One-Pan Creamy Chicken and Spinach
One-Pan Cream Chicken and Spinach is a comforting creamy chicken dinner with sun-dried tomatoes and spinach. This easy Italian dinner is done in 20 minutes and all in one-pan so you don’t have to do dishes! Not to mention it is Keto-friendly.
ONE-PAN CREAMY CHICKEN AND SPINACH
It’s funny how much your life can change in just 24 hours. Thursday night we had a category 4 hurricane coming right for us. Naturally, I wanted to make our last meal a memorable one and this Creamy Chicken and Spinach was it.
The last time a hurricane was knocking on our door I made these Cheerios Treats. What can I say? When I’m stressed cooking relaxes me.
The next day I woke up to hear that the hurricane had shifted and we weren’t in the cone.
Here’s why you’ll love this chicken dinner. It’s all made in one pan! Creamy Parmesan sauce with sun-dried tomatoes and spinach, this dinner is great over pasta or cauliflower rice.
CREAMY CHICKEN
- First, season the chicken well with salt and pepper and cook in olive oil for 3-5 minutes per side.
- Add some butter, onion, garlic, and red pepper to pan and sautee until onion is soft.
- Next, add some cream, cream cheese, chicken broth, and sun-dried tomatoes and simmer until thicker.
- Sprinkle with some Parmesan cheese and spinach. Let the spinach cook down.
IS THIS KETO-FRIENDLY?
Yes, with only 3 net carbs this dinner is the perfect Keto meal.
CAN I USE ROTISSERIE CHICKEN?
Yes, just skip step one and add the chicken to the sauce at the end until warm.
OTHER CHICKEN RECIPES
- One-Pan Cheesy Chicken, Broccoli, and Rice
- Chicken Salad
- Creamy Chicken Noodle Skillet
- One-Pan Chicken Fajita Rice
- One-Pan Monterey Chicken Pasta
- Chicken and Spinach Stuffed Shells
- One-Pan Bacon Broccoli Pasta
- One-Pan Chicken Tortilla Bake
- Chicken with Parmesan Cauliflower Rice
- One-Pan Garlic Butter Chicken
One-Pan Creamy Chicken and Spinach
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1.5 lbs skinless boneless chicken breasts or chicken tenderloins
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1/3 cup finely diced onion
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 2 tablespoons chopped sun-dried tomatoes
- 2 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 3 cups spinach leaves, (about 3 ounces)
- optional chopped fresh basil
Instructions
- In a large saucepan, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Season chicken breasts well with salt and pepper. Cook chicken for 3-5 minutes per side or until chicken is no longer pink inside. Remove from the skillet and place on a plate.
- Add the butter, onions, garlic, and crushed red pepper to the skillet and cook for 1-2 minutes.
- Add the cream, chicken broth, sun-dried tomatoes, and cream cheese. Simmer over medium heat for a couple of minutes, whisking until creamy.
- Stir in the Parmesan and spinach and simmer until spinach has wilted. The longer you cook the sauce the thicker it will be. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Return chicken to the pan in the sauce until warmed then serve. Garnish with fresh chopped basil if desired. Serve plain, over pasta, or over cauliflower rice for a low-carb version.
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This is a keeper!! I used chicken breast and seasoned them with Aglio Olio seasoning (Trader Joe’s). The sauce was amazing! I poured it over the chicken and mashed red potatoes. SO GOOD!
Thanks!
Really Ono (delicious in Hawaiian)!!!
Made w/boneless, skinless thighs cut into bite size chunks & alot more spinach & it was perfect 🤙🏽
Definite keeper! Mahalo for the recipe!
Thank you friend!
Delicious! I added extra spinach so reduced the broth. It ended up not reducing as fast as I wanted so a smidgeon of cornstarch to speed things up. Even the kids loved it! Served over angel hair.
Sarah, yes it does take a while but sounds like you figured it out.
This recipe was amazing. Definitely a keeper. I made the recipe just as written and it turned out great. Super easy, made it with brown rice. Family ate it up and said it’s now one of their favorites!
Thank you!
This is bomb! My fam loves it on rice or over tortellini. (It’s fantastic over the tortellini !! )
thank you!
Really tasty! I left out the cream cheese because I didn’t have any in, and I used sundried tomato paste, rather than chopped. Had it with plain rice. Everyone liked it, including the child who doesn’t like cream and the child who doesn’t like spinach 🙂
I made this tonight for my husband and I. It was really good. There is some left over sauce. Can I freeze that? And reheat it for another day?
Yes absolutely!
One of the best recipes I have made in a while. I marinated the chicken in olive oil and garlic for a couple hours before, other than that went via recipe. My wife informed me that I will be making this again. Had with wild rice on the side and the sauce with the wild rice was outrageous. Thanks for a great recipe!
Yum!
A wonderful combination of flavors. We loved it.
Thank you!
Absolutely delicious
do you use the sun-dried tomatoes dry in a package or in oil which one would be better?
I use the ones in oil
This is a must try.
My family loves it even with my dairy free alternatives.
Awesome!
By far one of the best recipes on the internet. It was delicious, quick and easy. Thank you!!
Thank you!
Cooked this tonight, wife said she loved it!
Kept left over sauce for the freezer.
Would go well with a steak.
Thoroughly enjoyed it and done so quickly.
Thanks
You’re welcome!
Truly delicious chicken recipe. I followed the recipe precisely and turned out a creamy luscious weeknight dinner in under an hour. I served it over buttered rotini pasta so the sauce could creep into the spirals. YuM !
So glad to hear that!
Fantastic recipe! Thank you!!
So glad you liked it!
I followed this recipe basically as it’s written, and I loved it! It was a big hit with my husband. I would definitely make this again in a heartbeat. It was ever so slightly spicy with the 1/2 tsp of crushed red pepper flakes, believe it or not, so next time I might even add like 1/4 tsp instead, but still it was pleasantly hot. I served it with a salad and more sautéed spinach to keep carbs low, and I didn’t feel like I needed rice, or pasta, or anything to fill my belly. It’s very filling on its own. Can’t wait to make it again!
So glad you liked it!
Will try this tonight looks so good!!!
Thank you!
Made this with ingredients I had on hand (had to improvise only a little). Served over white rice. Husband loved it.
Making this today. I needed a recipe that used spinach.
There isn’t much that I don’t have in my pantry so this sounded perfect. I will serve it over rice although pasta also sounds good. I think I will also add bell peppers to the sauce. I can already tell this will taste fantastic. Thanks for posting this!
Thank you!
This is most definitely a favorite in my house. My husband who apparently suffers with memory loss says the same thing every time… “have we had this before? It’s delicious!” Lol silly guy 🤣
Thanks for your amazing recipes! I’ve never been disappointed!
Aww that’s cute
Yum! I added mushrooms. Substituted pepper flakes for red capsicum, sundried tomatoes with tomato paste and cream/cream cheese for sour cream. Was all I had. Served over brown rice
Thank you!
I’m so happy to find your site! Made this today and it was delicious! Thank you so much,
I can’t wait to try this recipe! Wonder if I can make it with frozen spinach. I have some on hand. Thanks!
Yes frozen would work
Love it. However, Prep Time and Total Time cannot be the same. This is at the top of the recipe:
and prep time: 5 MINStotal time: 5 MINS servings: 4 SERVINGS
Sorry must have been a bug in the recipe card
Awesome recipe! Made it tonight and the family loved it. I didn’t have sun dried tomatoes, so I cut up and roasted a tomato in olive oil and basil and added it to the sauce and it was very good! Will definitely make this again!
Thanks!
Easy and tastes like 5 star restaurant food!
Thanks!
AMAZING😍😍😍😍
THANK YOU SO MUCH! EVERYONE LOVES IT!
Awesome!
I wonder how this would be with roasted red peppers in place of sun-dried tomatoes…. 🤔
I actually just tried this substitute and it was delicious!
It’s good… I did not have heavy cream sis milk with starch
So it’s a tab thicker but yummmm. Garnish with fresh parsley
Thank you!
Super easy and delicious. My 2 favorite combos. I had everything on hand and added mushrooms since I had those too.
Served over carrot rice and entire family loved it.
It was very good! I just couldn’t get the sauce to thicken. Any idea what went wrong?
You have to be patient. It thickens eventually if you cook it long enough
Easy and delicious.
Excellent
Wonderful! Followed the recipe exactly and served over noodles. 😋
So SIMPLE. So EASY. So QUICK. AND
SO DELICIOUS!!!!!!! 💚❤️👍
Thank you!
I made this in the crockpot and it tuned out fabulous! I served it over noodles.
Ooh good to know
DELICIOUS!!!!!!!👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️
Thank yoU!
How do we calculate serving size for this recipe?
It should be on the nutritional label
Can I use half n half instead of heavy cream
Of course!