Chicken Florentine, with perfectly-seared boneless chicken breasts in a creamy white wine and spinach sauce, is a complete, one-skillet dinner, easy enough for a weeknight, fancy enough for a date night.
Ingredients
- 0.25 cups all-purpose flour
- 0.75 teaspoons kosher salt
- 2 boneless , skinless chicken breasts
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 0.5 cups dry white wine
- 0.75 cups chicken stock
- 0.75 cups heavy whipping cream
- 0.5 teaspoons black pepper
- 0.5 teaspoons garlic powder
- 0.25 teaspoons dried oregano
- 0.13 teaspoons dried thyme
- 0.13 teaspoons dried marjoram
- 1 package fresh baby spinach
- 0.25 cups roughly chopped fresh basil
- 1 ounce Parmesan cheese
Instructions
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1
Gather all ingredients.
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Stir together flour and 1/4 teaspoon of the salt in a medium bowl. Add chicken cutlets, one at a time, and toss to coat evenly with flour. Shake off excess flour, and set aside on a plate.
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Heat a large skillet over medium-high. Add butter and oil; cook, swirling occasionally, until butter is frothy, about 30 seconds. Add chicken in an even layer; cook, turning once halfway through, until browned and a thermometer inserted into thickest portion of breast registers 165°F, about 8 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack.
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Add wine to skillet; cook over high, stirring occasionally and scraping bottom to release brown bits, until reduced by half, about 1 minute. Stir in stock, cream, black pepper, garlic, oregano, thyme, marjoram, and remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt. Bring to a simmer over medium-high; cook, stirring occasionally, until slightly thickened, about 4 minutes.
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Stir in spinach; cook, stirring often, until spinach is wilted, about 1 minute.
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Return chicken to skillet. Cook over medium-high, turning chicken once, until chicken is heated through, about 1 minute. Remove from heat; add basil and Parmesan, swirling to combine.
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