One Pot Tomato Gnocchi with Spinach
This One Pot Tomato Gnocchi with Spinach is an incredibly easy one pot dinner recipe full of flavor with a simple homemade tomato sauce. The gnocchi are cooked right in the sauce, then it’s all baked together to deepen the flavors and melt mozzarella cheese on top.
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Servings: 4 servings
Ingredients
- 16 oz shelf stable gnocchi
- 2 tablespoon unsalted butter
- ½ yellow onion diced
- 5 cloves garlic sliced
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 28 oz can of crushed tomatoes
- 1.5 cups fresh spinach
- ½ cup vegetable stock
- 4 oz fresh mozzarella
- 2 tablespoon fresh basil chopped
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 400℉
- Warm a large skillet or cast iron pan (with an oven safe lid) over medium heat. Add the butter. Once the butter is melted, add the onion. Sauté the onion for 5 minutes until lightly translucent. Then add in the sliced garlic cloves and cook for 2 minutes.
- To the onion and garlic mixture, add in the 1 tablespoon of tomato paste. Stir this to get it incorporated and cook for 2-3 minutes to deepen in color and flavor.
- To the pan, add the crushed tomatoes, vegetable stock, and salt and black pepper. Stir together and bring it to a gentle simmer.
- To the pan, add the uncooked gnocchi and fresh spinach. Mix it in as best you can, submerging all of the gnocchi.
- Cover and bake for 20 minutes, stirring every 5-ish minutes.
- Top with mozzarella cheese and broil for 5 minutes on high until melted and lightly browned. Serve with fresh basil and a drizzle of a little extra virgin olive oil if desired.
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Notes
One-pot if using stovetop-to-oven safe cookware.
Nutrition Estimate
Calories: 401kcal | Carbohydrates: 59g | Protein: 15g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 37mg | Sodium: 984mg | Potassium: 746mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 2025IU | Vitamin C: 25mg | Calcium: 259mg | Iron: 7mg