Best Baked Chicken With Watercress Or Spinach Sauce Recipes

CREAMY SPINACH CHICKEN BAKE

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Three cheeses, spinach, and garlic cook over seasoned chicken breasts to create a creamy oven-baked chicken dish that's perfect for a family dinner. It's easy to prepare any night of the week and takes just 10 minutes of hands-on time.

Provided by Kimber

Categories Dinner

Time 55m

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breast
12 ounces frozen chopped spinach (thawed)
6 oz cream cheese (softened)
1/3 cup sour cream
1/2 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
4 cloves garlic (pressed)
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp ground black pepper
1/2 cup mozzarella cheese

Steps:

1. Preheat the oven to 400˚F.
Squeeze out as much liquid as possible from the thawed spinach.
In a medium bowl, combine the spinach, cream cheese, sour cream, parmesan cheese and garlic. Stir until well mixed.
Season each side of the chicken breast with salt and pepper, then lay flat in a large baking dish. Spread the spinach mixture evenly over the chicken. Sprinkle the mozzarella cheese over the top.
Cover with foil and bake for 40 minutes. Uncover and bake for an additional 5-10 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through (165˚F internal temp.)

Nutrition Facts : Calories 566 kcal, Carbohydrate 8 g, Protein 62 g, Fat 31 g, SaturatedFat 16 g, TransFat 1 g, Cholesterol 224 mg, Sodium 903 mg, Fiber 3 g, Sugar 3 g, UnsaturatedFat 10 g, ServingSize 1 serving

BAKED CHICKEN WITH WATERCRESS OR SPINACH SAUCE

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Make and share this Baked Chicken With Watercress or Spinach Sauce recipe from Food.com.

Provided by English_Rose

Categories Chicken Breast

Time 40m

Yield 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 7

Ingredients

4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
salt & freshly ground black pepper
1 red onion, finely sliced
3/4 cup white wine
7 ounces watercress or 7 ounces spinach
5 1/2 ounces cream cheese
2 tablespoons vegetable bouillon granules

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 400°F.
season the chicken breasts with salt and pepper and place in the bottom of an oven proof dish.
Cover with the sliced onion and pour over the white wine.
Cover with foil and bake in the oven for 20 minutes.
Place the watercress or spinach in a liquidizer.
When the chicken is cooked, drain off the cooking liquid onto the watercress or spinach.
Add the cream cheese to the liquid and blnd until smooth.
Pour the liquid into a saucepan and heat, seasoning to taste with the vegetable bouillon powder.
When the chicken is cooked, remove from the oven and slice.
place the sliced chicken on serving plates and coat with the sauce.
Serve with salad.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 319.5, Fat 15.1, SaturatedFat 9, Cholesterol 111.3, Sodium 215.6, Carbohydrate 5.6, Fiber 0.6, Sugar 1.8, Protein 31.6

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