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Loaded Chicken Alfredo Gnocchi Bake

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Chicken Alfredo meets loaded baked potato in this delicious Loaded Chicken Alfredo Gnocchi Bake.  Full of flavor and easy to have on your table for dinner tonight.

Loaded Chicken Alfredo Gnocchi Bake - an amazing and delicious combination of chicken alfredo, cheese, and bacon makes this dinner recipe disappear in a hurry!

Remember that time I told you how I didn’t like to make dinner?

Hhhhmmmm!  Yeah, I might have changed my mind on that.  Lately, I have been filling my food lists with some delicious sounding savory dishes.  Very slowly I am working my way through that list.

I still prefer baking up a storm, but this dinner thing isn’t so bad after all. 

Loaded Chicken Alfredo Gnocchi Bake - cheese, bacon, broccoli, and chicken makes this an awesome dinner recipe!

I absolutely love the gnocchi soup at Olive Garden.  No, this dish is nothing like that soup.  They just both have gnocchi. End of similarities.

But because I love the gnocchi so much, I bought a few packages at the store.  Then they just sat in the cupboard forever.  Ok, maybe I’m exaggerating a little there.  But they were in there for a good long while.

Then one day we had extra grilled chicken, a bag of broccoli, and a jar of Alfredo sauce.  Immediately I knew what I was making for dinner.

Loaded Chicken Alfredo Gnocchi Bake - this easy pasta dinner is loaded with cheese, meat, and veggies. Great dinner recipe!

Add in a little bit of bacon and a whole lot of cheese and this loaded chicken Alfredo gnocchi bake becomes one amazing comfort food dinner!

Seriously!  Look at the ooey, gooey cheese!  It’s enough to make me want to run to my kitchen and make another pan full of this goodness.

Loaded Chicken Alfredo Gnocchi Bake - cheese, meat, and veggies make this easy dinner recipe disappear in a hurry!
Now if you are a dinner pro, go for it and make homemade Alfredo sauce.  There really is nothing like it.  My hubby spoils me every year on my birthday and makes the real stuff. We love it on this bacon shrimp Alfredo pasta!  It really is down right amazing!

But…I am totally a semi homemade cook/baker.  I love me the convenience of packaged foods.  Someone has to help keep these companies in business, right?  Plus, most times when I use a packaged item I give it enough homemade flair to kick the package butt right out of it.

Loaded Chicken Alfredo Gnocchi Bake - easy pasta dinner recipe loaded with meat, cheese, and veggies!

If this is your first time cooking gnocchi, join the club.  This dish was my first time working with it.  Let me tell you something…it is so easy.  Boil the water.  Dump in the gnocchi.  Wait for them to rise to the water surface.  Easiest thing ever.  I see a lot more gnocchi in our future.

Now if you are wondering…what is gnocchi???  Gnocchi is a soft dumpling made from flour and potato.  You can make them at home…or use the store bought ones like I did.

Stir together the cooked chicken, gnocchi, and alfredo sauce.  This would be great on its own, but we are taking it one step further.  Since gnocchi is a potato based pasta, we are going to load it up like a baked potato.  That’s where the bacon, broccoli, and cheese come in.  Spoon everything into a casserole dish and load it down with some cheese.

Melty cheese goodness and comfort food is seriously the bomb.com!!!

Still looking for more gnocchi goodness?  I’m drooling over this Garlic Butter Gnocchi and this Truffled Gnocchi Macaroni and Cheese. And of course anything pizza related gets rave reviews in our house, so this Pepperoni Pizza-Baked Gnocchi is a must make!

An amazing and delicious combination of chicken alfredo, cheese, and bacon makes this dinner recipe disappear in a hurry!

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Yield: 6-8 servings

Loaded Chicken Alfredo Gnocchi Bake

Loaded Chicken Alfredo Gnocchi Bake
Chicken Alfredo joins forces with a baked potato to create an amazing comfort food dish loaded with plenty of melted cheese.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 22 minutes
Total Time 42 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 package gnocchi
  • 2 cups frozen broccoli
  • 2 cups cubed cooked chicken
  • 1/2 cup crumbled cooked bacon
  • 1 Tablespoon minced garlic
  • 1 - 15 ounce jar Alfredo sauce
  • 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
  • 1/2 cup shredded monterey jack cheese
  • green onions for garnish

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Spray a casserole dish with non-stick spray.
  2. Cook the gnocchi according to the package directions. Drain.
  3. Stir together the gnocchi, broccoli, chicken, bacon, garlic, and Alfredo sauce. Spoon into the prepared casserole dish.
  4. Top with cheese. Bake for 20 minutes. Turn oven to broil for 2-3 minutes or until the cheese starts to brown. Make sure you keep an eye on it because it will brown quickly. Serve immediately.
© Jocelyn @ Inside BruCrew Life
Cuisine: American / Category: Main Dishes

Loaded Chicken Alfredo Gnocchi Bake - a delicious combination of chicken alfredo, cheese, and bacon makes this dinner recipe disappear in a hurry!

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Comments

  1. I love gnocchi! You can’t beat soft puffy pillows of potato, can you? This dish is loaded with so many delicious ingredients and looks like a mighty fine dinner! 🙂

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  3. That photo of the forkful overflowing with melted cheese…..that is an OMG photo and would most definitely be an OMG mouthful!! This is real comfort food, Jocelyn!

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  5. I would be interested to see how homemade gnocchi would hold up in the baking process. They are so light and delicate, the ones we make at home literally melt in your mouth. Since I am a gnocchi girl I may actually have to buy some just so I can make this awesome look dish!

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  19. I am gnocci’s #1 fan! Cooks in like 2 minutes and is so simple. I love what you’ve done with it! I’m never that excited to make dinner, either, but I am soooo excited about that gooey cheese picture. 🙂

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  21. Baking is definitely super fun, but how can you ever say no to gnocchi?! YOU JUST CAN’T ! Especially when it’s smothered in alfredo and baked to perfection. Mmmmmmm I wholeheartedly dig this dish, Jocelyn! 😀

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  28. Made this for dinner this evening. Can I just say YUM!? My husband even liked it and he does not like Alfredo sauce. It’s definitely a keeper. Thanks for sharing this great dish.

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  29. I really liked this! I’m an alfredo and gnocchi lover, but my husband is not. He was NOT excited when I told him what I was making for supper. But let me tell you, he finished his plate and said that it was good! yay! 🙂 After I had dumped everything together I realized I was supposed to save the cheese for the top. Ooops! Even with it mixed in and not just on top it was great. Thanks for the awesome recipe.

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  30. I used some leftover packets of shredded Italian blend cheese & grated Parmesan & added a chopped yellow onion & a few garlic cloves. Soooo delicious. This is definitely a repeater!!

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  33. Sent my husband to the store and he only got one box of gnocchi. It’s that going to be enough? I don’t live anywhere near a store to go back! Please say yes!

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  34. We love gnocchi in our house too! Our go to comfort food dinner consists of eckrich sausage (skinless kind) cut into 1/2 inch rounds & browned in a heavy skillet, they almost carmelize. Then cook the gnocchi like you said til they float, then mix the gnocchi, browned sausage together & instead of alfredo Ragu has a creamy mozzarella jarred sauce that is so yummy! I serve this with a vegetable. I cannot wait to try your recipe either! Gnocchi rocks!

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    • I don’t see why not. You could put the entire casserole together without the sauce in a freezer/oven safe pan and then wrap it well before freezing. I would recommend it thawing it overnight in your refrigerator for at least 24 hours before baking, then stirring in the alfredo sauce. Keep me posted on how it works and how you like it 🙂

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  37. Holy crap, this recipe was amazeballs!! Made it with homemade alfredo sauce like you suggested, and it was so delish!! Thank you so much for this recipe 🙂

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  38. This is in the oven right now. I forgot the bacon when I was at the store and added mushrooms. Can’t wait to taste it!

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  40. I made this for company over the weekend. It was absolutely the best. Everyone loved it and I can hardly wait to make it for a church potluck meal. Thanks for a yummy recipe.

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  41. This was delicious! Have you ever froze this? I would like to make 2 – bake one and freeze one and wondered if you had ever tried freezing this. Thanks for a great recipe!

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    • Hi, Trish. I am so glad you enjoyed the dinner. I have actually never tried to freeze this one. Most Alfredo sauces can not be frozen because they separate when they thaw out, so I really do not think it would work very well. You could probably make everything else and freeze it, then after you thaw it add the jar of sauce before baking.

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  43. This looks and sounds so amazing! However, my husband and I are having a hard time finding gnocchi since we’ve never heard of it before. Any suggestions?

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    • Did you look in the pasta aisle? It is usually sold in the same aisle as all the varieties of pasta…I usually see it on the top shelf of most grocery stores, Walmart, and Target. If you can’t find it, any pasta can be substituted for it.

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  46. I made this tonight for dinner! It’s amazing! But I added 2 cups cheese instead of 1.5 & mixed in about 1/3 of the cheese with the ingredients and then topped it off with the rest. I also instead of plain alfredo sauce, used alfredo sauce with bacon!!! Gave it more flavor and more bacon!!! Can’t go wrong with more bacon!!

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  47. I had this recipe for a while now and finally decided to make it tonight. It was amazing! There wasn’t even any left overs. The only change I made was to use roasted garlic alfredo sauce. I will definitely be making this again! Very easy and delicious.

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  48. I got to say, this is the best recipe I have ever tried! Super easy, takes little too no time. I love it! I make this meal for any occasion and I sear, i always have to make more batches after its all gone because it is sooo darn good.

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  49. Frozen gnocchi, jarred Alfredo, already cooked chicken… In what way is this cooking?

    Also, you can’t call yourself a baker if you use anything packaged. It may as well be in the Ten Commandments…

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    • Hi, Michael. I am so sorry you feel this way! But semi-homemade cooking and baking is totally a legit way to do food. If you are all about making everything from scratch more power to you, but I am a busy mother of 3 who has her own business and is busy with life and church activities, so I love making my food the semi-homemade way! Plus, based on all the comments on this recipe and emails I have received from readers who have loved this recipe, I’m going to say it was a hit 🙂 And last I checked, God didn’t mention anything about baking in the 10 Commandments…

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  52. I can not eat broccoli. Any suggestions what I can use as a supplement? I was thinking kale? Peas? Or just onions and mushrooms maybe?

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  54. Is this something you could assemble and keep in the fridge for a few hours before baking? Do you think there would need to be any temp/time changes?

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    • I think you could definitely make it up ahead of time. I would just pull it out of the refrigerator about 30 minutes before baking if you are using a glass dish. If you are baking in a metal dish, you could bake it right from the fridge, but you will have to add extra time because it is starting out cold. I hope that helps!

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  55. HOLY SMOKES!! This was so good!!! I used rotisserie chicken and refrigerated Alfredo sauce and fresh broccoli. We were all swooning!! This has gone into the rotation…and that is not an easy feat!! One thing though, the package directions for the gnocchi says to salt the water. We all thought the dish was pretty salty (I did use 1c of Mozzarella and 1/2c Italian Blend cheese and I know Parmesan is a salty cheese, I’m sure this probably didn’t help) so I think next time I would skip salting the water. I also used thick peppered bacon (4 slices). OH MY! Thanks for gifting my household with this deliciousness. I’m also pretty convinced it will freeze well enough that I could make two batches at a time and freeze one. I did the calorie work up on this and 1/6 of a serving was about 400 cals.

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    • Woo hoo! I am so excited your family enjoyed this so much!!! And yay for the dinner going into the rotation! I didn’t salt the water when I made it, so definitely try it without that extra salt for sure. Let me know how freezing it goes because I have never tried that!

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  56. Hi,
    I want you to know that although I’m not the best cook in the world, I was able to make this and it came out really good. Thanks for the recipe.

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  58. I made this tonight with leftover grilled chicken and it was OMG delicious. I didn’t even have to put the broiler on. It browned up in the 20 minutes. I used shredded Italian blend cheese.

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