Season the chicken

• Season the chicken breast with salt, black pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, smoked paprika and Kickin chicken seasoning.

Sear the chicken

• Heat the cooking oil in a pot over medium-high heat.
• Sauté the chicken on each side until golden, then remove from the pot.

Sauté the vegetables

• Add the unsalted butter to the pot.
• Sauté the carrots, celery and onion for a few minutes.
• Add the garlic, fresh thyme and the same seasonings used for the chicken, except the smoked paprika.

Thicken with flour

• Sauté the vegetables with the flour to thicken the soup.
• Add the Italian seasoning.

Add the stock and chicken

• Pour in the chicken stock and bring to a boil.
• Return the chicken to the pot and let it finish cooking.

Add the half and half

• Stir in the half and half and let the soup come back to a boil.
• Shred the chicken.

Add chicken, spinach and gnocchi

• Return the shredded chicken to the pot along with the spinach.
• Add the crushed red pepper flakes.
• Add the gnocchi, reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer covered.