One Skillet Creamy Bacon and Kale Gnocchi

This One Skillet Creamy Bacon and Kale Gnocchi dish is comfort food at it's best!  

Do you ever have those weekends when you feel like you need another weekend to recover from it?  A few mama friends and I road tripped up to Duluth for a baby-free weekend which was SO much fun but man - going out is tiring!  Totally worth it, though.

I came home Sunday afternoon craving a big skillet of creamy gnocchi.  Ever since my Weeknight One Pot Spaghetti, I have been obsessed with one pot/skillet/pan dinners.  From One Pot Tortellini Primavera and One Skillet Mexican Chicken and Rice, to my my typical go-to weeknight dinner of a veggie hash with a runny egg on top.  Topped with some cheese and Sriracha and I'm one happy girl.

As good as all of those dishes are, I think I found a new favorite with this One Skillet Creamy Bacon and Kale Gnocchi.

I am such a huge fan of gnocchi but I don't eat it nearly enough.  It's so soft and fluffy - I just want to use it as a pillow and take a nap.  Is that weird?

While I won't turn down gnocchi with a red sauce, I think it's made for a super lush creamy sauce.  Then you add bacon and kale (a.k.a. two of my favorite things)?  OMG.  Sign. Me. Up.

I'm not super picky about my gnocchi, so I used the Archers Farm Gnocchi, but if you're a frozen-gnocchi-only enthusiast, by all means use your favorite!  I've heard Delallo Gnocchi is pretty amazing.  Or make your own....more power to ya!  But then this dish will definitely not be one-skillet.  Using the pre-made gnocchi made this dish super simple and extremely quick to make.

While the bacon in this was super satisfying to me, you could definitely add some rotisserie chicken in here for some more protein.  You could also add other veggies like mushrooms or zucchini, too.  Oh and don't forget the Parmesan cheese on top - it's the best!

One Skillet Creamy Bacon and Kale Gnocchi

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Servings: 4

Author: Taylor Ellingson

Ingredients

• ▢ 6 slices bacon cut into bite sized pieces
• ▢ 1 small onion diced
• ▢ 3 cloves garlic minced
• ▢ 2 tablespoons olive oil
• ▢ 2 tablespoons flour
• ▢ 3 cups milk I used whole milk
• ▢ 1 lb potato gnocchi fresh or frozen
• ▢ 2 cups chopped kale
• ▢ Parmesan cheese for topping

Instructions

• In a large skillet, cook bacon until cooked through.
• Remove from skillet, leaving about a tablespoon of the grease in the skillet for the onion.
• Over medium-high heat, add the onion and cook for 5-7 minutes, until soft and translucent.
• Add garlic and cook one more minute.
• Add olive oil and flour, and stir well to combine.
• Cook flour for 1 minute, stirring often so it doesn't burn.
• Slowly add milk (I did this in ½ cup increments), stirring continuously to incorporate milk with flour roux.
• Once all of the milk is added, bring to a simmer, then reduce heat to medium-low and cook until sauce is thickened, about 10 minutes. About halfway through the cooking time, add the gnocchi.**
• Add in kale and cook another 2 minutes, until kale is bright green and tender.
• Serve topped with Parmesan cheese.
• Enjoy!
• **You can also cook it according to the package you buy it in and just add it in with the kale at the end. The gnocchi I bought had a short cooking time so I just added it to the milk so it had ample time (7 minutes) to soften up since I wasn't boiling it in water.

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