Cheesy Chicken Spinach Bake
Cheesy Chicken Spinach Bake is loaded with a creamy cheese mixture and sautéed spinach. An easy and delicious low-carb weeknight meal.
After Kale started working from home with me, we agreed we had extra time to get in regular exercise without any excuses. We bought a gym membership and made it a habit to exercise 4 to 5 days a week. It had been a good minute since I had seen the inside of a gym, let alone gotten my heart rate over 100. haha. So for the last year, we have been consistently going, and we are both feeling a lot better. I also love that it’s something we can do together.
CHEESY CHICKEN SPINACH BAKE
Along with the exercise, we knew we had to change our diets to drop some weight, too. We researched carb cycling and have really enjoyed it! Carb cycling is balancing out high-carb days with low-carb days, and it has worked out so well for us. It doesn’t make me feel deprived at all. This Cheesy Chicken Spinach Bake is something I make regularly now on our low-carb days, and it is delicious!
Inside this incredible Cheesy Chicken Spinach Bake is sautéed spinach, a creamy, dreamy cheese mixture, and of course, chicken. It is wonderful, and the flavor is so good. I like to serve it with roasted asparagus or a Caesar salad, and we just love it. I have been researching more of these yummy low-carb dinners and plan on sharing some in the near future! But before that, make sure you try this one. It’s awesome.
Cheesy Chicken Spinach Bake
Ingredients
- 3 large boneless skinless chicken breasts cut in half lengthwise to form thinner cutlets
- 2 Tablespoons olive oil divided
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 6 ounces cream cheese softened
- 2 cups baby spinach leaves
- 1 cup shredded Mozzarella cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 9×13 inch glass baking dish with cooking spray.
- Lay chicken breast cutlets in baking dish. Drizzle 1 Tablespoon olive oil all over chicken. Sprinkle evenly with minced garlic and Italian seasoning. Spread softened cream cheese all over the tops of chicken.
- Meanwhile, heat a small non-stick skillet with the remaining 1 Tablespoon olive oil over medium heat. Add baby spinach. Cook and stir until spinach wilts. Place wilted spinach evenly over chicken. Sprinkle Mozzarella cheese all over the top.
- Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until chicken is cooked thoroughly (inside temp of chicken should be 165 degrees F.) Serve warm and enjoy!
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I made this recipe many months ago while I was on Keto and fell in love with it. The flavors are amazing. This could be a meal on it’s own. Now I am craving it so making it for the fam this week. Thank you for delicious recipe!
this chicken was amazing! The only Thing i did different was using pepper jaCk cheese instead of mozzarella. Always looking for new chicken recIpes and this is definitely a keeper. my husband loved it!
I just made this and cant wait to try it
This is easy and delicious. The only change i made was i used the entire 8oz block of cream cheese. Just because i didnt want to keep 2 oz in my frig. Also, leftovers are even better.
So yummy!
Did you cook covered witH foil or uncovered?
Without foil 🙂
great base for my own recipe! i added some noodles and used a completely different cheeses ratios and different meat but it came out great!
Delicious! I used light cream cheese and mozzarella sticks because It was what I had on hand. Fresh picked spinach from the farm stand, it is a keeper recipe for sure
This is sooo tasty! We loved it and will use it regularly! I did find that I needed to drain the spinach after wilting it though. My first attempt was runny.. but still super tasty:)
This was so taSty! I made a few CHanges to maje it more WW friend. ANd i dId increase the Amount of SPINACH. FInal result: only 1 Blue point Per serving! Major scOre! Will DEFINITELY be adding to my WW RECIPES!
thank you for sharing this recipe wiTh us!
Cooked this today and everyone loved it, including me. The spinach, the italian seasoning, and garlic are delicious together. The cream cheese mixed with the mozzarella cheese and the chicken broth resulting from cooking the chicken breasts made a delicous, creamy gravy. This is going to be one of our favorites. Thanks so much for sharing this recipe.
Really yummy recipe. Made a few changes To ensure full flaVoured – Coated the chIcken in parika/onion/garlic powder And seared before baking, also sauteed Onion and mushroom before wilting the spinach in the same pan. Used FreSh rosemary Rather than Italian seasoning. Added creme fraiche with the cream cheese. Added bit of ground pepper and rock salt. Reduced cooking time as had already pan seared the chicken. DeliciOus! As others said, there is a fair bit of juice/stock after cooking so i drained it off to use with other dishes/rice.
tHIS LOOKS AMAZING. i AM DEFINITELY COOKING THIS TONIGHT.
I wOnder if you could cook over a bed of noodles?
Yes, Mary. I think if you laid out about 2 cups of cooked rice at the bottom it would work fine 🙂
This is delicious! My husband is doing a low-carb diet and I’m struggling to find recipes we both liked… but this fits the bill perfectly. We both absolutely loved it.
I used turkey instead of chicken, as that’s what was in our fridge. I also added roasted cauliflower and tomatoes alongside the meat. I put the veg by the side in case something went wrong, but they would be perfect all cooked together!
My only criticism? There wasn’t enough!
does it matter if the spinach is fresh or not?
I recommend fresh spinach
It was delicious
Great recipe. Its a keeper!!
This recipe is so good!! My son and I love it!! I used a teaspoon of Jane’s crazy salt in place of Italian seasoning and I THINK it is wonderful!!
this was really delicious, and the chicken was ridiculously tender. I did make some slight modifications however:
I used Thyme, oregano, rosemary, salt and pepper as my SEASONINGS
I added some finely diced onion on top of the chicken with the garlic, maybe a third cup? Lightly COVERED
I sauteed the spinach in butter instead of olive OIL
The cream cheese didn’t spread very well prior to cooking, so near the end I pulled out the dish and using a spatula, spread the cream cheese mozzarella spinach mixture more evenly and put it back in the oven for 3 or so minutes under the broiler.
I let it stand for 10 minutes before serving also.
Great low carb dish! Thanks!
Added some almond flakes to bake on top, giving the texture a little crunch.
I tried this tonight & it was so delicious! Very easy & quick too.
great basis for a lovely meal. I made a few changes based on what my family likes and extra ease of preparation. I used drumsticks tucked tightly into a non-stick casserole dish. I softened the cream cheese in the microwave and then stirred in frozen chopped spinach, garlic oil, and italian herbs (couldn’t find italian seasoning). Then I spread a thick layer of this mixture over the top of the chicken, put the lid on the casserole and put it in the oven for an hour at 190C (we’re Australian). I skipped the grated cheese altogether. After half an hour I took the lid off. I served it with homemade scallop potatoes (sliced parboiled potatoes, sliced and fried bacon and onion in alternating layers covered with thickened pouring cream, in the oven for 45 mins) and everyone at the weekly family Sunday night dinner loved it (I doubled it to feed three big guys and two smallish women with leftovers for next day’s lunch). Thanks for some great new ideas for serving chicken.
This was really good. I think the next time I will mix the cream cheese, Italian seasoning, and garlic together and spread it on the chicken. My smaller breast came out great but the rwo bigger ones were a little tough in the middle. Someone suggested chicken tenders and I THINK that would work perfectly. I also doubled up on my spinach.
Thank you for this DELICIOUS recipe.
Very tasty. I did a couple of things..added chopped marinated ARTICHOKE hearts, red pepper flAkes, PARMESAN. Extra garlic…yummy