Creamy Spinach Chicken Casserole Recipe
Creamy Spinach Chicken Casserole is one of the most popular creamy chicken recipes from our blog! This chicken and spinach casserole is layered into a baking dish using fresh spinach, raw chicken breasts, and a parmesan cream sauce that will melt under the cheese crust! Serve it as an easy weeknight dinner over rice or pasta!
Ingredients
Ingredients:
- 1 lb chicken breasts (2 chicken breasts, cut in half crosswise)
- 8 oz fresh spinach
- 8 oz Monterey Jack cheese (shredded)
Creamy Sauce:
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/2 cup parmesan cheese (grated)
- 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
- 1 tsp garlic salt
Instructions
Instructions:
Preheat the oven to 500°F. Lightly spray a 13 x 9-inch baking dish with cooking spray and set aside. Meanwhile, combine the creamy sauce ingredients.
Next, pack the casserole dish with the spinach.
Top with uncooked chicken breasts.
Spread evenly with the creamy sauce mixture.
Sprinkle with shredded Monterey Jack cheese and bake on the bottom rack of the preheated oven for 20-25 minutes or until spinach shrinks and chicken breasts cook thoroughly.
Notes
- Note: use a baking dish safe for an oven temperature of 500°F like a heavy dutch oven baking dish.
Nutrition per serving
Serving: 1servingCalories: 272kcalCarbohydrates: 2gProtein: 19gFat: 21gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 7gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 67mgSodium: 657mgPotassium: 408mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 2932IUVitamin C: 9mgCalcium: 227mgIron: 1mg