One Skillet Creamy Tuscan Chicken

This One Skillet Creamy Tuscan Chicken combines golden brown chicken breasts, spinach and sun dried tomatoes in an Italian seasoned rich creamy garlic Parmesan Cheese sauce. It is easy enough for a weeknight meal yet elegant enough for company. This quick and easy family dinner idea is perfect for the novice cook or busy Mom.  We like to serve it with Oven Roasted Garlic and Parmesan Asparagus or Green Bean Bacon Bundles.

One can never have too many good chicken recipes. It is just a fact of life. Chicken is just so incredibly versatile and reasonably priced compared to beef or seafood.  We served this for a small dinner party not too long ago and got rave reviews.

How do you make Creamy Tuscan Chicken?

First add a little olive oil to a large skillet over medium heat.  Add the chicken breasts and cook until both sides are browned and the chicken is cooked through.  Remove the chicken breasts from the skillet and plate them.

Now reduce the heat to low and add a little more olive oil.  Add the minced garlic, dried oregano, parsley, basil, marjoram and crushed red pepper  and cook for about a half to one minute.  Add the chicken broth and heavy cream. Simmer for about five minutes while you grate the Parmesan Cheese and put things away.  Slowly stir in the Parmesan Cheese until fully melted.  Now add the spinach and sun dried tomatoes.  Simmer until the spinach begins to wilt.  Then add the chicken back to the pan and spoon the warm sauce over the chicken.  Simmer until the chicken warms or about five minutes.  Serve over rice, pasta or Zucchini Noodles.

 

Helpful tips for making Creamy Tuscan Chicken

• Cut the chicken breasts in half lengthwise giving you four thinner chicken breasts that will cook through easily.  Some chicken breasts these days are so huge.
• Use baby spinach as it is more tender and more mild than its older sister.
• You can use oil packed sun dried tomatoes or dry packed sun dried tomatoes. If you are using dry packed sun dried tomatoes hydrate them for a little while in some warm water until they plump up before starting the recipe.
• This recipe calls for heavy cream.  Trying to deviate from that with milk or half and half will not produce the kind of thick creamy sauce that makes this recipe insanely delicious.
• This recipe is best served promptly however if there is a delay and the sauce thickens too much add one to two tablespoons of chicken broth to thin it out.

 

Other chicken recipes you will love!

• Chicken Scallopini
• Chicken A La King
• Coconut Chicken
• Easy Basic Chicken Stir Fry
• Easy Italian Baked Chicken Recipe

 

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