Chicken Florentine, with perfectly-seared boneless chicken breasts in a creamy white wine and spinach sauce, is a complete, one-skillet dinner, easy enough for a weeknight, fancy enough for a date night.
Ingredients
- all-purpose flour: 0.25 cup
- kosher salt: 0.75 tsp (divided)
- (10-oz. each) boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut in half horizontally : 2 piece
- unsalted butter: 2 Tbsp
- olive oil: 1 Tbsp
- dry white wine: 0.5 cup
- chicken stock: 0.75 cup
- heavy whipping cream: 0.75 cup
- black pepper: 0.5 tsp (freshly ground)
- garlic powder: 0.5 tsp
- oregano: 0.25 tsp (dried)
- thyme: 0.125 tsp (dried)
- marjoram: 0.125 tsp (dried)
- (5-oz.) package fresh baby spinach (about 4 cups packed): 1 piece
- fresh basil: 0.25 cup (roughly chopped)
- Parmesan cheese, finely shredded (about 1/4 cup): 1 oz
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Stages of cooking
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Gather all ingredients. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Stir together flour and 1/4 teaspoon of the salt in a medium bowl. Add chicken cutlets, one at a time, and toss to coat evenly with flour. Shake off excess flour, and set aside on a plate. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Heat a large skillet over medium-high. Add butter and oil; cook, swirling occasionally, until butter is frothy, about 30 seconds. Add chicken in an even layer; cook, turning once halfway through, until browned and a thermometer inserted into thickest portion of breast registers 165°F, about 8 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Add wine to skillet; cook over high, stirring occasionally and scraping bottom to release brown bits, until reduced by half, about 1 minute. Stir in stock, cream, black pepper, garlic, oregano, thyme, marjoram, and remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt. Bring to a simmer over medium-high; cook, stirring occasionally, until slightly thickened, about 4 minutes. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Stir in spinach; cook, stirring often, until spinach is wilted, about 1 minute. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Return chicken to skillet. Cook over medium-high, turning chicken once, until chicken is heated through, about 1 minute. Remove from heat; add basil and Parmesan, swirling to combine. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
