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Creamy Tuscan Garlic Chicken has the most amazing creamy garlic sauce with spinach and sun dried tomatoes. This is a restaurant quality meal that’s easy to make at home in just 30 minutes!
Also try Creamy Tuscan Garlic Shrimp and Insanely Good Creamy Tuscan Garlic Salmon. They are also unforgettable Tuscan Garlic meals your family will be so impressed with!
Creamy Tuscan Garlic Chicken
This Creamy Tuscan Garlic Chicken tastes like it is straight from a restaurant. The first time I made it, I couldn’t even get over how amazing the creamy sauce was! It has such a delicious creamy garlic taste with spinach and sun dried tomatoes. The chicken is so tender and juicy every bite just melts in your mouth! Everyone who eats this chicken falls in love with it at first bite!
Not only does it taste amazing, but this Tuscan Garlic Chicken is so easy to make!! The creamy sauce whisks together so perfectly and uses familiar ingredients you already love. You will want to lick your plate clean because it is that good! This is a must try recipe that involves no-fuss prep with gourmet looking results. Put this meal at the top of your must make list!
What’s in Creamy Tuscan Garlic Chicken?
Many of these ingredients are basics you will already have in your pantry or refrigerator. They come together so easily to make the BEST Creamy Tuscan Garlic Chicken I have ever had!
- Boneless skinless chicken breasts: Thinly sliced chicken will work best because it will cook evenly and quickly.
- Olive oil: To cook the chicken in at medium-high heat.
- Salt: Season chicken breast as it cooks.
- Heavy cream: The slightly sweet and creamy base of the sauce.
- Chicken broth: To thin out the sauce a bit.
- Garlic powder: Adds rich bold garlic flavor to the sauce.
- Italian seasoning: This is the perfect blend of seasonings that give your sauce unbelievably good flavor.
- Parmesan cheese: Use freshly grated if possible for the best consistency in your sauce.
- Spinach: Chop and add to the cream sauce at the end after lowering heat to a simmer.
- Sun dried tomatoes: The flavor of the sun-dried tomatoes in the cream sauce is amazing!!
How to Make Tuscan Chicken
This is a restaurant quality meal that you can quickly and easily put together at home. It is effortless, but so impressive. The taste is SOO GOOD you will be obsessed with this dinner!
- Cook Chicken: In a large skillet add olive oil and cook the chicken on medium high heat for 3-5 minutes on each side or until brown on each side and cooked until no longer pink in center. Then, remove chicken and set aside on a plate.
- Whisk together cream sauce: Add the heavy cream, chicken broth, garlic powder, italian seasoning, and parmesan cheese. Immediately begin to whisk over medium high heat until it starts to thicken. Finally, add in the spinach and sundried tomatoes and let it simmer until the spinach starts to wilt.
- Combine sauce and chicken: Lastly, add the chicken back to the pan and serve over pasta if desired.
Tips for Perfectly Creamy Tuscan Chicken
Creamy Tuscan Chicken is one of the best things our family has had. We often serve this over pasta to make it into a delicious meal. You guys are going to love the flavors and versatility of this creamy chicken just as much as we do!
- Serve with: Your favorite pasta, Insta Pot Mashed Potatoes or Mashed Cauliflower. Freshly steamed veggies or a light salad are great sides to add freshness to the meal. Finally, prepare The Best Homemade Garlic Bread, because you will definitely want to be scraping the creamy sauce up with your bread at the end!
- Protein: Swap out the chicken for salmon or shrimp. The sweet garlic cream sauce will pair perfectly with these meats as well and give you some variety in your proteins.
- How to know when the chicken is done: To ensure your chicken is cooked throughout, look for the juices to run clear. Also, keep in mind chicken must be cooked to an internal temperature of 165 degrees. So, use a meat thermometer to be sure you have perfectly cooked chicken.
- Creamy Sauce: For the most creamy sauce, be sure you’re using freshly grated parmesan cheese. Already shredded cheeses are coated with preservatives that keep them from melting completely and will result in grainy sauce.
- Tender Chicken: Make sure your chicken is at room temperature before cooking. It will cook more evenly than if it is still cold. Also, dry it completely and season it with salt as it cooks in the oil coated pan.
Storing Creamy Tuscan Chicken:
Leftovers with this meal are extremely unlikely. However, it can be made ahead to save you time on a busy night. To store it you will want to let it cool completely. Then, within 2 hours of cooking, store it in an airtight container. After storing, it will remain good for 3-4 days in the refrigerator or 6 months in a freezer. To thaw from frozen, heat it up on the stove-top. You need whisk sauce thoroughly to get the sauce back to its original creamy consistency. Add additional chicken broth or cream if your sauce is breaking.
More Creamy Chicken Recipes:
- One Pot Creamy Parmesan Chicken Tortellini
- Creamy Lemon Parmesan Chicken
- Stuffed Tuscan Garlic Chicken
- Creamy Chicken Marsala
- Creamy Balsamic Mushroom Bacon Chicken
Creamy Tuscan Garlic Chicken
Ingredients
- 1½ pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts thinly sliced
- 2 Tablespoons olive oil
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 cup chicken broth
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon italian seasoning
- 1/2 cup parmesan cheese
- 1 cup spinach chopped
- 1/2 cup sun dried tomatoes
Instructions
- In a large skillet add olive oil and cook the chicken on medium high heat for 3-5 minutes on each side or until brown on each side and cooked until no longer pink in center. Remove chicken and set aside on a plate.
- Add the heavy cream, chicken broth, garlic powder, italian seasoning, and parmesan cheese. Whisk over medium high heat until it starts to thicken. Add the spinach and sundried tomatoes and let it simmer until the spinach starts to wilt. Add the chicken back to the pan and serve over pasta if desired.
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Nutrition
Serves: 6
All nutritional information is based on third party calculations and is only an estimate. Each recipe and nutritional value will vary depending on the brands you use, measuring methods and portion sizes per household.
My husband and I had this for dinner tonight. Used two large boneless chicken breasts but same amount of sauce. Served over spaghetti. Next time I will add twice the amount is spinach since we like spinach and it cooks down so much. Will definitely be having this again. Thanks for the recipe.
Excellent dinner tonight using this recipe. I too added mushrooms otherwise I followed the recipe as is. I chose this recipe for the lower salt content as that is new to us. It will definitely be repeated. My husband even asked me to put a star by it!
Hi Alyssa, this is my fav go to recipe and now is also my friends. The first time I made it I doubled the sauce. I couldn’t find sun-dried tomatoes so used sun-dried tomato pesto instead and because I love garlic I used Lawrys garlic salt, a few Tbl garlic paste and garlic Italian seasoning….it was freaking delicious. Have since used the sun-dried tomatoes and the sun-dried tomato pesto….also scrumptious! Love all your recipes even though they don’t do my figure much good…once a week is perfect LOL
Made this for a dinner with friends. Made a 5 course meal and served as the main. Had such rave reviews, ladies left with the recipe. Will definitely make again. I doubled the sauce no change to recipe perfect as is. Thanks
Hello Alyssa, I wonder could I make it ahead and keep warm in the oven
Yes, but not too long in the oven that the chicken will dry out.
Has anyone added bacon or prosciutto?
I would like to make ahead of time. Does this dish reheat well?
Yes, warm up slowly in the microwave, bake in the oven, or use a skillet.
Making this for the 3rd time…..it’s outstanding! My husband & I are Keto so we serve it over cauliflower rice. Delicious! Thank you!
ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS! RESTAURANT QUALITY! LOVE LOVE LOVE!
My goodness this is delicious! I didn’t have anything planned, but was using what I had on hand. Smashing! I defrosted two frozen spinach and used that, but otherwise followed the recipe. So tasty! This will be great for company, too. Thank you!
What about using yogurt instead of cream?
That sounds delicious too!
Tweaked a little. Added tons more heavy whipping cream & cheese to make more sauce for pasta. Still wasn’t enough but it’s fabulous regardless. I used angel hair may use butterfly next time to see if the sauce will do better. All in all this is a must make recipe.
Added some button mushrooms, great recipe! Big hit with the family!
My family loved this. I made it exactly as stated. We will be adding this to the family regular lineup. Can’t wait to try the salmon version.
I’ve used this recipe for years, often serving when we have company over or bringing to potlucks. I always get rave reviews on this dish, with many asking for the recipe. I highly suggest doubling the sauce if serving with rice or pasta.
I mean white wine!
Could you replace the chicken stock with white white?
Yes, that is a great substitute.