Chicken Florentine (with a twist!)
Chicken Florentine (with a twist!) features boneless chicken breasts stuffed with a sautéed filling of onion, garlic, fresh baby spinach, crumbled blue cheese, and Dijon mustard. The chicken is pan-seared and finished with a creamy pan sauce made from onion, white wine, thyme, chicken stock, Dijon mustard, and sour cream.
Ingredients
FLORENTINE FILLING
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 1 1/4 cup onion divided
- 4 garlic minced, cloves
- 1 1/2 cup spinach fresh baby
- 2 tablespoons blue cheese crumbled
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
CHICKEN
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 4 chicken breast boneless skinless
- black pepper to taste
- salt to taste
PAN SAUCE
- 1 cup onion finely diced
- 1/3 cup white wine dry
- 1 teaspoon thyme can sub 2 tsp fresh, dried
- 1 cup chicken stock
- 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
- 1/4 cup sour cream
Instructions
FLORENTINE FILLING
- Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
- Add the onion, and cook until translucent.
- Add the garlic, and cook 1 minute.
- Add spinach, and cook 3 minutes (until wilted).
- Combine spinach mixture, cheese and mustard in a small bowl.
STUFF THE CHICKEN
- Season chicken with salt and pepper.
- Cut a pocket in each chicken breast and stuff spinach mixture into each.
COOK THE CHICKEN
- Heat the remaining oil in skillet over medium-high heat.
- Add chicken and cook 6 minutes on each side or until chicken is done (165 F). Remove chicken, tent with foil to keep warm and set aside while you make the pan sauce.
PAN SAUCE
- Add diced onion to pan, and cook for about 5 minutes.
- Add wine and thyme; cook 3 minutes or until reduced by half.
- Add stock and Dijon mustard. Cook until thickened, stirring occationslly - then add sour cream and whisk until smooth.
- Return the chicken to skillet, cover and simmer 2 minutes or until heated through.
- Serve pan sauce over the chicken.
- Devour.
Nutrition Information
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4 Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 307
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 307kcal | 15% |
| Carbohydrates | 14g | 5% |
| Protein | 28g | 56% |
| Fat | 14g | 22% |
| Saturated Fat | 4g | 20% |
| Cholesterol | 84mg | 28% |
| Sodium | 391mg | 16% |
| Potassium | 741mg | 16% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 6g | 12% |
| Vitamin A | 1205IU | 24% |
| Vitamin C | 12mg | 13% |
| Calcium | 86mg | 9% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.