Gnocchi with Chicken Sausage & Spinach

🥘 Ingredients

• Italian cheese blend
  1 c
• Italian chicken sausage mix
  18 oz
• black pepper
• butter (1 TBSP for 2 servings; 2 TBSP for 4 servings)
  2 tbsp
• chicken stock concentrate
  2 unit
• cooking oil
  2 tsp
• cream sauce base
  8 oz
• gnocchi
  2 unit
• onion
  2 unit
• salt
  1 tsp
• spinach
  5 oz
• sugar (1 tsp for 2 servings; 2 tsp for 4 servings)
  2 tsp

🍳 Cookware

• medium pot
• large pan
• medium bowl

1. 

   1

   Bring a medium pot of salted water to a boil. Wash and dry produce. Halve, peel, and thinly slice onion . Heat a large drizzle of cooking oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add onion; cook, stirring occasionally, until browned and softened ⏱️ 10 minutes . Add sugar and a splash of water; cook until caramelized ⏱️ 3 minutes more. Season with salt and black pepper . Turn off heat; transfer to a plate. Wipe out pan.

   onion: 2 unit, cooking oil: 2 tsp, sugar: 2 tsp (1 tsp for 2 servings; 2 tsp for 4 servings), salt: 1 tsp, black pepper
2. 

   2

   Once water is boiling, add gnocchi to pot. Cook until tender ⏱️ 4 minutes . Reserve 2 cups gnocchi cooking water, then drain. In a medium bowl , combine cream sauce base , chicken stock concentrate , and 1/2 cup reserved gnocchi cooking water (1 cup for 4 servings). TIP: If sauce seems too thick, stir in a splash of gnocchi cooking water.

   gnocchi: 2 unit, cream sauce base: 8 oz, chicken stock concentrate: 2 unit
3. 

   3

   Heat a drizzle of oil in pan used for onion over medium-high heat. Add Italian chicken sausage mix and cook, breaking up meat into pieces, until browned and cooked through ⏱️ 6 minutes . Add gnocchi to pan. Cook, undisturbed, until gnocchi is lightly browned on bottom ⏱️ 2 minutes . Reduce heat to medium. Add sauce mixture, caramelized onion, and half the Italian cheese blend . Cook, stirring occasionally, until sauce is thickened and cheese has melted ⏱️ 4 minutes more. TIP: If sauce begins to thicken too quickly, add splashes of reserved gnocchi cooking water.

   Italian chicken sausage mix: 18 oz, Italian cheese blend: 1 c
4. 

   4

   Add spinach and butter to pan with gnocchi; stir until butter has melted and spinach is wilted. Taste and season with salt and pepper. Divide gnocchi between plates. Top with remaining Italian cheese blend and serve. **Chicken Sausage is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 165 degrees.**

   spinach: 5 oz, butter: 2 tbsp (1 TBSP for 2 servings; 2 TBSP for 4 servings)