Chicken Spinach Bake
"I'd have to categorize this recipe as sheer comfort food. It is creamy, taste-soothing goodness packed with healthy options of low-fat chicken breast, reduced fat cream cheese, and healthy spinach. And it's super easy to prepare and baked for just about an hour. The results are as pleasing to the eye as to the taste buds."
photo by Stoblogger
- Ready In:
- 1hr 5mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Yields:
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1 casserole
- Serves:
- 4-6
ingredients
- 2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts, uncooked
- 1 (8 ounce) package low-fat cream cheese
- 8 ounces nonfat sour cream
- 10 ounces frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained
- 1 ounce Lipton Recipe Secrets savory herb with garlic soup mix or 1 ounce lipton recipe secrets vegetable soup and dip mix
- 1⁄4 cup grated cheddar cheese
directions
- The evening before making this dish, allow spinach to thaw and drain in the fridge for 12-24 hours. After it thaws, press remaining water out and assemble the ingredients.
- In medium saucepan over medium heat combine cream cheese, sour cream, Lipton soup and dip mix, and thawed and drained spinach.
- Heat just until these ingredients begin to melt together. It doesn't have to be warmed all the way through or blended perfectly.
- Place boneless chicken breasts on bottom of casserole. Cube the chicken if you'd like but I prefer to leave them whole.
- Pour cream cheese/spinach/soup mixture over the chicken.
- Place in a 350° oven on center rack.
- Bake for 45 to 50 minutes.
- Remove from oven and turn on broiler.
- Sprinkle the casserole with grated cheddar and return to broiler just until browned.
- For best results, remove from oven and let the casserole rest for at least 10 minutes before serving.
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Reviews
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This was pretty good! I added some sauteed mushrooms, and then instead of the cheese on top I put whole wheat panko crumbs. Good comfort food for a cold damp night!
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Stoblogger
Allen, TX
I come from a very large family which attributed to my mother spending a great deal of her time in the kitchen cooking, cleaning, and preparing. I was fascinated at how she prepared wonderful dishes (especially desserts) without using a cookbook. We grew many of our own fruits and vegetables and my summers were spent washing jars and preparing fruit and vegetables for canning. I dreaded the mountains of green beans, tomatoes, peaches, etc., etc. that had to be picked, washed, peeled, snapped.... More than anything, I hated spending my summer washing jars!
But now, I wouldn't trade that kind of upbringing for anything. I'm glad I learned how to do all those things because it's becoming a lost art. It really was a simpler time then and I'm a much better person for knowing how to do all those 'old fashioned' things.
In my early years of learning to cook, I watched Julia Child on PBS every chance I got. I was so thrilled when I was about 11, my mother let me prepare Julia's Pastry Tarts. If I remember correctly they didn't turn out so well but it didn't matter.
Oddly, today, I enjoy reading cookbooks and recipes even more than actually cooking.
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