Creamy spinach garlic Parmesan chicken is a delicious, fast and easy dinner recipe. Perfect served over pasta or with a simple side salad.
It’s the season of easy dinners. Well, let’s be honest, it’s pretty much the season of easy dinners all year round in my house. It’s the type of recipe I’ve specialized in and as a lazy cook, you can trust when I tell you that a recipe is quick, easy and delicious. Those are the three things I look for in a weeknight dinner. This chicken recipe with its creamy spinach sauce is the kind of recipe my family asks for often and I am too happy to oblige. Served with pasta, rice or crusty bread to mop up the sauce it is spectacular but if you’d like to keep it gluten free and low carb, go with steamed broccoli or a simple side salad.
How to make creamy garlic Parmesan chicken
Place boneless, skinless chicken breasts between two sheets of parchment paper. Thin out with a meat mallet or a rolling pin (to approximately 1cm/½ an inch). Season the chicken generously with salt and pepper. Heat a large pan or skillet over medium high heat then brown the chicken for 5-6 minutes per side. Remove the chicken breast from the pan and set aside. Add the chopped onions and garlic to the pan and allow to cook until soft and translucent. Add the spinach and allow to wilt. Pour in the cream, sour cream and lemon juice then season with salt and pepper. Allow to simmer for 5-7 minutes then add the Parmesan and chicken back into the sauce and simmer gently for another 5 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through. Chicken is cooked when the internal temperature reads 75°C (165 degrees fahrenheit) on a meat thermometer.
Can you freeze creamy sauces?
Creamy sauces have a tendency to split or change texture when frozen and thawed so its best not to freeze creamy sauces.
How to make creamy sauces with milk
Replace cream in a recipe with 1 cup of milk mixed with 1 teaspoon of corn starch. Allow the sauce to simmer for at least 7-10 minutes for the corn starch to cook through and thicken the sauce.
What to serve creamy spinach garlic Parmesan chicken
- Cooked pasta or rice.
- Creamy mashed potatoes
- Crispy salt and pepper smashed potatoes
- Easy side salad with lemon dressing
Creamy chicken recipes
- Creamy broccoli chicken gnocchi soup
- Easy creamy mushroom chicken
- Creamy bacon and mushroom chicken breasts
- Creamy dijon chicken
Creamy spinach garlic Parmesan chicken
Ingredients
- 4 chicken breasts
- 1 onion finely chopped
- 3-4 garlic cloves crushed (amount depends on how strong the cloves you are using are)
- 6 cups (approximately 200g/7 oz) baby spinach washed and roughly chopped
- 1 cup cream
- 1 tbsp sour cream
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- salt and pepper to taste
- ½ cup Parmesan cheese grated
Instructions
- Place boneless, skinless chicken breasts between two sheet of parchment paper and thin out with a meat mallet or a rolling pin. Season the chicken generously with salt and pepper.
- Brown chicken in a large pan or skillet for 5-6 minutes per side. Remove from the pan and set aside.
- Add the onions and garlic to the pan and cook until soft and translucent.
- Add the spinach and cook until wilted.
- Pour in the cream, sour cream and lemon juice. Season to taste. Allow the sauce to simmer for 5-7 minutes until thickened then add the Parmesan and chicken back to the sauce.
- Reduce the heat and allow to simmer for 5 minutes or until the chicken is fully cooked.
- Serve with pasta or rice.
Soo delicious and easy!
So happy you enjoyed it Wendy!
Going to make it for our quarantine cooking class Weds!
Made this for supper as its so easy and quick, The flavour was delicious !My husband was licking the plate 🙂
Thanks so much Alida, Your recipes are so easy, simple yet sublime !
Thanks so much Jenelle!
Made this for dinner tonight…..delicious!!
Empty plates all round. Thanks for the recipe.
That’s great to hear, thanks Suzanne!