Italian Baked Chicken Thighs Over a Bed of Gnochhi with Cream Sauce

Ingredients:

• 1 16 oz. box gnocchi (we use shelf stable - Delallo Potato Gnocchi)

• 4 bone in skin on chicken thighs

• Italian seasoning to your liking

• 2 tablespoons butter

• 1 tablespoon minced garlic

• 1/2 cup chicken stock

• 1/2 cup heavy cream

• Salt and Pepper to taste

• Parmesan cheese

Instructions

1. Prepare the gnocchi: Boil the gnocchi following directions on the box. Strain the gnocchi when they are finished cooking.

2. In a skillet melt the butter with a splash of olive oil. (Helps prevent butter from burning)

3. Season the chicken with Italian Seasoning to your liking

4. Brown chicken on both sides in the skillet.

5. Once the chicken is browned on both sides, set the chicken aside.

6. In the pan that you cooked the chicken in, add minced garlic and chicken stock and cook until the garlic is fragrant.

7. Add the heavy cream to skillet and incorporate until its well mixed in.

8. Spray a 9x9 (or 8x8 or 9x13) oven safe baking dish and put down a layer of cooked gnocchi.

9. Lay the chicken breast on top of the gnocchi skin up and pour the sauce over all of it.

10. Bake at 400°F for about 35 minutes, or until the internal temperature of the chicken reaches 165°F.

11. If you wish, you can broil the chicken when it’s done cooking to crisp up the skin.

12. Top the chicken with shredded Parmesan cheese.