Creamy Tuscan Chicken

Creamy Tuscan Chicken is a deliciously creamy chicken dish made of chicken breasts seasoned with paprika, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Cooked then simmered in a rich sauce made of butter, all purpose cream, sun dried tomatoes, garlic, parmesan, and spinach. An easy to make dish that just takes less than 30 minutes!

Creamy Tuscan Chicken Recipe :

Ingredients

• 3 pieces chicken breasts, boneless and flattened
• 2 tablespoons paprika
• 1 tablespoons garlic powder
• 1 tablespoon salt 
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 cup all purpose cream
• ¼ cup sun dried tomatoes
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• ¼ cup parmesan
• A bunch of spinach
• Salt and pepper to taste

Steps:

1. Prepare the chicken breasts, flattened then season with paprika, garlic powder, and salt. Rub the seasoning all over the chicken. Set aside.
2. In a pan, melt butter then add in the chicken. Sear for 5 – 7 minutes on each side, depending on how thick the chicken is. Then take these off the pan.
3. In the same pan, add in all purpose cream, sun dried tomatoes, and garlic. Give it a quick stir before adding in parmesan and spinach. Sprinkle in salt and pepper to taste.
4. Simmer for 3 minutes or until the sauce has slightly reduced. Then place the cooked chicken back in. Simmer and mix together for 3 minutes before serving.

How to make this Simple Tuscan Chicken Recipe?

This “One Pan Creamy Tuscan Chicken” sometimes called “Creamy Tuscan Garlic Chicken” is a delightful dish from Tuscany, Italy. The main ingredients are chicken, sun-dried tomatoes, and spinach. This colorfully delicious dish is made by first seasoning the chicken with salt, paprika, and garlic powder. Then saute both sides in a pan with melted butter. Just till each side has browned. Take the chicken off the pan to create the base sauce of all purpose cream, sun-dried tomatoes, and garlic. Adding more saltiness from the parmesan, color and fiber from the spinach, and a sprinkle of salt and pepper to taste. Once the sauce base is ready, add back the chicken, and let these simmer together for 3 minutes for the flavors to all meld together. Serve as is, with some cooked pasta, or a side of rice.

Questions :

• Tuscan Chicken calories ?

A serving can have around 380 calories.

• Additional ingredients ?
  • To add creaminess without making it too water, add cream cheese. This also helps thicken the sauce a “Chicken Spinach Sun dried Tomato Feta recipe”.
  • For those who like a more aromatic option try adding basil leaves at the end.
  • For an earthy subtly peppery and minty aromatic take try adding a teaspoon or more of dried rosemary to make: “Rosemary Chicken White Wine Cream Sauce”. (adding white wine in the sauce also helps add a slightly fruity flavor)
  • You can also use this dish to hide vegetables like carrots, potatoes, mushrooms, and other leafy vegetables for kids.

• Using different meats ?
  • While you can use chicken breasts, boneless (like the recipe) or bone in. Another great option would be using chicken thighs for “creamy tuscan chicken thighs”. Chicken thighs are easier to use as these are juicer and cook faster.
  • If you prefer seafood try making “creamy tuscan shrimp” by using de-shelled shrimp. Add these in the sauce once the sauce is simmering. Cook the shrimps just till it changes in color.
  • Other ‘healthier’ options would be “Creamy Tuscan Salmon” which uses salmon, with or without the skin removed, whole or chopped into chunks. For this, cook it similarly to the chicken, cooking each side for a few minutes till slightly browned or seared. Before adding it into the simmering sauce, cooking these together for a few minutes before serving.

• Different cooking methods

While you can quickly make these in the pan. You can also use a crockpot for “Crockpot Creamy Tuscan Chicken” In a pan, saute the aromatics, adding in the liquids and cheese after and letting this simmer until it thickens a bit. Place the chicken in the slow cooker with the seasonings. Then add in the sauce and cook at high for 2 – 3 hours or on low for 5 – 7 hours. Similarly you can also use this method for “Slow Cooker Creamy Tuscan Chicken”.

• How to cook “Keto Creamy Tuscan Chicken”

To make it Keto or a Low-carb Creamy Tuscan Chicken: use less salt, or just add the salt after the dish is done. Also instead of using sun dried tomatoes, use freshly chopped tomatoes as an alternative. Make sure to cook the tomatoes until soft and easily crushed.

• What to serve with Creamy Tuscan chicken ?
  • You can serve this as a creamy garlic chicken and rice.
  • Make this a creamy tuscan chicken soup by adding 1 ½ to 2 cups of chicken broth, chopping or shredding the chicken before serving.
  • For those using a slow cooker, leave the dish a bit more watery (or dilute with broth) then add noodles to help sip up all the sauces to create “slow cooker chicken thighs egg noodles”. Try using chicken thighs for this type of dish as these are juicier.
  • Make Creamy Tuscan Chicken Pasta Bake (also called “Creamy Spinach Chicken Bake”). For this, separate the chicken from the sauce, and chop or shred these. Cooking your choice of pasta till slightly al-dente. Layer in an oven safe serving tray, sauce, pasta, chicken, repeatedly till there’s no chicken or sauce left. Top with cheese if you’d like. Bake just till the cheese has melted and burned (use broil if you want it faster), at a 350°F ot 177°C preheated oven for for 3 – 7 minutes.

Other Yummy ChickenRecipes!

• Soy Garlic Chicken Wings
• Salted Egg Chicken Wings
• Chicken Biryani
• Easy Fried Chicken with Gravy
• Cheesy Chicken Wings
• Chicken BBQ sa Kawali ( barbeque chicken using a pan )
• Chicken Leg Quarter Hamonado ( Chicken-ham )

Creamy Tuscan Chicken Resipi: (Tagalog version)

Mga Sangkap :

• 3 piraso dibdib ng manok, walang buto at pinukpok
• 2 kutsarang paprika
• 1 kutsarang garlic powder
• 1 kutsarang asin
• 2 kutsarang mantikilya
• 1 tasa all purpose cream
• ¼ tasa sun dried tomatoes
• 2 butil ng bawang, tinadtad
• ¼ tasa parmesan
• Bungkos ng spinach

Paano Lutuin :

1. Ihanda ang mga manok; timplahan ang mga ito ng paprika, garlic powder, at asin. Itabi.
2. Sa kawali, itunaw ang mantikilya at lutuin ang mga manok ng 5 – 7 minuto magkabilaan, higit pa pag makapal. Tanggalin sa kawali pagkatapos.
3. Sa parehong kawali, ibuhos ang all purpose cream, sun dried tomatoes, at bawang, haluin ng konti bago lagyan ng parmesan at spinach. Lagyan ng asin at paminta panlasa.
4. Pakuluan ng 3 minuto o hanggang kumapal ang sarsa. Ibalik ang mga manok at pakuluin kasama ng sarsa ng 3 minuto bago ihanda.