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Easy Chicken Breasts with Spinach and Mushrooms
Creamy Parmesan Chicken with Spinach and Mushrooms is an easy 30-minute, one-pan dinner made with tender pan-seared chicken breasts, savory cremini mushrooms, fresh spinach, and a rich garlic cream sauce. Serve this comforting skillet chicken over pasta, rice, mashed potatoes, or with crusty bread for every drop of the sauce.
Servings: 8 cutlets
cutlets
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.
Nutrition Facts
Easy Chicken Breasts with Spinach and Mushrooms
Amount per Serving
Calories
357
% Daily Value*
Fat
25
g
38
%
Saturated Fat
13
g
81
%
Cholesterol
134
mg
45
%
Sodium
546
mg
24
%
Potassium
662
mg
19
%
Carbohydrates
4
g
1
%
Fiber
1
g
4
%
Sugar
1
g
1
%
Protein
28
g
56
%
Vitamin A
1052
IU
21
%
Vitamin C
5
mg
6
%
Calcium
111
mg
11
%
Iron
1
mg
6
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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.
