Say goodbye to dry, flavorless chicken and HELLO to this easy and flavorful skillet dinner with chicken and garlic creamed spinach! You’ll want a crusty bread to soak up the sauce!
Tender and juicy chicken in a delicious spinach sauce, all cooked in one pan and in just 30 minutes! It is the most perfect weeknight dinner! The creamy sauce whisks together so perfectly and uses familiar ingredients you already love. You will want to lick your plate clean because it is that good! This is a must try recipe that involves no-fuss prep with gourmet looking results. Put this meal at the top of your must make list!
Serve with your favorite pasta or Mashed Cauliflower. You will not want to forget the bread because you will definitely want to be scraping the creamy sauce up with your bread at the end!
Pair with Scout and Cellar Adelante Sauvignon Blanc, bright and clean with lemongrass, lime zest and green apple balanced by a subtle minerality on a zesty, light-bodied frame with a refreshing finish
INGREDIENTS
- 2 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil, divided
- 4 boneless skinless chicken thighs or breasts
- 2 teaspoon paprika
- Kosher salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 1 medium yellow onion, chopped
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 10 ounces baby spinach
- 1 cup. heavy cream
- 3/4 cup low-sodium chicken broth
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella
- 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan
Instructions
In a large skillet over medium heat, heat 1 tablespoon oil.
Season chicken with paprika, salt, and pepper and cook until golden and no longer pink, 8 minutes per side. Transfer to a plate.
Heat remaining tablespoon oil.
Add onion and cook until soft, 5 minutes, then add garlic and cook 1 minute more.
Add spinach, in batches, until wilted.
Pour over heavy cream and chicken broth and simmer for 3 minutes.
Add mozzarella and Parmesan and stir until melted, then return chicken to skillet and simmer for 5 minutes.
Serve creamed spinach spooned over chicken.
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