Chicken with Spinach and Mushrooms in creamy Parmesan sauce is easy and quite tasty! It’s a wonderful dish to make for the company coming over – you get 8 servings from 4 halved chicken breasts.
To make this dish you will need buy a family pack of 4 chicken breasts and halve each one crosswise resulting in 8 regular portions or 4 large portions (with 2 chicken breasts on a plate). The picture below shows that even halved, the portion size is pretty good:
To halve the chicken breast: with the edge of a knife parallel to the cutting board, carefully slice the breast in half width-wise. The resulting top and the bottom cuts should have approximately the same thickness. Not only will it make chicken cook more evenly, but also faster.
I make this chicken spinach mushroom recipe quite often and the chicken always comes out perfectly – never dry or overcooked. If you want to have tender and moist chicken breasts every time in an amazingly delicious and cheesy sauce – this is THE recipe!
Chicken with Spinach and Mushrooms in Creamy Parmesan Sauce is an amazing transformation of the otherwise boring chicken dish.
What kind of mushrooms to use: Creminin mushrooms in this chicken mushroom spinach combination taste amazing! Cremini mushrooms are simply the brown version of the common white cultivated mushroom.
You can also think of them as older than the white mushroom. The smaller, white button mushroom is the youngest variety, and the larger, portobello mushrooms are the oldest. The cremini fall in between.
How to make this chicken spinach mushroom dish
First, you will need to brown chicken. I used olive oil here, but any vegetable oil or butter will be great was well.
The chicken is cooked 4-5 minutes on each side for a total of 8-10 minutes. Once chicken is done, remove it from skillet and cook mushrooms next.
After the mushrooms are done cooking, remove them from the skillet and start making the sauce. First, butter is added to the pan. Once it’s melted add garlic and cook it only for a couple of minutes until slightly browned and fragrant.
Next add flour and stir it well into the butter and garlic mixture.After flour is incorporated, add chicken broth, heavy cream and Parmesan cheese. Allow them to blend on low heat for a couple more minutes.
Season with salt, pepper and garlic powder. Taste the sauce and see if you like the level of seasoning there. Next add spinach and allow it to wilt.
Add chicken and mushrooms back into the pan and reheat for about 2 minutes. And this chicken spinach mushroom dish it done! That’s it! It’s that simple! Yet, how amazing does it look?
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Chicken with Spinach and Mushrooms in creamy Parmesan sauce is easy and quite tasty! It’s a wonderful dish to make for the company coming over!
- 4 chicken breasts halved crosswise
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- 10 oz (1 package) mushrooms sliced
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 4 Tbsp butter
- 1 Tbsp rice or wheat flour
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1/2 Tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 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 4 minutes on each side until browned for a total of 8 minutes. 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.
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, heavy cream and Parmesan cheese and allow them to blend for 2-3 minutes. Add salt, garlic powder and pepper. Taste the sauce and adjust the seasoning, if necessary.
Putting it all together: 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. Add the chicken and mushrooms back into the pan and allow them to reheat for 2-3 minutes. Close the lid to help the heat stay in. Serve immediately!
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This was delicious with mushrooms!
Can this be made ahead for a party and reheated in oven adding spinach when it comes out of oven?
Yes, this can be made ahead a day or two.
Tasty, easy to make & family loved it.
Can anyone suggest what to serve this with, I make this dish because it’s so so yummy but always tend to serve it with roast veggies, anyone got any better ideas…please
How about over pasta or zucchini noodles if gluten free?
I used some sodium citrate when I made the alfredo sauce. Check it out. It really smoothes out the cheese. My wife considered this recipe to be one of the better meals she had ever had. I also used Xanthan gum to thicken the sauce rather than wheat flour. Excellent meal that I put on broccoli. Excellent meal.
I’ll keep that in mind about Xanthan gum as a thickener – I’ve never used it in cooking. And I’ll have to google sodium citrate. Thank you – very interesting.
Made this for me and my fiancé!
So amazing, even with the little tweaks on my end.
Going to be using this sauce for future Alfredo too, yummmmy!
Thank you so much! I’m glad you enjoyed the sauce.
I used gluten free rice flour as suggested and the sauce was even smooth and no clumps
This is such a great recipe! I made it this evening for my husband. He complimented my cooking and said this is a Sunday dinner worthy meal. Can’t get mych better than that! Thanks
Thank you so much for sharing this! I’m glad your husband liked it.