Tuscan Chicken

This Italian inspired Tuscan Chicken recipe is bound to become a family favorite. Serve it over your favorite pasta smothered with the robust sun dried tomato and spinach cream sauce.

Ingredients to Make Tuscan Chicken Recipe

What is Tuscan Chicken? It’s a flavorful stovetop chicken dish that features sundried tomatoes and spinach combined with a cream sauce that hails from the the Tuscan region of Italy. This recipe was inspired by Olive Garden’s creamy Tuscan garlic chicken recipe. The flavor combination is certain to complement your favorite pasta. Angel hair pasta or thin spaghetti both work beautifully to soak up all of the delicious sauce. Ingredients to make simple creamy Tuscan Chicken: (Scroll down for full printable recipe card.)

• Chicken Breasts: Four 6-8 ounce boneless skinless chicken breasts.
• All Purpose Flour: For dusting the chicken breasts.
• Seasonings: For the chicken and the flour you’ll need dried Italian seasoning, salt and black pepper.
• Butter: Salted or unsalted butter for sauteeing the chicken.
• Oil: Olive oil and butter add flavor and using both prevents the butter from burning.
• Onion: Sweet onion or white onion for a mild flavor.
• Fresh Garlic: Minced garlic seasons the sauce.
• Chicken Stock: One cup chicken broth or chicken stock for the sauce.
• Red Pepper Flakes: Adds a slight heat to the cream sauce. You can adjust the amount to taste.
• Cream: Heavy cream adds a rich texture to the creamy tuscan chicken recipe. You can use light cream.
• Parmesan Cheese: This will add flavor in addition to thickening the sauce.
• Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto: Pesto gives the sauce a punch of flavor and beautiful color. (One cup sun-dried tomatoes).
• Jar of Sun-Dried Tomatoes: Adds texture and completes the flavor profile. (One cup sun-dried tomatoes).
• Fresh Spinach: You can use two cups loosely packed baby spinach leaves or classic spinach.
• Pasta: Your favorite cooked pasta for serving and fresh basil for garnishing.

How to Make the BEST Tuscan Chicken Recipe

• Seasoned Flour – In a small bowl mix together all purpose flour, salt, black pepper and dried Italian seasoning.
• Coat the Chicken Breasts – Coat chicken pieces on all sides with the seasoned flour.
• Prepare Skillet – Heat oil and butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium high heat.
• Cook Chicken – Add chicken to the pan cooking per the cook time in the recipe, turning for even browning. Remove to a platter and keep warm.
• Sauté Onion – To the skillet add onion. Cook until softened scraping any brown bits from the bottom of the skillet. Add garlic and red pepper flakes.
• Make the Sauce – To the pan add chicken stock, heavy cream, Parmesan cheese, sun dried tomato pesto, salt, pepper and dried Italian seasoning. Stir to combine then simmer over medium heat.
• Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Chicken – Add sundried tomatoes and chicken to the skillet. Simmer over medium heat per the recipe just until the chicken juices run clear.
• Cook Spinach – Add spinach gently mixing through sauce until wilted. Remove from the heat.
• Serve – Serve creamy tuscan chicken recipe with cooked pasta garnished with fresh basil or fresh parsley.

Tips For Making Tuscan Chicken

• Kitchen Tools You’ll Need: Large 12-inch skillet, sharp knife and chopping board, measuring cups, teaspoons, tablespoons, cheese grater, whisk, small bowl, large spoon for stirring.
• Use More Pesto to Intensify the Color: Please note: You can adjust the color of the cream sauce to suit your taste adding more or less sun dried tomato pesto.
• Pound the Chicken to Even Thickness: If the chicken pieces used are very thick prior to dredging them in the seasoned flour, use the smooth side of a meat mallet to pound them to even thickness.
• Spice: You can adjust the amount of crushed red pepper flakes in the sauce depending on your personal taste. You can also omit them altogether, for a more mild flavor.
• What Side Dishes Can You Serve with Tuscan Chicken? Serve it with your favorite cooked pasta, mashed potatoes, rice pilaf, cauliflower rice, fettuccine or orzo.

Recipe Variations

• Chicken Substitution: You can use boneless skinless chicken thighs in place or large chicken breasts for Tuscany garlic chicken.
• Heavy Cream: You can use light cream in place of heavy cream for the sauce.
• Chicken Stock: You can replace a small amount of chicken stock with dry white wine.
• Fresh Herbs: You could also use additional fresh herbs such as thyme, oregano or rosemary.

Storage and Leftovers

• Leftovers: Store Tuscan Chicken in an airtight container chilled in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
• Freezer: The creamy Tuscan sauce can be made in advance and popped into the freezer up to 2 months ahead of time for a timesaver. Chill it in the fridge to quickly cool it down before freezing. When reheating, add additional cream or chicken stock to thin.
• Reheating: How do you reheat Tuscan Chicken? Reheat gently over medium-low heat in a nonstick skillet on the stovetop. You may need to add additional stock or cream to thin the creamy sauce.

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Helpful Kitchen Items:

• 12 inch Skillet
• Measuring Set
• Meat Mallet
• Chopping Board and Knife Set