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A big bowl of Instant Pot Chicken Gnocchi Soup is pure delicious comfort food. This soup has an amazing and flavorful creamy broth paired with veggies and delicious tender chicken.

a grey bowl of Instant Pot chicken gnocchi soup with a spoon
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If you’ve been hoping that I would convert our popular stovetop Copycat Olive Garden Chicken and Gnocchi Soup into an Instant Pot version, you’re in luck!

Prepare yourself for the coziest bowl of soup that is like a hug for your stomach.

This comforting recipe, like our Instant Pot Chicken Pot Pie, Instant Pot Matzo Ball Soup, Creamy White Bean Soup, and Instant Pot Chicken and Dumplings, is sure to become a family favorite.

If you are new to pressure cooking and the Instant Pot, check out this post on recipes for Instant Pot beginners.

WHAT IS GNOCCHI?

Gnocchi are tiny little dumplings made from potatoes, eggs, and flour. They have been pressed with the tines of a fork to hold sauces and your heart.

You’ll find them in the pasta aisle in the grocery store. They’re amazing and are also the star of my Oven Baked Gnocchi and Veggies.

I use dried gnocchi in this recipe because it is affordable, shelf-stable, and tastes great. You can sub in frozen, fresh gnocchi, or even homemade. If using frozen, do not thaw before adding it to your chicken gnocchi soup.

4 process photos showing how to make pressure cooker gnocchi soup

Pro Tips/Recipe Notes

  • Using precooked chicken (like from a leftover paleo roast chicken or air fryer chicken tenders without breading)? Add it to the soup after it has finished cooking.
  • You can save a few minutes of prep time by melting butter in the microwave instead of melting it in the Instant Pot.
  • If you want to double the soup, the cooking time remains the same. Make sure the ingredients don’t go above the max fill line and allow for a full natural release.
  • It is important to use a flavorful broth in this recipe! You can learn how to make chicken bone broth here or where to buy bone broth here.
  • Make your meal prep even easier by learning how to freeze carrots, how to freeze celery, how to freeze garlic, and how to freeze onions. Having them on hand in the freezer will cut 15+ minutes of prep time.
a spoonful of soup
4.93 from 14 ratings

Instant Pot Chicken Gnocchi Soup

Prep: 20 minutes
Cook: 5 minutes
Pressurizing/Depressurizing: 25 minutes
Total: 50 minutes
a grey bowl of Instant Pot chicken gnocchi soup with a spoon
A big bowl of Instant Pot Gnocchi Soup is pure cozy comfort food.

Ingredients 

  • 2 tbsp butter
  • 3.5 cups carrots {peeled, chopped}
  • 2.5 cups celery {chopped}
  • 1 cup onion {diced}
  • 4 cloves garlic {minced}
  • 3.5 cups chicken broth
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tsp tarragon {dried}
  • 1 tsp parsley {dried}
  • 1 tsp thyme {dried}
  • 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
  • 16 oz chicken breast {raw, cut into bite-sized pieces}
  • 16 oz gnocchi {shelf-stable}
  • 1 cup heavy cream

Instructions 

  • Melt butter with the Instant Pot on saute.
    2 tbsp butter
  • Add the carrots, celery, onion, and garlic. Stir to coat, and turn the Instant Pot to off.
    3.5 cups carrots, 2.5 cups celery, 1 cup onion, 4 cloves garlic
  • Add olive oil, broth, chicken, tarragon, parsley, thyme, smoked paprika, and gnocchi. Stir.
    3.5 cups chicken broth, 1 tbsp olive oil, 1 tsp tarragon, 1 tsp parsley, 1 tsp thyme, 1/2 tsp smoked paprika, 16 oz chicken breast, 16 oz gnocchi
  • Lock the lid into place and set the steam release handle (valve on top) to “Sealing”. Press Manual>High Pressure>5 minutes. 
  • When the Instant Pot has finished cooking, it will beep and switch to ”keep warm". Allow it to sit with the lid on for 15 minutes and then do a manual release with the nozzle set to venting.
  • Add in heavy cream, stir. Salt and pepper to taste.
    1 cup heavy cream

Notes

If using precooked chicken, add it to the soup after it has finished cooking.
 
You can save a few minutes of prep time by using melted butter instead of melting it in the Instant Pot.
 
If you want to double the soup, the cook time remains the same. Make sure the ingredients don’t go above the max fill line and allow for a full natural release.

Nutrition

Serving: 1.5cupsCalories: 345kcalCarbohydrates: 30gProtein: 16gFat: 18gSaturated Fat: 10gCholesterol: 85mgSodium: 736mgPotassium: 618mgFiber: 4gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 10124IUVitamin C: 15mgCalcium: 81mgIron: 3mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

Additional Info

Course: Main Course, Soup
Cuisine: American
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27 Comments

  1. We make a lot of soup in our house because IT’S SOUP! Every Friday, I cook dinner for a group of girl friends while Mr. Picky Pants is out with his friends at a car show. One of the women really loves soup so I made this a couple of weeks ago (after it got the Mr. PP Seal of Approval). She declared that it was her second favorite soup she has ever had . . . the difference being that she knows she can have this IP Chicken Gnocchi soup again. The “favorite” soup is in memory only. Then, this past Saturday, I signed up to bring a pot of soup to our church’s Dine and DIY Night. I made a double batch of this soup and put it on the table with at least 20 more pots of soup (none nearly as large as mine). I also included a copy of the recipe so anyone who wanted could take a photo and go home and make it herself. At the end of the evening, my huge pot of soup was the only one that was completely gone, someone had written “So GOOOOOD!” on the recipe, and three people stopped me on the way out (they recognized the pot) to tell me how much they enjoyed the soup. Another true prize winner! Thanks, Sarah!5 stars

  2. My family and I love this soup! I made it just two days ago.  It became a favorite after the first time I made it, and I’ve made it numerous times, sometimes adding chopped spinach just a few minutes before serving. I’ve also made it a few times using sweet potato gnocchi.5 stars

    1. Thank you for taking the time to leave a review, Diane! So happy to hear how your family is a fan of this soup. It’s one of our favorites as well, and it gives me warm fuzzies thinking of other people enjoying it like we do.

      Have you had issues with the sweet potato gnocchi disintegrating?