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Creamy Baked Tuscan Chicken Breasts

Creamy Baked Tuscan Chicken Breasts

Creamy Baked Tuscan Chicken Breasts features tender chicken in a luscious creamy sauce, ready in under 30 minutes.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine American, Italian
Servings 4 servings
Calories 423 kcal

Equipment

  • Oven
  • Baking dish
  • Whisk
  • cutting board
  • Plastic Wrap

Ingredients
  

  • 4 pieces boneless skinless chicken breasts (breast halves)
  • 1 tablespoon canola oil
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon Italian seasoning
  • ¼ teaspoon paprika
  • teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 2 teaspoons minced garlic
  • 1 teaspoon corn starch
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • teaspoon black pepper
  • cup sundried tomatoes (chopped)
  • ¼ cup shredded Parmesan cheese
  • ½ cup chopped fresh spinach

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
  • Place chicken breasts on a cutting board and cover with a piece of plastic wrap. Use a rolling pin, smooth meat mallet or small frying pan to flatten the thick side of the chicken so that it is roughly an even thickness.
  • Place chicken breasts in a 9x13" baking dish (or a larger one if you are using very large chicken breasts -- you don't want them smushed together or they will take longer to cook).
  • Combine ½ teaspoon salt, Italian seasoning, paprika and ⅛ teaspoon pepper. Drizzle chicken with oil and rub with seasoning (I just do the top, since the bottom will be sitting in sauce).
  • Whisk together cream, garlic, corn starch, salt and pepper until combined. Stir in sundried tomatoes and Parmesan cheese and pour around the chicken in the baking dish (it shouldn't cover the chicken completely, but it won't hurt anything if it does).
  • Bake at 425 degrees F for 16-20 minutes, until an internal temperature of 165 degrees F is reached in the thickest part of the chicken (the exact cook time will depend on the size of your chicken breasts).
  • Remove pan from oven and stir spinach into sauce. The sauce may separate as it cooks (it is NOT curdled!) -- just give it a stir and it will come together. Cover pan and allow chicken to rest for 10 minutes while the spinach wilts.
  • Uncover and serve.

Notes

1 serving is 1 chicken breast with roughly ½ cup of sauce.

Nutrition

Serving: 1chicken breast with sauceCalories: 423kcalCarbohydrates: 9gProtein: 29gFat: 31gSaturated Fat: 16gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 159mgSodium: 712mgPotassium: 823mg
Keyword baked chicken, chicken recipe, Cream Sauce, Creamy Baked Tuscan Chicken Breasts, easy dinner, Tuscan chicken
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