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 success in making easy chicken breasts
- You will need to use either vegetable oil or butter. I used olive oil here, but any other vegetable oil or butter will be great was well.
- Make sure to heat the stainless steel pan before adding the oil. Then add the food. Steel expands when hot and contracts when it comes into contact with a cooler temperature.
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?
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Chicken with Spinach and Mushrooms in Creamy Parmesan Sauce
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.
Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy only. This information comes from online calculators. Although whatsinthepan.com attempts to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.
Sara says
This turned out perfect will be making it again
Olya says
I’m glad you enjoyed it Sara.
Georgina says
The ingredients call for heavy cream, but the directions mention half and half, which is it?
I think that to thicken the sauce you could use a measured amount of cream cheese.
Sounds delicious, will be making it for our Church Ladies Conference
Olya says
Georgina, it’s half and half. I used heavy cream too, but with less cheese. I hope the ladies will enjoy it!
Olya says
Laura, regular milk would work. You would have to add 1 to 2 tablespoons of flour (wheat or rice flours work well) to thicken up the sauce a bit.
michele says
that’s what i’m thinking. i don’t want the extra carbs or gluten from flour.
Stephany says
I used bokchoy here instead of spinach and added scallions as well
Kim says
How long to you cook it once you add chicken?
Vicky Tietz says
I made this tonight and it was fantastic. Did everything as said except put Penzeys roasted garlic instead of regular garlic. Thank you for posting!
Angelica says
OMG…Super easy recipe and came out absolutely delicious. I served it over brown rice. The only change I would make would be to add an additional tablespoon of flour to the sauce.
Nob says
At what stage does Cream go in
Shari says
The cream is referred to as half and half. Just a lighter version of heavy cream. Step two
Ladonna M Holliday says
If you buy boneless skinless with rib meat attached and thaw part way, you can cut the breast in half very easily if they are left partly frozen..this is also good with tomatoes added to it and instead of spinach, put broccoli frozen on top towards the end of cooking time..
Denise Spinoche says
Tried it today, yummy its awesome
giada says
I tried it yesterday… What to say, amazing! Me and my boyfiend loved it.