Chicken and Spinach in Creamy Mushroom Sauce is your perfect comfort food as well as an easy midweek dinner (you can also use leftovers for lunch). I love chicken mushroom spinach combination – it’s simple, tasty and never fails no matter what!
And while you are cooking this tasty creamy chicken and spinach dish – your entire house will smell like a top notch Italian restaurant – all thanks to garlic and Parmesan. And don’t you just love the smell of garlic being cooked? I used to eat spinach only in salads until I discovered how wonderful it tastes in combination with other ingredients, especially chicken and mushrooms.
Chicken, mushrooms and spinach is the perfect trio here! I initially set out to make it with chicken and spinach only, but adding mushrooms definitely added more texture and flavor here. It’s also important that all ingredients in this chicken and spinach dish are cut up in small pieces before cooking starts and that includes chicken.
Make sure to use one of your sharpest knives to cut the chicken into thin slices. Cutting the chicken used to be such a chore for me until I discovered that I was using the wrong knife!
When cooking mushrooms you don’t have to add any extra oil to the pan. When heated, they release moisture fairly quickly and will brown in their own juice. And I just love the transformation of the plain white mushroom into a much darker and yummier version.
Gluten Free Substitutions for Creamy Chicken and Spinach:
To make it wheat free, use cornstarch or rice flour instead of regular flour.
Cornstarch as a substitute: Cornstarch has twice the thickening power of flour, therefore you will need to use 1/2 tablespoon cornstarch.
Rice flour as a substitute: If using rice flour, substitute 1:1, namely use exactly 1 tablespoon of rice flour.
I am pretty happy that the sauce for this chicken, mushroom and spinach dish turned out to be not too cheesy, so you don’t have to feel guilty about eating it. It’s rather light – has a little bit of cream, a little bit of milk, very little butter and only half a cup of Parmesan cheese.
Yet it still tastes rich. You can eat this amazing chicken and spinach dish as a main entry or with a side of pasta or rice.
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Chicken and Spinach in Creamy Parmesan Mushroom Sauce is your perfect comfort food as well as an easy midweek dinner!
- 4 boneless skinless chicken thighs or breasts thinly sliced
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- 10 oz (1 package) mushrooms
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 4 Tbsp butter
- 1 Tbsp flour
- 1/2 cup chicken broth
- 1 cup half and half
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1/2 Tsp salt
- 1 cup spinach
Chicken and mushrooms: In a large skillet, add olive oil and heat it over medium high heat. When the pan is hot, add chicken and cook for about 5 minutes on each side until browned. Remove it onto a plate and add the sliced mushrooms in. Add in salt. In about 5 more minutes, your mushrooms should look nice and moist, and dark. Once cooked, remove them from the pan. I put them on the same plate as the cooked chicken strips.
Sauce: To make the sauce, add butter to the pan, allow it to melt and then cook garlic in it until slightly browned – only for a couple of minutes. Add 1 tablespoon flour (omit flour if you like your sauce to be a little more runny). Slowly add chicken broth, half-and-half and Parmesan cheese. All these will blend in very quickly.
Spinach: Add spinach to the mixture and allow it to wilt. I added 1 cup of spinach, but you can certainly add more or less depending on your preference.
Putting it all together: Add the chicken and mushrooms back into the pan and mix in well.Serve warm and garnish it with parsley, if desired.
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Had this for dinner tonight. I didn’t use as much garlic & I added more spinach but otherwise followed the recipe. Family loved it. Thanks for sharing.
Delicious and so sumple to make!
Thank you for this great recipe!
Thank you for coming back and letting me know how it turned out!
I made this tonight. OMGGGGG SO yummy!!
Loved it! Add lots more spinach!!
too creamy, needs more spice. needs to be served with rice or potatoes!
Loved this!! The sauce was amazing! I used baked chicken breast and added it on top at the end. A little time consuming but worth it!!
Garlic was strong. Next time use 2 cloves. Used 2 breasts instead of thighs. Fried flour with butter and garlic. Under seasoned, could’ve used some onion. Got a 7 from hubby. Served on shell pasta.
I added some herbs (thyme/rosemary/parsley) so good
Sorry, I meant cornstarch** in my last comment.
Also, do you also need to chop the spinach before adding to the mixture as well?
No need to chop spinach.
Hi. What can I substitute chicken broth with?
Ask can I use cornstart and water 1:1 instead of flour? Or is it going to change the taste?
Cornstarch has twice the thickening power of flour, use 1/2 tablespoon cornstarch.