This delicious chicken Florentine recipe is perfect for an easy weeknight dinner, but fancy enough to serve to guests. Ready in 40 minutes, the chicken is served in a creamy spinach sauce for a rich and hearty meal.
Easy Chicken Florentine
There’s nothing more comforting than a creamy chicken dish, and this chicken Florentine recipe is one of my favorites! It looks and tastes fancy, but it’s so easy to make!
How to Make Chicken Florentine
Be sure to see the recipe card below for full ingredients & instructions!
- Create a marinade of extra virgin olive oil, garlic, black pepper, salt, turmeric and sweet paprika
- Place marinade in a ziplock bag
- Add chicken thighs to ziplock bag and place it in the fridge. Let the chicken marinate for two hours
- Cook chicken in a non-stick pan and for 8-10 minutes on each side
- Set chicken aside once cooked through
- Deglaze pan with wine
- Add spinach, heavy cream to pan and cook for five minutes on a medium heat
- Add parmesan and cook for an additional two minutes
- Place chicken back in the pan and let it cook for an additional two minutes
- Chop fresh onion and sprinkle over chicken
- Serve when hot
What is in chicken Florentine sauce?
This creamy sauce is so simple to make. Use fresh, good quality ingredients and you can’t go wrong.
- white wine
- heavy cream
- spinach leaves
- parmesan cheese
Serving suggestions
This chicken is pretty versatile, and is easily paired with veggie and potato side dishes for a well balanced meal.
Sometimes we also serve over pasta or rice. This sauce needs to be savored!!
Low carb creamy chicken recipe
Each serving of chicken Florentine contains only 6g of carbs, so it’s a great option for those following a low carb diet. For those not following a low carb diet, it means you can enjoy some pasta, potatoes, or rice on the side!
Top Tips for Making This Recipe
- Use free run / organic chicken that hasn’t been raised on antibiotics.
- Let the chicken marinate for at least two hours and let it come to room temperature before cooking it.
Best Served Hot
Serve immediately. This recipe (and most cream sauce based recipes) are usually best served right away. If making for a dinner party or guests, be sure to time everything so that people can eat right away. Yum!
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Chicken Florentine Recipe
Ingredients
- 3-4 boneless chicken thighs
- 2 garlic cloves crushed
- ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
- 2 tsp sweet paprika
- ½ tsp black pepper
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp turmeric
- ¼ cup white wine
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 3 cups fresh spinach leaves
- ⅓ parmesan cheese grated
- 1 fresh onion stalk
Instructions
- Create a marinade of extra virgin olive oil, garlic, black pepper, salt, turmeric and sweet paprika
- Place marinade in a ziplock bag
- Add chicken thighs to ziplock bag and place it in the fridge. Let the chicken marinate for two hours
- Cook chicken in a non-stick pan and for 8-10 minutes on each side
- Set chicken aside once cooked through
- Deglaze pan with wine
- Add spinach, heavy cream to pan and cook for five minutes on a medium heat
- Add parmesan and cook for an additional two minutes
- Place chicken back in the pan and let it cook for an additional two minutes
- Chop fresh onion and sprinkle over chicken
- Serve when hot
lois says
How can I read the comments people made to see if they have the same question I have.
3 thighs for 4 people is suggested, is this adults or children?
2 cups of heavy cream, did anyone use less?
I always read comments before I try a new recipe.
Nikki says
Loved this recipe! Paired it with diced potatoes in the oven and it was perfect! Even my kids loved it.
Becky Hardin says
It’s definitely a great one for diversity!
Gary Watkins says
This recipe was so quick & simple and extremely tasty.
Becky Hardin says
Thanks for letting us know, Gary!
George says
This was delicious wife loves ❤️ this. So creamy and flavorful. I’ll be making this again
Becky Hardin says
Glad to hear it, George!
Debi says
What can be used if you don’t have turmeric?
Becky Hardin says
You can try using paprika or ground ginger!