Gnocchi with Chicken & Bacon

🥘 Ingredients

• bacon
  4 strips
• black pepper
  1 pinch
• butter
  1 tbsp
• chicken cutlets
  12 oz
• chicken stock concentrate
  1 packet
• cooking oil
  2 tbsp
• cream cheese
  4 oz
• cream sauce base
  1 packet
• dried thyme
  ½ tsp
• garlic
  3 cloves
• gnocchi
  1 lb
• onion
  1 unit
• parmesan cheese
  2 oz
• salt
  1 pinch
• spinach
  4 oz
• sugar
  ¼ tsp
• sun-dried tomatoes
  2 oz

🍳 Cookware

• large pan
• paper towel
• paper towels
• medium pan

1. 

   1

   Adjust oven rack to middle position and preheat oven to 450°F. Bring a medium pot of salted water to a boil. Wash and dry all produce. Heat a large pan over medium-high heat. Add bacon and cook, turning occasionally and adjusting heat if browning too quickly, until crispy ⏱️ 8 minutes . Turn off heat; transfer to a paper towel -lined plate. Once cool enough to handle, roughly chop. Wipe out pan. While bacon cooks, halve, peel, and finely dice onion . Peel and mince garlic . Finely chop sun-dried tomatoes .

   bacon: 4 strips, onion: 1 unit, garlic: 3 cloves, sun-dried tomatoes: 2 oz
2. 

   2

   Pat chicken cutlets dry with paper towels . Season all over with half the dried thyme , salt , and black pepper . Heat a drizzle of cooking oil in a medium, preferably ovenproof, medium pan over medium-high heat. Add chicken; cook until browned but not cooked through ⏱️ 3 minutes per side. Transfer pan to oven. Roast on middle rack until chicken is cooked through ⏱️ 7 minutes . Transfer to a cutting board.

   chicken cutlets: 12 oz, dried thyme: ½ tsp, salt: 1 pinch, black pepper: 1 pinch, cooking oil: 1 tbsp
3. 

   3

   While chicken cooks, add gnocchi to pot of boiling water; cook until tender ⏱️ 4 minutes . Reserve 2 cups gnocchi cooking water, then drain.

   gnocchi: 1 lb
4. 

   4

   While gnocchi cooks, heat a drizzle of cooking oil in pan used for bacon over medium-high heat. Add onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until browned and softened ⏱️ 7 minutes . Add garlic and sun-dried tomatoes; cook, stirring, until fragrant ⏱️ 2 minutes . Reduce heat to medium. Stir in ¾ cup reserved gnocchi cooking water, cream cheese , cream sauce base , chicken stock concentrate , half the parmesan cheese , ¼ tsp thyme, and ¼ tsp sugar . Cook, stirring, until sauce begins to thicken ⏱️ 3 minutes . If sauce becomes too thick, add splashes of water.

   cooking oil: 1 tbsp, cream cheese: 4 oz, cream sauce base: 1 packet, chicken stock concentrate: 1 packet, parmesan cheese: 2 oz, sugar: ¼ tsp
5. 

   5

   Add spinach , gnocchi, 1 tbsp butter , a pinch of salt, and pepper to pan with sauce. Turn off heat; stir until spinach wilts and butter has melted ⏱️ 1 minute . Season with a pinch of salt and pepper.

   spinach: 4 oz, butter: 1 tbsp
6. 

   6

   Cut chicken crosswise into slices. Divide gnocchi between plates. Top with chicken, bacon, and remaining parmesan cheese. Serve.