How To Make Creamy Chicken Florentine
You can never go wrong with this easy-to-make creamy chicken florentine recipe, a classic dinner favorite that will surely comfort you after a long day.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 4chicken breasts
- 1tspsalt
- 1tspground pepper
- 1tspolive oil
- 1tspbutter
- 1tspgarlic,minced
- ¼cupwhite wine,or chicken broth
- 3cupsbaby spinach,loosely packed
- ½cupcream cheese
- ¾cupheavy cream
Instructions
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Season the chicken breasts with salt and pepper on both sides.
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Heat the olive oil and butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat and add the chicken breasts.
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Cook the breasts for 4 to 5 minutes on each side until thoroughly cooked and light golden brown in color. Once done, move the chicken into a plate.
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In the same pan, add the garlic and sauté for 1 minute until fragrant.
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Add white wine to the pan and let it simmer and reduce for a few minutes. Stir the wine around so that any bits stuck to the bottom of the pan will come off.
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Add the spinach and cook for about two minutes until wilted while stirring occasionally.
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Once the spinach has wilted, add the cream cheese and heavy cream. Bring this to a gentle simmer, making sure that the cream cheese has completely melted and is mixed well.
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Add the chicken breasts back to the pan, spoon the sauce over, and simmer for 1 to 2 minutes before turning off the heat.
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Serve hot.
Nutrition
- Calories: 587.48kcal
- Fat: 44.68g
- Saturated Fat: 21.28g
- Trans Fat: 0.22g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 14.99g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 4.62g
- Carbohydrates: 3.78g
- Fiber: 0.36g
- Sugar: 2.36g
- Protein: 39.27g
- Cholesterol: 206.94mg
- Sodium: 636.15mg
- Calcium: 90.33mg
- Potassium: 521.39mg
- Iron: 1.75mg
- Vitamin A: 374.77µg
- Vitamin C: 2.59mg
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