we substituted regular pasta instead. I feel that the gnocchi creates a much more balanced flavor, whereas with regular pasta the sauce tastes a bit too strong – still good, but not so wow-amazing as with gnocchi. Maybe with tortellini it would’ve been better (as other reviewers suggested), but yeah I just wanted to write this update for anyone who might be thinking of using regular pasta
This is probably one of my favorite recipes of all time. It came out so delicious that it makes both me and my partner sad to finish it, and he kept raving about how good it is. Please do yourself a favor and try it out!!!
Delicious! Followed the recipe to the letter (with the exception of using regular potato gnocchi) and it turns out great every time. It’s the perfect recipe for a college student like me who’s both inexperienced at cooking and strapped for time.
AMAZING! I took notes from several other reviews using tortellini, spinach, and mushrooms. I tend to double the sauce portion every time, but just because I love it so much. Quickly becoming a comfort staple.
Hello, am planning on making this for tonight’s dinner….read all the comments and it looks delicious!
Since my twin girls are not too much into kale or spinach, would petit garden peas work as a substitute? Don’t want to ruin the end-flavour!
Also, if I add some small chestnut mushrooms, would I add these when the shallot is in the pan cooking before it hits the oven?
Would appreciate any feedback thank you!
This was super delicious and not overly difficult to make. I made it for a Sunday family dinner and everyone loved it. My parents who claim to hate kale even ate it and commented how good it was. The kale helped balance the creaminess of the dish. I was worried that there wouldn’t be enough sauce, but it was perfect. I added the cooked chicken to a baking dish and topped it with everything in the pan before putting it into the oven (my pan wasn’t oven-proof). I could not have been happier with this dish. Served it with biscuits and roasted green beans. My family declared it to be the perfect meal. Yay! We’ll be making this again and again.
*Kale note: I used roughly 2-3 cups of fresh, chopped kale.
*Oops! I forgot to add that I used a package of potato gnocchi. Perfection. Everyone loved these!
I need some help here, anyone have thoughts. Love this recipe, but I’m a single guy. I usually cook in batches for the left-overs. For the life of me I can not re-heat this recipe without the sauce breaking. It’s still pretty terrific, but not quite the same. Any thoughts? Anyone?
I love all of your recipe’s and might I say, they are ALLLLLL DANG DELICIOUS! This recipe was amazing, the textures, the aromas, the flavor, the presentation with green kale. AMAZING! Thank you!!!
Excellent recipe!! We loved it. Only made two changes based on reviews. Omitted the flour and instead dusted the chicken in flour before frying, helped with browning and thickness of the sauce. Also used regular gnocchi from Trader Joe’s because that’s what I had on hand. Seriously company worthy. Thank you!!!
Okay so I didn’t have gnocchi but did have some cheese tortellini and honestly? SO GOOD. I’m a make it work use what you have in pantry type so no kale just spinach the chicken and tortellini. I would cut the flour in half next time my sauce was VERY thick. Think the Parmesan adds some extra salt and flavor. And it was sexy coming out of the oven in that skillet! Very good. Very easy will make again.
AMAZING! My family said this tasted like a restaurant quality meal! Even my teen boys loved the gnocchi. I cooked my gnocchi in the skillet (per instructions on the bag) vs boil and the texture was perfect. I also doubled the flour, broth, and nearly doubled the white wine to make more sauce for my sauce loving family. Will be putting this one on repeat. For the person that said this was just “ok” they must have done something wrong. I’ve become a fan of Damn Delicious, never a disappointing meal!
I made this tonight & hubs loved it ! For me sauce was a way too thick & if I made it again I would cut way back on flour or totally eliminate it. I used potato gnocchi & I think that helped thicken the sauce.
A little more time consuming than I thought and I cooked the chicken longer and added in browned mushrooms and green beans. Delicious!
I make this all the time! Sometimes leaving out creme, always leaving out flour.
A good wine substitute is white balsamic vinegar! I use an apple flavored one from a local oil shop.
So d*mn good and easy to make. I switched out spinach for kale and only had chicken breast on hand too!
AMAZING!! Tastes so good and isn’t too hard to make. Definitely will make again.
So good, have made it twice, substituted spinach for kale, added mushrooms, and used potato gnocchi. The sauce is super tasty and rich. Will keep it on the yummy meals list, for quiet evenings and for guests. Thank you 🙂
My whole family ate this. My 3 picky girls all love all or parts of this, which never happens! Absolutely delicious.
This is most definitely comfort food. It is such a rich and savory dish! I followed the directions exactly and it turned out great. I felt like it was very impressive looking and tasting but was not overly difficult to prepare. I saw many other reviewers mention adding mushrooms and since I love mushrooms, I will try that next time. I used potato gnocchi because that is what I had but I may try the cauliflower blend next time. Thanks for another great recipe!
So delicious! Will make again.
Delicious! I used spinach instead of kale and used more chicken broth instead of wine. Will definitely make it again.
Thanks for the info on replacements. I did not have white wine on hand but I did have chicken broth. This was much needed!
Perfect comfort food!
I made this recipe for dinner last night, and it was so delicious! That sauce is so flavorful all over the chicken and gnocchi. YUM! Thank you!
So easy and delicious! Followed the recipe almost exactly – just added some quartered white mushrooms. Didn’t want to open a bottle of white wine so I just used all chicken broth. Can’t wait for the leftovers at lunch!
This is so delicious!!!! I served it to friends and they were so complimentary and wanted the recipe.
Because i was serving it to guests and didn’t want to be cooking the entire time they were here, I cooked the chicken and made the sauce ahead of them arriving then cooked the gnocchi and added it and the kale to the sauce as we got close to eating time and popped in the oven for 12 minutes. Worked perfectly
This was easy and delicious
Dear Damn Delicious,
What a cracker of a recipe.
I added pancetta and peas and it was heaven.
Is the gnocchi fresh or frozen or shelf-stable (wondering where to look for it at my WF store)? Is it Whole Foods brand or another brand? Thanks!
I use regular potato gnocchi which at my local grocery is on the shelf near the pasta. Trader Joe’s has a frozen cauliflower gnocchi that a lot of people like. I don’t shop at Whole Foods enough to know if they have a fresh, refrigerated gnocchi. I’m sorry!
This was super delicious and so flavorful for having so few ingredients. I didn’t realize this website wasn’t a general recipe-sharing site like Allrecipes (sorry, just found ya googling recipes for certain ingredients), but we have also tried the creamy tortellini soup and it became a staple here on regular rotation. Now I think I need to do some exploring on your site because even my super super picky 7yo admitted this meal was “actually kind of okay,” which is a ringing endorsement from her. Anyway, loved it, my teen especially ate a ton, and we’ll definitely add it to our folder of “regulars”! It felt very fancy and impressive for a weeknight meal, too. We used regular gnocchi and will probably increase the sauce next time because we have to do at least 2lbs of chicken for the six of us.
I would like to make this but I need to double it. Could I put this in a 9×13 pan in the oven?
Great stuff. Added some diced red chili and broccoli, some mixed cheese ontop to bake. Family loved it. Thanks
I love this dish. This is my third time making it and it keeps getting better! I added some sundried tomatoes this time and it was perfect. I’ve made it with regular gnocchi and cauliflower gnocchi and I prefer the latter. Cauliflower gnocchi are lighter and as the chicken thighs and sauce are already so rich that I think having something pillowy and lighter is ideal. Keep up the amazing recipes!!!
I wanted to love this. The chicken and sauce were delicious, I loved the kale in the sauce and also added mushrooms. My issue arose with the cauliflower-potato gnocchi. Perhaps it was the type of cauliflower-potato gnocchi I used but it had a very “off” taste and added a weird taste and texture to the meal.
If I made this again I would opt for regular potato gnocchi, or omit it altogether and serve it over egg noodles.
I mean, yeah it was obviously not good gnocci
this was so good, even without that half and half. 100% will make again.
This was incredible. It hit every craving spot and I had to hold msyelf back from eating the whole thing by myself.
My only dream for the recipe was that there was some way to make part of it ahead.. any ideas?
This recipe looks amazing!!
Do you have nutritional information for this recipe? It would greatly help those with restricted diets.
In this day and age, nutritional information for all recipes would be a wonderful thing….thank you kindly
It’s deliciously high in fat, salt and carbs!! Yummy!! If you have my fitness pal, you can enter the recipe and it’ll tell you the nutritional information.
This recipe was a real winner! . I followed the recipe exactly except for the half and half. I used the fat free variety. My family thought it was restaurant-quality. Next time I make it, I plan to skip the kale and use fresh basil and sun-dried tomatoes. I also think my family will enjoy mushrooms in this dish.
Could someone tell me what the half and half is please? Is it cream?
Thanks
Half milk and half cream. Best of luck!
It’s a simple and easy recipe. It has such good flavor. It also has room for you to add a little something like mushrooms or pepper flakes. I also like that it’s all cooked in the same skillet so not a lot of clean up. I will definitely be trying this recipe again.
Delicious loved it will do it again
Used regular potato gnocchi and Added 8oz baby Bella mushrooms and it was awesome!
Very tasty and easy to make! Surprised there was so much flavor
I made this for my husband and he enjoyed it …it was really delicious.
This IS damn delicious. Added mushrooms. No TJ’s here so used regular gnocchi which worked great. Must try! You won’t regret it. Thanks for another great recipe!
This is an amazing recipe. I’ve been sharing it with my friends! Love! Used cauliflower gnocchi from Trader Joes and a bit more kale.
It is Damn Delicious! ❤
This was absolutely delicious Fresh kale and thyme from the garden and the cream sauce was perfect. Everyone loved it!
This was darn delicious. Used regular supermarket gnocchi, otherwise followed the recipe. I like the fact that it’s one pan with protein, starch and veg all in there. Next time I might cut some mushrooms in half and toss them in, and add some hot chili flakes for a little oomph. All in all, a keeper.
The texture is amazing. And flavors… sooo good! I have to make this asap. Thanks for this lovely recipe!
Amazingly good! Substituted a couple of handfuls of baby spinach for the kale, otherwise followed the recipe- Delicious! Thank you!
Nice recipe the whole family liked! No kale on hand, used a bag of spinach. . . a bag was too much. Would use had or two thirds next time. Also added a squeeze of lemon to add some acidity. My daughter commented that if some day we didn’t have the gnocchi it would be great over spaghetti squash.
So so delicious! Did use chicken breasts and spinach. Thanks for a great recipe!
Thanks for this tip! I was wondering if I could use chicken breasts!
Is the gnocchi fresh or frozen or shelf-stable (wondering where to look for it at my WF store)? Is it Whole Foods brand or another brand? Thanks!
Delicious! I added white beans to add extra protein, and both my husband and I loved it!
Made this meal tonight. I served it with riced cauliflower and cantaloupe. We all loved it including my picky 6 and 3 yo girls. I made it exactly and it turned out great. Took me about 45 minutes.
I’m making this recipe now. It’s in the oven. How do you recommend storing leftovers? Can it be frozen?
Made it and loved it! Kale I bought frozen and added Spinach not bitter very tasty. Seriously you have the best recipe’s very easy to follow and so many different flavours. So happy I have found you! You are amazing! Thank you for such awesome ideas.
This dish is so good. I’m not typically a fan of kale, but it was awesome. Thanks for the recipe.
Soooo good! I added mushrooms and sun-dried tomatoes and it was amazing.
Made this tonight – another winner. The sauce is a great base to serve with any number of proteins or veg. Next time I’ll cook chicken ahead of time and do dried thyme (I’m so bad at pulling leaves off and had too many stems). Will also use frozen kale or do green veg on the side (maybe Brussels sprouts). The possibilities are endless!!
So… I make your recipes on a weekly basis. I love this one, and I really don’t make changes other than I can’t stand kale so I use spinach… your blog has made cooking so much fun for me, and so many of my family’s favorites. Thank you! Now instead of googling an ingredient, I type damn delicious first, and I’ve yet to make something we didn’t love. DAMN if I’m not the lucky one for finding your cookbook in the library.
Made with regular gnocchi land was perfect! Came together quick and easy! Entire family enjoyed, even a picky eater who would never eat kale. Praises from all! Didn’t have fresh thyme and subbed with dry and was delicious. Used a Sauvignon blanc for the wine and used chicken stock instead of broth. Will make again 🙂
OMG…another awesome recipe! So simple yet flavourful.
Love this recipe, it’s delicious. It’s easily substituted. Don’t like kale? Use spinach. Don’t have shallot? Use onion. Pork or turkey in lieu of chicken? Best of all it’s a one pot dish if you boil the gnocchi in the pan you will use to cook everything else. AND while it’s finishing in the oven for 10-12 minutes you can wash the dishes and clean up the kitchen so you don’t have to do that when you’re done eating and you’d just rather sit and digest! I’ve made this 3x now. Love it!
I think this recipes excellent but there are a few tweaks I made. Skip 1 & 2. First, simple one pot meal. No oven. Second, gnocchi cooks in 6 minutes I just added it later with chicken and kale (step 10). Also, I didn’t salt the chicken since it prevents browning. I salted later, if need be. If you golden brown and delicious chicken add a little baking soda then pan fry and don’t worry getting temp. It’s cooking and melding on the the stove for 10-15.
Every recipe I make from Damn Delicious is always delicious. Bought her book for 3 of my daughters!❤️
Made this recipe tonight and it was great! I am going to make it again next week for our dinner club. I plan on adding mushrooms and bacon.
Store was out of regular gnocchi, so I grabbed basil gnocchi. Made this recipe phenomenal!
Another amazing recipe…I am ready to toss all my cookbooks and rely solely on you! Thank you.
I really enjoyed this! My only complaint is that my bunch of kale was just WAY too much kale. Is a bunch of kale a universal size? When I added it to my pot of sauce and stirred, it was just a pot full of barely glazed kale. I ended up adding 2 more cups of liquid (1 cup broth, half a cup each wine and half n half). In the end, the kale was overwhelming. It was still great, but I wish I had either made more sauce from the get-go, or had used about half as much kale.
My husband just went back for seconds, though, and I posted pictures of my bowl online and my friends are asking for the recipe. 🙂
If I use chicken breasts should I cook or bake for less time?
I know this is late, but in case anyone else has this question — keep a meat thermometer in the kitchen and if the interior of the biggest part of the chicken hits 165 degrees F, then you’re golden. The original skillet section should do most of the cooking/browning and it can finish in the oven. If you are worried a piece of meat is too large to cook evenly, you can cut it down into cutlets/strips first and keep an eye on them as they will cook faster.
This was a big risk since my husband hates gnocchi and kale! I love both so she who cooks gets to decide! Not only did he say it was amazing, but he ate some off the kids’ plates. I made it exactly as written, and it was perfect! I will definitely make it again.
Great recipe!! Comfort food for a cold stormy night. I used chicken breasts, spinach, cannelloni beans, and onion as substitutes. Boyfriend doesn’t care for gnocchi and he LOVED this dish!
I made this for our stay-at-home New Year’s Eve dinner and I made it tonight again. Tonight’s version didn’t have gnocchi but a homemade focaccia did the job. I also added mushroom to the sauce when the onions went it and I threw in a serious bunch of spinach, way more than the recipe called for. The base of this recipe — the sauce — is forgiving and accommodating to many substations. I’ve added this to my ‘permanent collection’ and will be making this often. Well done!
This was very lovely! My picky 8yr son are his entire plateful as did the rest of us. Grateful for all your recipes here; each one we’ve tried has been terrific! Thank you for the detailed instructions and timeframes, I find them incredibly helpful.
Can you tell me what I could sub in for the flour ? Xantham gum or ?
Potato starch. Make a slurry and add it toward the end, after the chicken is returned to the pot. It will thicken the sauce in a matter of minutes. Maybe two minutes? Ans whisk while adding it. You can also omit the flour entirely when frying the chicken, but the slurry is a must to thicken the sauce. I’ve made the gluten-free version as there are quite a few people affected by celiac disease in my familial circle.
Very good recipe and I even forgot the cream! I used 20 oz frozen cauliflower gnocchi so I had to add a little more broth to liquid it up (the cream sitting behind me of the counter was certainly glaring at me). I also used breasts instead of thighs. I’ll probably try spinach next time as I just prefer it to kale and can’t wait to actually try it with cream!
I made this, but with Garlic pepper, and regular potatoe
So good!! I used potato gnocchi instead of cauliflower gnocchi and chicken broth instead of wine, but otherwise followed the recipe to a T. Absolutely delicious, will make again.
Great recipe! My whole fam loved it, even the picky teen becuase I could easily give him chicken and gnocchi without kale. After you add the flour and cook for a minute, the addition of the wine and chicken stock let you loosen up the botton and incorporate all the chicken yumminess on the bottom of your pan. I made this in an oven proof dutch oven. Will definitely make again!
Can I ask what kind of pan you recommend to cook this in? Cast iron?
This is FANTASTIC! Even my picky son loved this one. I was initially concerned that the only seasonings are salt, pepper and thyme, but BABY! This works. It’s delicious, favorable and comforting. Thanks.
This sauce is a sleeper – It was seriously SO good!
Made this tonight – I screwed up my sauce by adding the flour too late, but it was still so great! Excited to make it right the next time ;). I did use spinach instead of kale cause I have it on hand more often. I am going to try and use less butter next time just because 5tbsp is a lot and I felt like it was a little greasy, but the flavors were so delicious and will take a stab again!
Can’t wait to make this. How would you advise trying it with pieces of salmon, also? I think searing them before putting it into the oven should do the trick but what do you think?
If I could give this more stars, I would. Made it for Christmas Day and it was a total smash. So delicious – thank you for this recipe!!
This was delicious, family loved it. Thank you!
Made this last night as we didn’t have any Christmas leftovers. It’s fantastic! I just ate the one leftover chicken thigh for lunch and it’s great the next day too. I would make some entirely minor tweaks the next time – for example I would use the stock and the wine to deglaze the pan and then make a little rue to thicken up the sauce. I feel like I left flavor on the pan. I will also use less flour than the recipe calls for. By adding the flour first it’s hard to tell if it’s too much or not enough since you add the liquid later. I found it was waaay to much flour and had to add some water to loosen up the sauce. That being said, these are minor issues. This dish is hearty, delicious, and something I will definitely be making (with some very minor tweaks) again!
What can I sub out for the white wine?
chicken broth/stock works fine in place of white wine
Your recipes are so yummy! Thank you!
I’ve always love your recipes, but I have to admit I’m visiting your website less and less because of the busy interface. All the unnecessary videos and popup ads are a waste of my time and bandwidth for my struggling internet.
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100% spot on with your respnse Jana!
I agree with Linda, I remember a day when the ads didn’t interfere with scrolling through recipes or articles. I do use the print option but even that takes awhile as well. Also, the reply from Damn Delicious (Jana) seems a wee bit snobby elite, don’t really need to be lectured on people being able To Work From Home, REMEMBER WE ARE THE ONES WHO PATRONIZE YOUR SITE, REALITY CHECK. Linda was making a suggestion to streamline your web content, other sites don’t make it so frustrating to Read The Storyline before the Recipe itself as this site does.
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I’m so glad Jana had a change of heart I see, but Jana rewrote her reply Entirely without any notation stating that it was Edited, thus making my comment seem overboard or false. I come from the old school of thought where if you admit a mistake and are truly remorseful you would do it with integrity and let the previous post stand as written. Thank you Chungah for stepping up and a taking criticism with grace and keeping it real.
I love that I can search your site while defrosting chicken thighs (with no particular inspiration myself !)and come up with another delicious dinner for my family. They all guessed that the recipe came from your website ( I’m a frequent damn delicious flyer) Please keep them coming! Thank you and Happy New Year!
Oh my goodness, this was so good Restaurant quality. The sauce was so good I could drink it! Please try it, you will not be sorry.
Made this tonight and it was soooo good. Had to call an audible a little when my Gnocchi weren’t holding up (I used a frozen one-lesson learned). Went with small diced potatoes instead. It was a huge hit. The whole family loved it!!
So delicious!
Made this last night. Only change was I used half thighs and half boneless breast because 1/2 the family prefers white meat. I also added some sliced mushrooms with the shallot. Wonderful flavours. Enjoyed by all. Love your recipes.
Our family loves so many of your recipes. Today I was in a funk of ‘what should I make’ and decided to take a chance with this one. Yes Yes YES – this was tasty, creamy, comfort foody and delightful! Wasn’t sure how that kale was going to wilt down but it did. I made the dish exactly as posted & I rate this a damn delicious go-to! Everyone happy in this house tonight .
Hi! Would you mind sharing what the pan is that you used fir this recipe? Is it a Staub Dutch oven or a skillet? Thank you!
@ Lauren that looks like a staub Dutch oven. I’ve done it in both and find the top gets a nice golden color in the skillet but not in the Dutch oven. Tastes great either way though!
Made this dish last night. It was fantastic. I cut the chicken into strips rather than serving whole. I also added sliced baby bellas. No other mods were necessary for my family.
Delicious as always! Swapped spinach in for kale. This is as popular with the family as your Swedish Meatballs! Would lobe to know if your Staub skillet is the 13 inch double handle version. It looks so lovely and I’m thinking Santa must bring me one too!
Made this last night. Only change was I used half thighs and half boneless breast because 1/2 the family prefers white meat. I also added some sliced mushrooms with the shallot. Wonderful flavours. Enjoyed by all. Love your recipes.
This was delicious. I followed the recipe for the sauce exactly except using half of a large onion instead of shallot and used spinach and mushrooms instead of kale. It was so good. Next time, I plan to make a little extra sauce. Thank you for sharing!
This recipe is AWESOME, unsurprisingly. Everything I’ve made from Damn Delicious is just that. I used your recipe for homemade dumplings and they were great. I didn’t have an oven safe skillet so I transferred everything to a glass casserole dish and it worked out really well. I doubled the garlic and used two shallots. Next time I might use a little bit more flour to make the sauce a little thicker, but it was still incredible!
How much of the homemade gnocci did you use?
Made this tonight with your homemade gnocci. Excellent. Will be making again. Thank you.
How much homemade gnocci did you use? Thank you!
what is 1/2 and 1/2 in this receipe????
Google is your friend. It’s half milk, half heavy cream. Readily available in every American grocery store’s dairy case as “half & half.”
real coffee cream (half milk /half whole cream)
Half milk half cream
I’d like to make this using your homemade gnocci recipe. Should I use the same amount as the store bought? 16 ounces? Thank you!!
Oh my goodness! This is the best thing I’ve eaten in a long time! Made it for dinner tonight. Doubled the sauce and gnocchi and sautéed some shrimp on the side for the non-meat eaters. Added some extra seasonings {onion powder, garlic powder, smoked paprika, and Tony Chachere’s} to the chicken {and btw, I’m so not a thigh fan, but I went with them anyway and I’m glad I did!}. Also added those seasonings to the sauce. And speaking of that sauce, I could drink it by the cupful – it’s that damn delicious! Love the way the kale still has a bit of crunch to it, but I think spinach would be good, too, in a pinch. Oh, and didn’t have wine, so I used extra broth.
Damn Woman! You make good food!
I too had to make do with some substitutions for things I didn’t have on-hand. Chicken tenders, spinach, onion, vegetable broth, dried thyme; it was delicious but next time I will try the original… -and yes! there will definitely be a next time! So good!
Made this last night. My only substitution was baby spinach instead of kale because it was what I had on hand. The sauce….sooooo good. The whole family loved it. Very easy and delicious. Love your recipes.
This was delicious as are all of your recipes I have tried!
I made it and we all loved it!! The only thing I would do differently next time is DOUBLE THE RECIPE!! You are my go to every time I’m looking for recipes. Love your recipes!!
I used onions instead of shallots, breast instead of thighs, dried thyme instead of fresh, spinach instead of kale and extra broth instead of wine. I didn’t precook the gnocchi. I threw some mozzarella on top. BUT OTHER THAN THAT I COMPLETELY FOLLOWED THIS RECIPE. Lol! I was damn delicious!
Turned out great! I know it’s called “Garlicky” for a reason. It was a little too strong for me so I’ll probably take the garlic down a notch and add mushrooms next time. Thank you!
OH MY GOD!
I just found this recipe today on Instagram and decided to cook it for dinner. It was a hit with the whole family. My brother who is incredibly picky even loved it. It’s the first time I’ve ever come across a recipe from you and I can’t wait to find more.
Hi! I actually made this today after getting the email. This recipe is perfect for a nice cozy night in. I would like to share a few edits I made, as I always find everyone’s suggestions helpful:
A) I love garlic, so I used a whole bulb and more butter. I would recommend Kerrygold.
B) I used two shallots
C) I made the suggested non-alcoholic substitution and didn’t miss a beat. Thank you for providing!
D) I seasoned the chicken with a pinch of salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion salt, and a bit of garlic salt.
Thank you so much for sharing these delicious recipes with us!!
Rachel