This Gnocchi Bake combines cherry tomatoes, feta, and crispy chicken thighs to make an easy, comforting meal for the whole family.
Course Main
Cuisine Greek-Inspired
Keyword feta, gnocchi
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 1 hourhour
Total Time 1 hourhour10 minutesminutes
Servings 4
Calories 1033kcal
Author Maria Koutsogiannis
Ingredients
4bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs
For the sauce
1/4cupolive oil
1/2cupketchup
1tspgarlic powder
1/2tspsalt
1/2tsppepper
1tspregular or coconut sugar
1/4tspchili flakes
1tbspred wine vinegar
1tspdried oregano
For the gnocchi
500gstore-bought potato gnocchi
50gcrumbled feta cheese
3garlic cloves, pressed
1/2cuplight / 10% cream
1/2cupchicken broth
150-180gblock of feta cheese
Garnishes
fresh basil
handful halved baby tomatoes
Instructions
Preheat oven to 375F.
Make the sauce by whisking together the olive oil, ketchup, salt, pepper, garlic powder, sugar, chili flakes, red wine vinegar and dried oregano. Set aside.
To a baking dish add the chicken thighs and half of the ketchup sauce, mix together to coat the chicken thighs well and spread them out in the baking dish. When the oven is preheated, bake the chicken thighs for 30 minutes.
After 30 minutes, remove the chicken from the oven. Remove the chicken thighs to a plate. Scrape up any browned bits in the pan and then add the gnocchi. Add the rest of the ketchup sauce, crumbled feta cheese, pressed garlic, cream and chicken broth and toss with the gnocchi. Nestle the block of feta cheese in the middle and then nestle / place the chicken thighs back in the pan as well (not on top of the feta block).
Bake for 20-30 more minutes or until the chicken is cooked through to 165F and the block of feta cheese is softened (you can press down on it easily with the back of a spoon).
Remove the chicken from the pan and then stir / toss everything together in the pan with the softened block of feta cheese until combined. Serve the gnocchi alongside the chicken thighs and garnish with fresh basil and a few fresh halved cherry tomatoes if desired.
Notes
Try serving this with our easy Maroulosalata aka my Mamas Salad
If you love gnocchi, try this Creamy Truffle Mushroom Gnocchi
If you love crispy chicken thights, try our Greek Chicken and Lemon Potatoes