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Creamy Chorizo Soup with Sweet Potato Gnocchi and Kale

Updated: May 13, 2025 · Published: Aug 8, 2023 by Nicole B. · Leave a Comment

Total Time: 30 minutes minutes
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This easy creamy chorizo soup with sweet potato gnocchi and kale is the perfect comfort food for a chilly fall or winter evening. The sweet potato gnocchi add just the right amount of sweetness to balance the intense and spicy Mexican chorizo. For maximum convenience and time savings, this recipe uses store-bought sweet potato gnocchi.

Bowl of creamy chorizo soup with a spoon.

Recipe ingredients and notes:

  • You can buy sweet potato gnocchi in many general grocery stores. They are either in the frozen food aisle or with fresh pasta in the refrigerated section.
  • This soup is made with Mexican chorizo, which is ground, raw, spiced sausage meat. (That is as opposed to Spanish chorizo, which is a dried and cured sausage.)
Mexican chorizo, sweet potato gnocchi, garlic, onion, oil, flour, cream, kale and chicken broth.

How to make it:

See full ingredient amounts and instructions in the recipe card below!

Cooked chorizo in a Dutch oven with a spoon.
  1. Get a pot of water to a boil for the sweet potato gnocchi. Meanwhile cook the chorizo in a little bit of olive oil.
Cooked chorizo and vegetables being stirred in a Dutch oven.
  1. Stir in onion and kale.
Chorizo, vegetables and flour being stirred in a Dutch oven.
  1. Stir in garlic, then flour.
Soup being stirred in a Dutch oven.
  1. Add chicken broth and water and bring to a simmer, then set aside.
Cooked sweet potato gnocchi in a colander.
  1. Boil, then drain the sweet potato gnocchi.
Creamy chorizo soup being stirred in a Dutch oven.
  1. Stir the cooked gnocchi and heavy cream into the soup and serve.

Full Recipe

Bowl of creamy chorizo soup with a spoon.
Author: Nicole B.

Creamy Chorizo Soup with Sweet Potato Gnocchi and Kale

This creamy chorizo soup is easy to make and uses store-bought sweet potato gnocchi.
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Prep Time: 10 minutes mins
Cook Time: 20 minutes mins
Total Time: 30 minutes mins
Servings: 2
Course: Main
Cuisine: Mexican, World
Calories: 814
Ingredients Equipment Method Nutrition Notes

Ingredients:
  

  • ½ teaspoon mild olive oil
  • 8 ounces Mexican chorizo bulk sausage meat
  • ¼ cup minced onion (you need about ⅓ of a small onion for that)
  • 2 cups torn kale leaves (stems removed)
  • 2 small garlic cloves, peeled and minced or pressed through a garlic press
  • 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups chicken broth
  • ¼ cup water
  • 8 ounces sweet potato gnocchi (about 32 gnocchi)*
  • ½ cup heavy cream

Equipment:

  • measuring cups and spoons
  • knife and cutting board
  • garlic press (optional)
  • rubber spatula or wooden spoon
  • large pot with lid
  • small Dutch oven
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Method:
 

  1. Bring a large pot of water to a boil for the sweet potato gnocchi.
  2. While the water is heating up, heat the oil in a Dutch oven until shimmering (about 30 seconds).
    ½ teaspoon mild olive oil
  3. Add the chorizo and cook until starting to brown on the edges (about 5 minutes). Use a rubber spatula or a wooden spoon to break up the meat as it's cooking.
    8 ounces Mexican chorizo bulk sausage meat
  4. Stir in onion and kale and cook for 1 minute.
    ¼ cup minced onion (you need about ⅓ of a small onion for that), 2 cups torn kale leaves (stems removed)
  5. Stir in garlic and cook for 30 seconds.
    2 small garlic cloves, peeled and minced or pressed through a garlic press
  6. Add the flour and stir until absorbed, then pour in chicken broth and water. Bring to a simmer, stirring continuously, and cook until starting to thicken (about 3 minutes). Take off the heat and set aside.
    3 tablespoons all-purpose flour, 2 cups chicken broth, ¼ cup water
  7. Add the sweet potato gnocchi to the pot of boiling water and cook according to package instructions. Drain, then add the cooked gnocchi to the soup.
    8 ounces sweet potato gnocchi (about 32 gnocchi)*
  8. Stir heavy cream into the soup, bring to simmer, then take off the heat and serve.
    ½ cup heavy cream

Recipe notes:

*You can use homemade or store-bought sweet potato gnocchi for this soup. (Many general grocery stores carry sweet potato gnocchi. You can find them either in the frozen food aisle or refrigerated with the fresh pasta.)
Storage: Store any leftover soup in an airtight container in the fridge. Reheat in the microwave or on the stovetop.
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Nutrition (estimate only):

Calories: 814kcalCarbohydrates: 59gProtein: 26gFat: 53gSaturated Fat: 24gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 143mgSodium: 2096mgPotassium: 225mgFiber: 4gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 3585IUVitamin C: 22mgCalcium: 137mgIron: 6mg

More delicious creamy soups:

  • This smoked paprika chicken soup is easily made with rotisserie chicken.
  • For another great soup with sausage meat check out this Italian sausage broccoli soup.

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