Easy Chicken Breasts with Spinach and Mushrooms are in creamy Parmesan sauce. And you can make this easy one pan dish in 30 minutes! Perfect for busy weeknights!
What kind of chicken breasts will you need
To make easy chicken breasts you will need buy a family pack of 4 thick chicken breasts. Then you would halve each one crosswise. As a result, you will get 8 regular portions. I did the same thing in Pan Fried Chicken and Parmesan Crusted Chicken.
How to halve the chicken breast
With the edge of a knife parallel to the cutting board, carefully slice the breast in half width-wise. As a result, 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 Easy Chicken Breasts with Spinach and Mushrooms quite often. And the chicken always comes out perfectly. It's never dry or overcooked. Do you want to have tender and moist chicken breasts every time? And in an amazingly delicious and cheesy sauce? Then this is THE recipe!
You will witness an amazing transformation of the otherwise boring chicken and spinach dish!
What kind of mushrooms to use
Cremini mushrooms in this chicken mushroom spinach combination taste amazing! They 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. While the larger, portobello mushrooms are the oldest. The cremini fall in between.
Tips for making the best chicken
Use olive oil or butter: You will need to use either olive oil or butter. I used olive oil here, but any other vegetable oil or butter will be great was well.
Preheat your pan: Make sure to heat your pan before adding the oil. Then add the food. For stainless steel pans,steel expands when hot and contracts when it comes into contact with a cooler temperature. Same goes for non-stick pans and cast iron skillets.
Add oil to hot pan: That's why foods stick to the surface if the surface is cold. By adding oil to the pan when it's hot, the steel becomes static, resulting in a temporarily nonstick surface!
How to make the sauce
After you cook the mushrooms, remove them from the skillet and start making the sauce.
- First, add butter to the hot pan.
- Once you melt the butter, add garlic.
- 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 you stir flour, 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.
- Finally, add chicken and mushrooms back into the pan.
- Reheat for about 2 minutes.
And this is how Easy Chicken Breasts with Spinach and Mushrooms it done! That's it! It's that simple! Yet, how amazing does it look?
Storage instructions
I always store my chicken in glass containers. I don't like to use plastic - to prevent sauce from seeping into the plastic container.
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Chicken with Spinach and Mushrooms in Creamy Parmesan Sauce
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Ingredients
- 2 tablespoon olive oil (divided)
- 4 tablespoon butter (divided)
- 4 chicken breasts halved crosswise
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 10 oz Cremini mushrooms (1 package) sliced
Creamy Parmesan Sauce:
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 1 tablespoon wheat flour
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 1 cup heavy cream
- ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- 1 cup spinach
Instructions
- Chicken: Season chicken breasts with salt and pepper on a large plate and set aside. Next in a large skillet, add 1 tablespoon of olive oil and 1 tablespoon butter. Allow for butter to melt 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 .
- Now add the sliced mushrooms and remaining tablespoon of olive oil and 1 tablespoon butter to the pan. Cook for 5 minutes, your mushrooms should look nice and moist, and dark. Once cooked, remove them from the pan.
- Sauce: To make the sauce, add remaining 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 and cook until it's no longer raw. Slowly add chicken broth, heavy cream. Once simmering add Parmesan cheese and allow it to blend for 2-3 minutes. Add salt, garlic powder and pepper. Taste the sauce and adjust the seasoning, if necessary.
- Add spinach to the sauce and allow it to wilt.
- Next cooked mushrooms back into the pan and mix them into the sauce.
- Now add cooked chicken and allow it to reheat for 2-3 minutes. Close the lid to help the heat stay in. Serve immediately! Spoon sauce all over chicken.
Nancy says
This is such a delicious & easy recipe! Made a pasta & added more spinach which I love & will double up on the sauce next time but the flavor was sooo good! Thank You for sharing! 😋
Olya says
I completely agree on doubling up the sauce! I'm so glad you liked this!
Lois says
Absolutely delicious. Would definitely make this again and again!
Olya says
Thank you Lois!
Ashley says
This recipe has become a staple in our house, we make it every chance we get! We always double the sauce recipe and serve it over fresh pasta or gnocchi. So delicious! Thank you for sharing this recipe (but also not thank you bc now I can't order pasta in restaurants anymore) I'm about to make this for supper right now and I can't wait 😋
Olya says
Thank you, Ashley, for such a beautiful review!!!
Michelle says
Delicious!! The only thing I would change is less salt and that's only personal preference as I don't use much salt.
Olya says
Thank you Michelle!
Amanda says
It was really good, would cook it again. I added pasta with mine .
Judy Lynn Beamer says
I followed the recipe exactly accept more spinach excellent 😋
Olya says
Can't go wrong with more spinach!