Chicken Breast Florentine Food

CHICKEN FLORENTINE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Place the chicken breast halves on a baking sheet and bake 20-30 minutes, or until no longer pink and juices run clear.
• Remove from oven and set aside.
• Increase oven temperature to 400°F.
• Melt butter in medium saucepan over medium heat.
• Stirring constantly, mix in the garlic, lemon juice, cream of mushroom soup, Italian seasoning, half-and-half, and Parmesan cheese.
• Arrange spinach over the bottom of a 9x9-inch baking dish sprayed lightly with cooking spray.
• Cover the spinach with mushrooms.
• Pour half the sauce mixture over the mushrooms.
• Arrange chicken breasts in the dish over the mushrooms then cover with remaining sauce.
• Sprinkle with bacon bits, then top with mozzarella cheese.
• Bake for 20-25 minutes in 400°F oven until bubbly and lightly browned.
• Serves 4.

CHICKEN BREAST FLORENTINE

Steps:

• Prepare marinade.
• Marinate chicken breasts for 24 hours.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Remove chicken from marinade and pat dry with paper towels.
• Saute chicken in 2 tsp olive oil in a hot skillet until lightly browned on both sides.
• Remove from pan and finish cooking in oven 35 minutes.
• Meanwhile add to skillet shallots, garlic, white wine, cream, parmesan cheese, spinach& salt& pepper to taste.
• Simmer 3 to 5 minutes until well blended and spinach is limp.
• Serve sauce hot over chicken with angel hair pasta.

CHICKEN FLORENTINE

Steps:

• Combine bread crumbs and cheese. Dip chicken breast halves in crumb mixture to coat lightly.
• Arrange in baking dish.
• In a saucepan, cook onion in butter until tender.
• Blend in flour.
• Stir in milk all at once. Cook and stir until thick and bubbly.
• Cook and stir 1 minute more.
• Stir in spinach.
• Spoon spinach mixture over chicken and sprinkle with rest of crumb mixture. Bake uncovered at 350F for 40-45 minutes.

CHICKEN FLORENTINE STYLE

Steps:

• Sprinkle the chicken with salt and pepper. Dredge the chicken in the flour to coat lightly. Shake off any excess flour. Melt 2 tablespoons of butter in a heavy large skillet over medium heat. Add the chicken and cook until brown, about 5 minutes per side. Transfer the chicken to a plate and tent with foil to keep it warm.
• Melt 2 tablespoons of butter in the same skillet over medium heat. Add the shallots and garlic and saute until the shallots are translucent, stirring to scrape up any browned bits on the bottom of the skillet, about 1 minute. Add the wine. Increase the heat to medium-high and boil until the liquid is reduced by half, about 3 minutes. Add the cream and boil until the sauce reduces by half, stirring often, about 3 minutes. Stir in the parsley. Season the sauce, to taste, with salt and pepper. Add the chicken and any accumulated juices to the sauce, and turn the chicken to coat in the sauce.
• Meanwhile, melt the remaining 2 tablespoons of butter in another large skillet over medium heat. Add the spinach and saute until heated through. Season the spinach, to taste, with salt and pepper. Arrange the spinach over a platter. Place the chicken atop the spinach. Pour the sauce over and serve.

CHICKEN FLORENTINE PASTA

Steps:

• Cook the pasta according to package directions in lightly salted water. Drain and set aside.
• Sprinkle the chicken with salt and pepper. Heat the butter and olive oil over high heat in a large skillet. Add the chicken chunks in a single layer and do not stir for a minute or two in order to allow the chicken to brown on the first side. Flip the chicken and brown on the other side. Cook until done, and then remove the chicken from the skillet.
• Turn the heat to medium. Add the garlic and quickly stir to avoid burning. After about 30 seconds, pour in the broth and wine, stirring to deglaze the skillet. Allow the liquid to bubble up, and then continue cooking until it's reduced by at least half (most of the surface of the liquid should be bubbling at this point).
• Turn off the heat. Add the spinach, tomatoes, chicken, cooked pasta and Parmesan shavings to the skillet. Toss to combine; the spinach will wilt as you toss everything.
• Add more Parmesan shavings and serve immediately! Serve with extra Parmesan shavings.

CHICKEN-PENNE FLORENTINE BAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375ºF.
• Cook pasta as directed on package, omitting salt.
• Meanwhile, toss chicken with flour. Heat dressing in large skillet on medium heat. Add chicken; cook and stir 3 min. or until evenly browned. Add broth and Neufchatel; cook 3 min. or until Neufchatel is melted, stirring frequently. Stir in spinach.
• Drain pasta. Add to chicken mixture; mix lightly. Spoon half into 2-qt. casserole sprayed with cooking spray; top with half the mozzarella. Repeat layers. Sprinkle with Parmesan.
• Bake 16 to 18 min. or until mozzarella is melted and casserole is heated through.

CHICKEN BREAST FLORENTINE WITH FETTUCCINE ALFREDO - LUBY'S

Steps:

• For filling, combine ingredients and mix well.
• For chicken, cut each piece in half horizontally into 2 pieces.
• of equal thickness. Place bottoms in a shallow baking pan in a single layer.
• Top each with about 1/3 cup spinach mixture, spreading almost to edge.
• Place tops over filling, pressing together at edge. Freeze 30 minutes.
• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease shallow baking pan large enough.
• to hold chicken in a single layer.
• In a shallow bowl, whisk together the milk and egg until well blended.
• In a separate shallow bowl, mix bread crumbs and dressing mix.
• Coat chicken with flour, shaking off excess. Dip into milk mixture, then into.
• crumb mixture, coating evenly and pressing crumb mixture into chicken.
• Place in baking pan. Bake 25 minutes or until cooked through.
• Top with spinach leaves and cheese slices. Continue baking 1 minute.
• For fettucine, cook pasta according to package directions,.
• adding salt to water. Drain.
• In a medium saucepan, melt butter. Add mushrooms and garlic.
• Cook, stirring frequently, about 5 minutes or until mushrooms are tender.
• Add cream, cheese, seasoned salt, and parsley. Heat through. Pour over hot.
• pasta to coat evenly. Serve with chicken. Makes 8 servings.

CHICKEN & STUFFING FLORENTINE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400ºF.
• Mix stuffing mix, hot water and cheese just until stuffing mix is moistened.
• Place chicken in 13x9-inch baking dish. Mix soup and spinach; spoon over chicken. Top with stuffing mixture.
• Bake 30 min. or until chicken is done (165ºF).

EASY CHICKEN FLORENTINE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F.
• Heat dressing in large skillet on medium-high heat. Add chicken; cook 3 to 4 min. on each side or until evenly browned on both sides. Transfer chicken to 9-inch square dish sprayed with cooking spray.
• Add spinach and garlic to skillet; cook and stir 2 min. Add milk, mustard and 2 Tbsp. Parmesan; stir. Cook 1 to 2 min. or until heated through, stirring constantly. Spoon over chicken; top with remaining Parmesan.
• Bake 15 to 20 min. or until chicken is done (165°F).

CHICKEN AND PENNE FLORENTINE

Steps:

• Heat oil in large skillet on medium heat. Add garlic; cook and stir 1 minute. Season chicken with salt and pepper. Add to skillet; cook and stir 5 to 7 minutes or until cooked through. Remove chicken from skillet; cover to keep warm.
• Add wine to skillet; cook until heated through, stirring constantly to loosen up browned bits from bottom of skillet. Add broth and cream. Bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low; simmer 5 minutes or until sauce is reduced by half.
• Stir in mustard. Add spinach; cook 2 minutes or until spinach is wilted, stirring occasionally. Add chicken; cook and stir until heated through. Place in large bowl. Add hot pasta; toss to coat. Sprinkle with cheese.

CHEESY CHICKEN FLORENTINE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F.
• Cook pasta in large saucepan as directed on package, omitting salt. Meanwhile, cook and stir chicken in large skillet sprayed with cooking spray 8 to 10 min. or until done. Stir in pasta sauce; cook and stir 2 to 3 min. or until heated through.
• Drain pasta; return to saucepan. Add spinach, VELVEETA and Parmesan; mix lightly.
• Spoon pasta mixture into 13x9-inch baking dish sprayed with cooking spray; top with chicken mixture and mozzarella. Bake 10 to 15 min. or until heated through.

STUFFED CHICKEN FLORENTINE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Place each breast on large sheet of plastic wrap, cover with second sheet.
• Pound with meat pounder until 1/4" thick.
• Add 3 Tbls.
• of Spinach Artichoke Dip to center of each breast.
• Fold breast and secure with toothpick.
• Beat eggs.
• Dip breast in egg mixture and then roll in breadcrumbs.
• Place in a baking dish.
• Bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour.
• Serve.

CHICKEN FLORENTINE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 180c 160c for fan oven or gas mark 4. De-stalk the spinach if needed, place in colander and pour a kettle of boiling water over to wilt, leave to drain. When cool, squeeze out excess water and chop up. Season with salt, pepper and nutmeg. Place spinach in a oven proof baking dish.
• In a large frying pan, melt 30g of butter and cook onions until soft and golden. Remove onions from pan and add to the spinach and mix together.
• Add diced chicken to pan with a little seasoning with a little more butter and brown chicken all over. Once browned, remove from pan and place on a warm plate and set aside.
• Put the last of the butter in the pan and add the crushed garlic and mushrooms and cook until soft. Once soft add the flour to the pan and coat the mushrooms in the flour. Add the white wine and stir quickly to make a thick sauce. Turn down the heat and slowly add the cream fresh to make a lovely sauce. Add the chicken back to the pan and thoroughly coat with the sauce.
• Place the chicken, mushrooms and sauce on to of the spinach in the oven proof dish. top with the grated cheese. Add a little grated nutmeg to the cheese.
• Place in the oven for 20-25 minutes until cheese is bubbling and golden brown.
• Serve with boiled rice and a glass of chilled white wine.

CHICKEN BREASTS FLORENTINE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°. Spray rectangular pan, 11x7x1 1/2 inches, with cooking spray. Cook and drain noodles as directed on package.
• While noodles are cooking, melt butter in 2-quart saucepan over medium heat. Stir in flour and pepper. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until smooth and bubbly; remove from heat. Stir in milk and broth. Heat to boiling, stirring constantly. Boil and stir 1 minute; remove from heat.
• Mix spinach, noodles, half of the sauce, 1/4 cup of the cheese and 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg. Spoon mixture into pan. Place chicken on spinach mixture. Pour remaining sauce over chicken. Sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup cheese and additional nutmeg.
• Cover and bake 30 minutes. Uncover and bake about 15 minutes longer or until light brown on top and juice of chicken is no longer pink when centers of thickest pieces are cut.