Description
This Creamy Tuscan Chicken with Baby Spinach and Red Pepper is so delicious, so quick, and so easy! A restaurant quality dish, on the table in under 30 minutes. This is one quick weeknight dinner that the whole family will love.
Ingredients
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- 1 tablespoon olive or vegetable oil
- 1 pound chicken breasts (454g)
- 1 medium onion, diced
- 1 red bell pepper, diced
- 1/2 cup sundried tomatoes in oil, drained (3oz, 85g)
- 4 cloves garlic, finely minced
- 1/2 teaspoon dried Italian seasoning (or oregano)
- 3/4 cup chicken broth (6oz, 170g)
- 3/4 cup cream or half and half (6oz, 170g)
- 1/2 cup parmesan cheese (1.5oz, 43g)
- Big handful of baby spinach leaves, whole or roughly chopped (about 4.4oz, 125g)
- Red pepper flakes, salt, and pepper to taste
Instructions
- For quicker, more even cooking, slightly flatten breasts with a kitchen mallet. If they are very thick, slice them in half horizontally before flattening. Season with salt and pepper.
- Heat a skillet over high heat. When pan is hot, add 1/2 tablespoon oil.
- When oil is hot, put chicken breasts in pan and cook until golden brown on both sides and cooked through. Remove chicken from pan.
- Add remaining 1/2 tablespoon oil to pan. Add onions and cook until softened.
- Add red bell pepper and cook until almost softened.
- Add the garlic, sundried tomatoes, and Italian seasoning. Stir, and cook for about 1 minute.
- Deglaze pan with broth, scraping bottom to release any bits sticking to the bottom of the pan.
- Add cream and bring to a simmer. Allow to simmer for 2 minutes. Add parmesan and cook until melted.
- When cheese is melted turn off the heat and stir in baby spinach.
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Return chicken to pan and serve.
- Prep Time: 10
- Cook Time: 15
- Category: 30 minute mealls
- Method: stovetop
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 353
- Sugar: 3.9 g
- Sodium: 477.1 mg
- Fat: 19.8 g
- Carbohydrates: 11.5 g
- Protein: 33 g
- Cholesterol: 116.8 mg