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Chicken Florentine

Sam Guarnieri
Sam Guarnieri Posted: 04/06/21 Updated: 12/13/21
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This chicken Florentine is perfectly crispy, juicy, and coated in a creamy white wine sauce. With just one skillet and a few easy steps, you’ll have a delicious dinner in under 30 minutes. This dish tastes incredible on its own, but can also be served over a bed of sautéed spinach and mushrooms for a tasty low-carb meal!

Chicken Florentine

What Makes This Recipe So Good

  • It requires just one skillet to make the entire meal! That means easy cooking, and an even easier cleanup.
  • Fresh parsley and spinach keep this chicken Florentine light, while cream and parmesan cheese make it oh-so satisfying. It’s the perfect balance between healthy, yet comforting. You can also serve it any way you’d like – over pasta, sautéed greens, or simply on its own!
  • It’s perfectly seasoned and very traditional. The “Florentine” in the title, means the recipe reigns from the region of Florence, Italy. This recipe feels fancy, but is still very approachable. Truly the best recipe to impress dinner guests with your restaurant-quality skills – no one has to know how easy it was to make!

Key Ingredients

Dry White Wine – The cooking process burns off any alcohol in the wine and leaves you with a bright, citrusy flavor. When looking for a white wine to cook with, seek out anything that has “crisp” in the description. Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Grigio are usually my go-tos for this recipe.

Heavy Cream – The base to our creamy sauce, heavy cream gives this dish incredibly rich and bold flavor. Whipping cream or whole milk would make great substitutes for the heavy cream in this recipe. And if you’re looking to make this dairy-free, use coconut milk instead!

Parmesan Cheese – A little goes a long way in this chicken Florentine. Just 1/4 cup is all you need to introduce that nice sharp and savory flavor to your dish. Grated Pecorino Romano also works in this recipe. And if you’re making this dairy-free, use nutritional yeast instead.

Chef’s Tips

  • You can freeze this chicken Florentine for up to a month! To reheat – place in a baking dish, cover it with foil and bake in the oven at 350° Fahrenheit for 1-2 hours or until chicken is warm all the way through.
  • If your skillet is too small to fit all four chicken breasts, cook them in separate batches. I ended up cooking my chicken breasts two at a time due to the size of my skillet. Avoid overcrowding your pan, in order to get that nice golden crust on both sides of your chicken!
  • If you plan on serving this chicken Florentine with a side of sautéed spinach and mushrooms, cook the vegetables in the same skillet before you make your chicken. Add a tablespoon of butter to your skillet, add in the spinach and mushrooms, sauté until tender, then set aside. When the chicken is done, ladle a bit of the sauce over your sautéed veggies and enjoy!

More Delicious Chicken Recipes

  • Lemon Pepper Chicken
  • Italian Dressing Chicken
  • Chicken Piccata
  • Chicken Pesto Sandwich
  • Whole30 Chicken Cacciatore

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Chicken Florentine

Chicken Florentine

Prep:5 minutes minutes
Cook:20 minutes minutes
Total:25 minutes minutes
This chicken Florentine is perfectly crispy, juicy, and coated in a creamy white wine sauce. With just one skillet and a few easy steps, you'll have a delicious dinner in under 30 minutes. This dish tastes incredible on its own, but can also be served over a bed of sautéed spinach and mushrooms as a tasty low-carb meal!
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Ingredients

  • 4 chicken breasts
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon black pepper
  • 4 tablespoons butter
  • 3 garlic cloves minced
  • 1 cup dry white wine
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • ¼ cup parmesan cheese
  • 1 tablespoon fresh parsley chopped
  • 2 cups fresh spinach

Equipment

  • Large skillet

Instructions 

  • Season both sides of the chicken breasts with the salt and pepper. Melt two tablespoons of butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add chicken breasts to the skillet and cook for 5-7 minutes per side, or until cooked through.
    Chicken Florentine Process Photo 1
  • Remove chicken from skillet, add in the remaining two tablespoons of butter and minced garlic. Cook for 2-3 minutes, or until garlic is fragrant.
  • Add white wine to skillet and cook for 3-4 minutes, or until wine has reduced by half.
    Chicken Florentine Process Photo 3
  • Add heavy cream to skillet and cook for another 3-4 minutes, or until the sauce has reduced by half and starts to thicken. Stir in the parmesan cheese.
  • Add the parsley and spinach, simmer for 2 minutes. Add chicken breasts back into the skillet and spoon sauce over the top of the chicken.
    Chicken Florentine Process Photo 5

Notes

  • Make it Keto: Use either a low-carb wine or chicken stock in place of the white wine in this recipe.
  • Make it Dairy-Free: To make this recipe dairy-free, use olive oil instead of butter. Also use coconut milk instead of heavy cream, and nutritional yeast instead of parmesan cheese.
 
Recipe yields approximately 4 servings. Nutritional values shown reflect information for 1 chicken breast with sauce. Macros may vary slightly depending on the specific brands of ingredients used.

Nutrition Information

Serving: 1serving, Calories: 516kcal, Carbohydrates: 5g, Protein: 28g, Fat: 38g, Saturated Fat: 23g, Trans Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 188mg, Sodium: 660mg, Potassium: 614mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 1g, Vitamin A: 2799IU, Vitamin C: 8mg, Calcium: 148mg, Iron: 1mg, Net Carbs: 4g

Number of total servings shown is approximate. Actual number of servings will depend on your preferred portion sizes.

 

Nutritional values shown are general guidelines and reflect information for 1 serving using the ingredients listed, not including any optional ingredients. Actual macros may vary slightly depending on specific brands and types of ingredients used.

 

To determine the weight of one serving, prepare the recipe as instructed. Weigh the finished recipe, then divide the weight of the finished recipe (not including the weight of the container the food is in) by the desired number of servings. Result will be the weight of one serving.

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Meet Sam Guarnieri

Sam is a travel, food, and fitness enthusiast from the New York metro area who loves creating new and inventive recipes. Her love of food goes all the way back to her early childhood, cooking alongside her mom and Nonna – the two best cooks she knows! She's a big believer that good-for-you food can still explode with flavor and (most importantly) be easy to make. When she's not in the kitchen, Sam can usually be found planning her next vacation, spending time outdoors, or bingeing the latest Netflix docu-series.

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  1. Nicole Widder says

    Posted on 4/7/21 at 11:58 am

    Hi – there is no cream or white wine in the recipe…I’d love to make this but hoping for the correct portions of each.

    Reply
    • Megan | 40 ApronsMegan | 40 Aprons says

      Posted on 4/7/21 at 2:43 pm

      OOPS – so sorry about that, Nicole! Thank you so much for bringing it to our attention! We’ve updated the recipe to include those missing ingredients. You’ll need 1 cup of dry white wine and 1 cup of heavy cream.

      I hope you love your chicken florentine! Let us know how it goes!

      Reply

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