Easy Bacon Gnocchi recipe. The perfect quick and simple comfort food, this dinner idea makes a great weeknight meal.
The weather is beginning to cool down a little. Which to me indicates that I can begin making some comfort food again.
Not that I really need an excuse. Because this Bacon Gnocchi is good enough to make at any time of the year, regardless of the weather.
What you need to make Bacon Gnocchi
This is one of my go-to weeknight dinner ideas because it’s so easy to make, and I usually have all of the ingredients too! All you need is:
- store bought gnocchi
- bacon
- garlic
- cayenne pepper
- diced tomatoes
- tomato paste
- heavy cream
- mozzarella cheese
That’s it!
Variations
I have made this recipe both with and without bacon. If you don’t have bacon on hand, you can always sub in chicken, ground beef… really whatever leftovers you have in the kitchen.
I also love making vegetarian versions of this gnocchi. Omitting the bacon and adding broccoli or beans is a great way to switch it up. To be honest, this recipe is so versatile that just about anything would taste great in it!
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Bacon Gnocchi
Ingredients
- 500 g store bought gnocchi
- 12 oz bacon, chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1 (400g) can diced tomatoes
- 1 Tbsp tomato paste
- 3 Tbsp heavy cream
- 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400°F.
- Bring a medium saucepan of salted water to a boil. Cook the gnocchi in the boiling water until the gnocchi rises to the surface. Drain and set aside.
- Meanwhile, cook the bacon until it starts to crisp. Discard most of the fat, then add in the garlic and cook for around 1 minute.
- Add in the cayenne pepper, diced tomatoes and tomato paste. Cook for around 5 minutes. Mix in the heavy cream.
- Remove from heat and mix in the gnocchi. Pour the mixture into a 9 inch square baking pan and top with the mozzarella.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes, or until the mozzarella is melted.
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Soo good! Simple and delicious. I really loved the kick of cayenne too.
That makes me so happy to hear 🙂
This looks fantastic! I just printed this off so I can make it for dinner later this week! I love all these ingredients so I’m excited to try it!
Yay! Let me know how it goes!!
Holy cheese bacon goodness!!! This is comfort food to the next level. We loved every single bite.
Definitely one of my favourite comfort meals for the cooler weather 🙂
Well damn, that was the best gnocchi I’ve ever had! What a delicious and easy way to elevate the humble gnocchi!!
Yay!! That makes me so happy to hear!
These gnocchis were super flavorful and so easy to put together! I haven’t had gnocchi for a while, I usually only make them in the fall and winter, so this recipe definitely hit the spot!
So glad you liked it! 🙂
This dish was so delicious I decided to make another batch to have it for my work week lunches.
The leftovers of this is so good 🙂
Oh my goodness, this bacon gnocci was so good. This was so easy to throw together and my whole family loved it. This is something I will be making again.
That makes me so happy to hear 🙂
I love that you can swap out almost any kind of meat for this gnocchi recipe, but if I’m being honest, bacon wins every time! haha!
Haha, I’ll have to agree with that!
This was the best gnocchi recipe ever! No leftovers in our home… It was completely devoured.
I am so glad your family loved it 🙂
Such a simple. an easy, and delicious dish to make for my family.
I am sure they will love this!
Let me know how it goes!!
Very tasty! I made a couple of minor mods to the core recipe: I sauteed a diced onion in the bacon grease before adding the garlic, and I didn’t have any heavy cream so I used about the same amount of cream cheese instead. The teaspoon of cayenne is probably a bit too much for the kids, but for my wife and I it was just the right level of heat. Will definitely be making this again!
Yay! That makes me so happy to hear 🙂
Just had this for dinner and we loved it!!!
That makes me so happy to hear 🙂