Menu Description: “A creamy soup made with roasted chicken, traditional Italian dumplings and spinach.”

It’s hard to find pre-made gnocchi that is as good as the stuff Olive Garden uses in their hit soup. The gnocchi are perfectly tender and seasoned with a bit of nutmeg. But making gnocchi at home from scratch doesn’t have to be hard. In this secret recipe for gnocchi made the Olive Garden way I found it best to use instant mashed potatoes. This way I could not only save time but also be certain that the gnocchi would turn out exactly the same with each batch. Once you make the gnocchi and form each chunk of dough into small disks, you can start on the soup. For the chicken, just grab a roasted chicken in your supermarket. Take off the skin, then remove the meat and chop it up before adding it to the soup. When the soup simmers until thick you will have 8 1-cup servings of a soup that tastes exactly like the new Olive Garden top menu choice.

Source: "Top Secret Restaurant Recipes 3" by Todd Wilbur.