Perfectly pan seared chicken breasts smothered with a wonderfully rich and creamy spinach sauce. This easy chicken recipe is a fantastic low carb, Keto-friendly dinner, and it comes together super fast!
FLAVORFUL & JUICY CHICKEN BREASTS
Say goodbye to dry, flavorless chicken breasts and HELLO to this easy and flavorful skillet dinner with chicken and creamed spinach! Tender and juicy chicken breasts in a delicious spinach sauce, all cooked in one pan and in just 30 minutes! It is the most perfect weeknight dinner.
From time to time, my husband likes to make a tub of my Creamed Spinach and then he eats it with any protein you can think of throughout the week. There was also a time where he just took the tub, sat in front of the TV, and ate up all the creamed spinach with a loaf of crusty bread. UGH! To be 6-foot 3-inches with a soccer bod… 🙄
Anywho. Point of my story is that, because of his creamed spinach obsession, I made us this Easy Chicken Breasts Recipe with Creamed Spinach Sauce and it was DA bomb diggidy! All of the delicious flavors of cheese, spinach, and chicken packed into a delicious dinner recipe!
AN EASY CHICKEN BREASTS RECIPE
How to cook juicy chicken breasts in a pan? Just follow these steps and you’ll be on your way to eating the best pan fried chicken breasts.
First, if you have 15 minutes extra, I advise to let the chicken sit in salted water, just as I have done here with my Oven Baked Chicken Breasts. It ensures a tender and REALLY juicy chicken, each and every time. ✔️
BUT if you don’t have a minute to spare, not to worry! Follow these directions and we’ll be AY-OKAY!
- Begin with rubbing the chicken breasts with a bit of olive oil, and then season with salt, pepper, garlic powder, paprika, or whatever else you may want to add.
- Heat a tablespoon of olive oil in a skillet over medium heat, place chicken breasts in the skillet and cook for 8 minutes, or until easy to move and edges are opaque.
- Flip over, cover the pan, lower the heat to medium-low and cook for another 10 minutes.
- Remove from pan and transfer to a plate; keep covered.
HOW TO MAKE CREAMY SPINACH SAUCE
- In the same skillet that you used for the chicken breasts, we are going to add olive oil and sauté our onions with some garlic.
- Pour chicken broth and heavy cream, and let simmer for a couple minutes.
- Add baby spinach; cook until just wilted.
- Melt in some cheese, and return chicken to the skillet to simmer with the sauce for about 3 minutes.
- Remove from heat and serve.
Rich, creamy, and so delicious, you are going to LOVE this easy chicken breasts and spinach recipe!
WHAT TO SERVE WITH CHICKEN BREASTS
This recipe comes with its own side, but if you like, you can also add a Tomato Salad, maybe Roasted Cauliflower, or Honey Garlic Butter Roasted Carrots.
HOW TO STORE LEFTOVER COOKED CHICKEN BREASTS
- Refrigerate chicken and spinach leftovers in airtight containers.
- Properly stored, cooked chicken breasts will last for 3 to 4 days in the refrigerator.
MORE CHICKEN BREASTS RECIPES
- Easy Baked Chicken Breasts
- Skillet Chicken Recipe with White Wine Sauce
- Cheesy Chicken Spinach Bake
- Creamy Pesto Chicken
ENJOY!
Easy Chicken Breasts Recipe with Creamed Spinach Sauce
Ingredients
FOR THE CHICKEN BREASTS
- 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- 1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon olive oil
- salt and fresh ground pepper, to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon smoked or sweet paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
- 1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary
FOR THE CREAMED SPINACH
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 yellow onion, diced
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 3/4 cups low sodium chicken broth
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 10 ounces baby spinach
- 1/2 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Rub the chicken breasts with 1 teaspoon olive oil and season with salt, pepper, paprika garlic powder, basil, and rosemary.
- Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Place chicken breasts in the skillet and cook for 8 minutes, or until chicken is easy to move and edges are opaque. Flip over; cover the pan, and lower heat to medium-low. Continue to cook for 10 minutes. Remove chicken from skillet, cover, and set aside.
- In the same skillet, heat 1 tablespoon olive oil. Add diced onions and cook over medium heat for 3 minutes, or until softened. Stir in the garlic and cook for 30 seconds, or until fragrant.
- Add chicken broth and scrape up the pieces stuck at the bottom of the pan. Stir in the heavy cream and let simmer for a couple minutes. Add baby spinach; cook for a minute, or until just wilted. Melt in the parmesan cheese.
- Return chicken breasts to the skillet to simmer with the sauce for about 3 to 4 minutes. Remove from heat and serve.
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I made this recipe and cooked breast as stated and was dry. The sauce was very watery and as one person stated may have been from spinach?!?
I love this recipe! I’ve made it three times now, and it’s my favorite chicken recipe. However, it takes me more like an hour to make this, and the sauce is thick until I add in the spinach, and then it’s not thick. Maybe next time I’ll precook the spinach and squeeze it out first. I haven’t seen any other comments about this, so I could have made a mistake. We still love it!
Great recipe! I’ve tried it last week and it’s very delicious, quick and easy. Highly recommended.
How long can you keep this dish in the fridge in the fridge.
I wanted something easy based on what I had on hand. This looked easy, but the comments are what sold me – I had to try. Delicious! So easy, so delicious!! I subbed the heavy creme with sour creme because it’s all I had. That’s the only change I made, and I would still do that again. Thank you! I can’t wait to make this again.
That’s great to hear! I am very glad you enjoyed it! Thank YOU! 🙂
OMG!! This was very delicious!! My 11 year old daughter loved it too. I definitely saved this recipe for next time I make it.
I am very glad you enjoyed it! Thank YOU! 🙂
O.M.G!!! This stuff is the bomb! I have two picky young children and a husband on a low carb diet. I was able to make this and take care of all. Small batch of pasta noodles for the kids and husband had spinach and chicken for his diet. And the flavor was beyond superb. I can’t wait to make this again! So glad I found this site. I made another recipe two nights ago and didn’t save it. It was also fantastic. Need to find it again asap!
That’s wonderful! I am very glad you enjoyed it! Thank YOU! 🙂
I made this tonight. We all loved it except for the picky 6 year old. I used mozzarella instead. Double the sauce recipe to feed 6. Absolutely will make again
What is another cheese I can use? My husband hates parmessan.
Hi!
You can use any dry, aged, hard cheese that you can grate. I like Asiago or Pecorino Romano.
Can I sub in mozzarella instead of Parmesan?
Hi!
Sure! It might get thicker, though, so you may want to use a little more liquid.
. Can you freeze this . This is delicious. Thank you
Hi!
As a general rule, it’s not recommended to freeze cream-based recipes, whether in soups or served as sauces, because the texture gets grainy and the fat will separate when reheated. But, if that isn’t a problem for you, you can definitely go ahead and freeze it. My advice, when reheating the sauce after it was thawed, I suggest to whisk it constantly over medium-low heat, and that should help with reducing the grainy texture.
I made this for the first time tonight. I substituted mushrooms no onions, I grabbed the wrong container and seasoned just 1 side with chili powder not paprika, I did the other side with the correct spices. It was really good even with that mistake. I will be doing it that way all the time. Love the recipe but made it my own without really trying. Thank you we will be having this often over the winter.
So Good! Just googled chicken breasts and spinach and this wonderful meal came up. I served it with roasted cauliflower and mashed potatoes.
YUM!
I enjoyed making this and my whole family enjoyed eating it! I did a few things different. I used grated Parmesan only because it’s what I had in the fridge and I added partially cooked spaghetti noodles while it simmered for an amazing ONE POT MASTERPIECE!
Can you use chicken legs?
Thank you so much for this recipe. My wife thought I was a chef last night! This was AMAZING!
YUM!!! I love this delicious version! Looks so perfect! Definitely a must try!
Made this last night, it was delish! And so easy! Thanks for the great recipe
I love how easy this chicken dish is to make! The spinach sauce it absolutely delicious!
This recipe is amazing and simple. Its my go to when i want something good but easy!!! This is a must try for all!
This looks so delicious! I can’t wait to make this!
Doesn’t get much better than this! Restaurant dinner right here, my family loved it!
Oh man! My family will love this!
This is so good. We love that sauce!