Chicken Florentine

Submitted by Caru8888

"I love using feta cheese in this easy recipe, which is simple enough for a weeknight recipe yet elegant enough to serve guests. The amount of spinach is not critical, I get the ready-to-eat packages and use canned broth. The chicken is moist and the feta sauce is like a gravy, just spoon it over the chicken and spinach."

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 2 chicken breasts, cut in half
• 3⁄4 cup chicken broth
• 1 lb spinach leaves
• 2 teaspoons cornstarch
• 3 ounces feta cheese, crumbled
• lemon juice (optional)

directions

1. Place chicken in skillet, sprinkle with pepper.
2. Add broth and bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer 25-30 minutes.
3. Remove chicken, cover and keep warm.
4. Reserve broth.
5. In meantime, wash and cook spinach in the water that clings to leaves.
6. Reduce heat when steam forms, cook and toss 3 minute set aside and keep warm.
7. For sauce: stir 1 tbsp water with cornstarch and mix it into the broth in skillet.
8. Cook and stir until thick and bubbly.
9. Cook 2 minutes.
10. Add feta cheese and stir until melted.
11. To serve, arrange spinach on serving platter, sprinkle with lemon juice, top with chicken and sauce.

Reviews

[Oliver1010]

This was great. Like someone else, I added the spinach to the broth mixture at the end. Then I added the chicken back to the mixture. I used 10 boneless skinless chicken thighs and quadrupled the sauce. I seared the chicken first.

 

[Camel_Cracker]

This recipe was pretty good, but the directions were a little confusing for me. I will probably add mushrooms if I make it again.

 

[libby]

This was a great recipe. Quick and very tasty. I wish I had doubled it. Thanks for the recipe!

 

[Soldier Girl]

This was tasty, relatively quick and a hit with the kids. I made this during the spinach/e.coli scare, so there was not a lick of spinach to be found, not even frozen... so I subbed in steamed broccoli. As well, although I started off with extra broth, there didn't seem to be enough sauce so I added about 3/4 white wine and some fresh chopped parsley. I think the feta was integral to how good the dish turned out, but YMMV. I served it over steamed basmati rice.

 

[Steph Doll]

This was absolutely fantastic! I used two 10 oz. boxes of frozen chopped spinach and doubled the sauce because we like a lot. The spinach seemed kind off plain so I ended up wringing all the moisture out in a towel and dumped it in the sauce and spooned it on top off the chicken. Everybody loved it, even my 3 and 4 year old children. It was also very easy to prepare. Since Feta cheese is so expensive I will probably replace it with some other kind of cheese next time and see how that works out. This is going to be a regular dish at our house.