Chicken Florentine

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This Chicken Florentine is made with crisp and juicy chicken breasts covered in a creamy white wine sauce with spinach. This dish makes a scrumptious dinner.

If you love chicken dishes, then you should try this Chicken and Shrimp Carbonara or this Asiago Tortelloni Alfredo With Grilled Chicken.

A pan of Chicken Florentine topped with fresh wilted spinach.

Table Of Contents

Recipe Details
What You’ll Need
Ingredient Notes
Add-ins and Substitutions
How to Make Chicken Florentine
Recipe Tips
FAQs
Serving Suggestions
Make This Recipe in Advance
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Full Recipe Instructions

Recipe Details

I love this Chicken Florentine recipe because it’s got such delicious flavor and is really easy to make. This dish makes a great dinner and can be served with pasta, rice, or salad.

TASTE: This tender and juicy chicken is smothered in a rich cream sauce that’s full of nutty Parmesan cheese. The white wine adds a zing of flavor.
TEXTURE: The chicken is seared to a golden brown with a crisp outer layer. The thick and creamy sauce has delicious fresh spinach in it.
TIME: The recipe takes about 30 minutes.
EASE: This recipe is nice and easy. The simple cream sauce is a breeze to make.

What You’ll Need

Chicken Florentine ingredients: chicken breast, Parmesan, butter, olive oil, salt, pepper, spinach, chicken broth, flour, heavy cream, garlic cloves, and white wine.

Ingredient Notes

Chicken breasts- Skinless, boneless chicken is best. You’ll cut them into cutlets.
Flour- This is added to the chicken so it can crisp up while cooking.
Parmesan cheese- Adds a delicious nutty, cheesy flavor.
Heavy cream- This adds creaminess to the sauce.
Chicken broth- This keeps the creamy sauce from being too thick and adds nice flavor.
White wine- You can use any type you like. I prefer Sauvignon Blanc.
Garlic cloves- Fresh cloves you mince yourself have the best flavor, but pre-minced works fine, too.

Add-ins and Substitutions

Make it gluten-free- Use almond flour or another gluten-free flour in place of the all-purpose flour in this recipe.
Add more vegetables- Try this recipe with some cherry tomatoes, mushrooms, capers, or sun-dried tomatoes.
Make it dairy-free- Substitute plant-based butter and Parmesan cheese, and use coconut cream in place of the heavy cream.
Add cream cheese- Adding this will thicken the sauce, making it extra creamy.

How to Make Chicken Florentine

Season and dredge the chicken. Season both sides of the chicken breast cutlets with salt and pepper (to taste). Then add flour to a large plate and dredge both sides of the chicken in the flour.
Cook the chicken. Add the olive oil and butter to a large skillet and bring it to medium-high heat. Once the oil and butter are hot, sear both sides of the chicken until fully cooked. Remove and set aside.

Pro Tip: Leave the chicken undisturbed while it’s cooking so that it can form a golden crust.

Steps to make Chicken Florentine: season and flour dredge the chicken, then pan sear it.

Add the garlic. Bring the heat down to medium and add the minced garlic to the same pan. Sauté for about 20 seconds or until the garlic is fragrant.
Add the liquids and spinach. Then add the white wine and let it cook out for 1 minute. Then add the chicken broth and heavy cream. Let the sauce come to a simmer and then add the spinach.

Steps to make Chicken Florentine: saute garlic, then add white wine, heavy cream, and spinach to the pan.

Season and add Parmesan. Once the spinach has wilted down after a few minutes of stirring, stir in the Italian seasoning and sprinkle in the grated parmesan cheese.
Add the chicken to the sauce. After the cheese is fully melted, add the cooked chicken back to the pan and serve.

Steps to make Chicken Florentine: add Parmesan cheese and Italian seasonings to the cream sauce, then add the chicken back in.

Recipe Tips

Flatten the chicken- Slice the chicken breasts slim and pound them flat so they don’t puff up too much while they cook.
Don’t add cold chicken to the pan- Doing this will cool the hot oil/butter. Leave the chicken out from the fridge while you prep your ingredients so it can warm slightly.
Leave the chicken undisturbed- Wait for the crust to form while it sears so that the chicken won’t tear when it’s lifted out of the pan.
Use a mix of butter and olive oil- The olive oil has a high smoke point that keeps the chicken from burning, and the butter helps it brown to a delicious golden color.

FAQs

What wine is best for chicken Florentine?

The best wine to use when making Chicken Florentine is a light, dry, crisp one, such as Pinot Grigio or Sauvingnon Blanc.

What is Florentine sauce made of?

Traditionally, Florentine sauce is made with butter, white wine, heavy cream, garlic, Parmesan cheese, and fresh spinach.

Serving Suggestions

This Chicken Florentine is so versatile, you can pair it with lots of other dishes. It tastes delicious with hot buttered pasta, rice, potatoes, and salad.

Pasta: Enjoy this dish with your favorite pasta, such as this Easy Pasta Primavera, Asparagus Pasta, or Spaghetti with Zucchini and Garlic.
Salad: Serve this Chicken Florentine with a Spinach Salad, Cucumber Tomato Feta Salad, Cucumber Radish Salad, or Antipasto Salad.
Sides: Enjoy this dish with Super Creamy Mashed Potatoes, Crispy Air Fryer Broccoli, Sauteed Garlic Asparagus, or Scalloped Potatoes.
Rice: Pair this chicken with some white rice, brown rice, Wild Rice, Hibachi Fried Rice, or Quinoa Fried Rice.

Make This Recipe in Advance

Make ahead: You can cook the chicken ahead of time and make the sauce right before you are ready to serve. Just wrap the chicken and keep it in the fridge until you’re ready to warm it and add it to the sauce.

Storing: Store this Chicken Florentine in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 4 days. Reheat it in the microwave or on the stovetop until warmed through.

Freeze: You can freeze the chicken for up to 3 months in a freezer ziplock bag. But the sauce is best made fresh.

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