Make this Easy Baked Gnocchi Recipe with ground turkey and spinach for a satisfying high protein dinner. This healthy skillet gnocchi is the perfect one pan meal to make for your family when you are short on time! It is also great for meal prep because the leftovers taste just as good.
This baked gnocchi is a full meal on its own, but if I am serving it for a larger group I like to serve it with this chopped Italian salad and some garlic bread or no knead focaccia.
Weeknight Dinner
One Pan Meal
Quick Look: Baked Gnocchi
- ⏱️ Prep Time: 5 minutes
- 👩🍳 Cook Time: 45 minutes
- 🕖 Total Time: 50 minutes
- 🍝 Servings: 6 servings
- ⚡️ Calories: 347 calories per serving (based on nutrition panel)
- 🔥 Cooking Method: Saute on stovetop then bake in oven at 350F
- 🛒 Main Ingredients: ground turkey, spinach, gnocchi, marinara and mozzarella cheese
- ⭐️ Difficulty: Very easy! This entire meal is made in one skillet.
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Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Easy, healthy weeknight dinner – this baked pasta has added protein and veggies to make it a healthy balanced weeknight dinner. It comes together quickly and can be baked later in the day so its a wonderful weeknight meal.
- Perfect for meal prep – make this baked gnocchi on Sunday and enjoy for lunches throughout the week,
- Customize and add extra veggies – The recipe calls for ground turkey, but you can sub that for any ground meat you’d like. You can also hide lots of vegetables in this dish to amp up it’s nutrient density! I use onions and spinach, but you could add in some bell peppers, zucchini, eggplant – you name it!
- Flawless freezer meal – prepare this dish in a freezer friendly container. Freeze it and bake later or deliver to a friend in need of a meal.
Ingredients You’ll Need
- Yellow onion – finely diced yellow onion adds lots of flavor to the base of this recipe. Finely mince a couple cloves garlic and add it to the onion for even more flavor.
- Olive oil – I use extra virgin olive oil to saute the onions, but you can use any cooking oil that you like.
- Salt, black pepper, garlic powder, dried basil, dried oregano – I use this dried seasoning blend to season the ground turkey. As a shortcut you can use an Italian seasoning blend instead.
- Ground turkey – a pound of ground turkey adds tons of protein to this recipe and I love how the protein helps keep me full. You could also use sweet Italian sausage or even plant based sausage in this easy gnocchi recipe.
- Fresh spinach – spinach wilts into the sauce. It doesn’t add much taste, but it adds tons of lovely nutrients.
- Uncooked potato gnocchi – I like to use shelf stable gnocchi straight from the package. You can also use frozen gnocchi. No need to cook or boil the gnocchi prior to baking.
- Marinara sauce – use your favorite tomato sauce or pasta sauce for this recipe. I like to use Rao’s Marinara or homemade pasta sauce.
- Shredded mozzarella cheese – sprinkle mozzarella all over the top of the skillet just before you roast this dish. Then, serve it up with the delicious melty cheese and fresh basil on top.
Add some spice to this Italian-American recipe with red pepper flakes or even hot Italian sausage.
How to make This Cheesy Baked Gnocchi Recipe
Step 1: Saute minced yellow onion in oil in an oven-proof skillet. Add ground turkey to the pan. Brown the turkey, break into crumbles and stir in seasoning blend.
Step 2: When the turkey is mostly cooked through, add spinach to the pan and simmer to wilt the spinach.
Step 3: Pour uncooked gnocchi into the pan along with marinara sauce and toss to combine everything evenly.
Step 4: Top the skillet with a layer of shredded mozzarella cheese and place in the oven to bake at 350F. Top with fresh herbs like fresh basil leaves and freshly grated parmesan cheese and serve warm.
If you’re looking for more baked pasta recipes, try this baked tortellini with chicken.
Storage, reheating and Freezing
Once fully cooled, store this gnocchi bake in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. Reheat in the oven at 350 for 10 minutes, until warmed through.
You can freeze this skillet before baking. Freeze for up to 3 months in a freezer safe container. To bake from frozen, bake covered at 325F for 1 hour.
Check out these other delicious pasta recipes
If you love this baked gnocchi recipe, try this sheet pan gnocchi recipe next or this butternut squash gnocchi and sausage skillet.
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Recipe
Easy Baked Gnocchi Recipe
Ingredients
- 1/2 a yellow onion – finely diced
- 1 1/2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp dried basil
- 1/2 tsp dried oregano
- 1 lb ground turkey
- 3 large handfuls spinach
- 1 lb gnocchi – no need to cook or boil before using in this recipe
- 28 oz marinara sauce
- 1 1/2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Heat a large oven safe skillet over medium heat. Add the oil and onions to the skillet and saute until soft and fragrant – about 3-4 minutes.
- Add the ground turkey to the skillet and break up into crumbles as it browns. After 3 minutes of browning the ground turkey, pour the salt, pepper, garlic powder, dried oregano and dried basil into the skillet.
- Place the spinach in the skillet and toss to combine with the turkey and onions. Saute until wilted.
- Turn off the heat and pour the gnocchi and marinara sauce in the skillet.Toss to combine all of the ingredients and then cover the top with the shredded mozzarella.
- Place the skillet in oven to bake at 350F for 28-30 minutes. Remove from the oven, allow to cool slightly, and serve with fresh basil.
Recipe Notes
- Freezer instructions: freeze before baking. To bake from frozen, bake covered at 325F for 1 hour.
- Use ground chicken, ground pork, ground beef or Italian ground sausage in place of ground turkey
- Use fresh mozzarella in place of the shredded
- Store in the fridge for up to 4 days
Nutrition Information
This website provides approximate nutrition information for convenience and as a courtesy only. Nutrition data is gathered primarily from the USDA Food Composition Database, whenever available, or otherwise other online calculators.
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