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!
Easy Chicken Breasts is quick and easy recipe to add to your chicken dinner rotation! Add spinach and mushrooms and there you have quick and easy weeknight dinner! These chicken breasts are super juicy and tender. It will become a new family favorite!
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
- First, you will need to brown chicken.
- 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.
- You will cook the chicken for 4-5 minutes on each side. For a total of 8-10 minutes.
- Once you cook the chicken, remove it from the skillet.
- Cook mushrooms next.
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?
Cooking Tip:
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!
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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.
This was wonderful – so rich and creamy. I served it on a bed of Minnesota grown wild rice and felt that it was a perfect combination
Thank you Carol. I loved that you served it on the bed of wild rice!
Omg, I made this tonight for supper and it was delicious! I followed the recipe as written and will definitely be making this again. Thank you!
That’s wonderful Danielle! Enjoy!
So simple and yet five star restaurant quality. I made half with broccoli as a substitute for my picky non mushroom eaters. It was delicious both ways. Thank you for sharing.
Yes!!! Your review made my day!!! Thank you!
Loved this! Great instructions and so delicious!
Thank you Beth for you 5-star rating as well!
Has anyone tried using almond, or any other flour to make it gluten free? Any suggestions for lightening up the dairy? ANyone try half and half? Almond milk?
You can definitely use almond or rice flour. Half and half will work just great, but not almond milk (too watery).
I made it with oat milk which is creamier.
Wow! So glad it worked with oat milk and it is creamy!
This was so yummy. I mostly followed the recipe. I didn’t have fresh mushrooms so used jar mushrooms. I always add extra spinach just because it’s good for you and disappears. I made garlic mashed potatoes as a side. It’s a keeper in our family! Thanks.
Disappearing spinach is always a let down. I am so glad the family enjoyed it and thank you for your 5-star rating!
This looks wonderful! Any thoughts on how I could make this for 12 ladies? Possibly bake it at some point? Thank you!
I would make 3 batches of this. You can reheat them in batches in the pan the next day or two – it will be even better the next day.
I loved this dish, it is delicious! I plan on adding more spinach next time and will serve with Farrelle pasta and a good hot crusty bread to sop up the sauce.
Spinach does have a habit of disappearing into the sauce so I always add more too. Thank you for reporting back and a five-star rating Ellen!
I made this but used mozzarella instead of parmesan as itsbwhatbibhad on hand and it was delicious! Absolutely incredible 😍 I served it with a side ofbrice, but wondering what other things it would be well served with besides pasta?
Absolutely incredible is wonderful – thank you! I eat it over brown rice as well as red lentil pasta.
Tried this tonight and it’s delicious! I made a slightly smaller version. Used milk instead of cream and it still tasted rich. I added some leftover cooked long grain rice and that was perfect for soaking up the sauce. Thank you for a quick recipe that combines some of my favorite foods.
Sooo happy to hear that your favorite foods were included in this recipe! And I like that milk tasted rich in this as well!