Chicken Spinach Cheese Bake Recipes

CHICKEN, SPINACH, AND CHEESE PASTA BAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil; add penne and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 11 minutes. Drain.
• Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Saute onion in hot oil until tender, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Mix penne pasta, onion, chicken, diced tomatoes, spinach, and cream cheese together in a baking dish until the cream cheese melts and coats everything. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese over the pasta mixture. Cover baking dish with aluminum foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes. Remove foil and continue baking until heated through and beginning to brown along the edges, about 15 minutes more.

CHICKEN SPINACH BAKE

Steps:

• Drain and squeeze out excess moisture from spinach. Beat eggs, onion salt and nutmeg. Add spinach and 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese; mix well. Combine bread crumbs and remaining Parmesan. Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper; coat with crumb mixture. Place in two greased 13x9-in. baking pans. Spread 2 tablespoons spinach mixture onto each breast. Sprinkle with remaining crumb mixture; drizzle with butter. Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until chicken juices run clear. , For sauce, melt 4 tablespoons butter; blend in flour and salt. Stir to form a smooth paste. Add milk; cook and stir until thickened and bubbly. Add cheese and stir until melted. Saute mushrooms in remaining butter. Stir into cheese mixture. Carefully pour sauce over chicken, or pour into a serving bowl and pass.

SPINACH AND CHICKEN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Place chicken in a bowl and pour in enough Italian salad dressing to coat. Marinate in the refrigerator, 2 to 3 hours.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Drain and discard marinade from chicken and season chicken with garlic powder and lemon pepper. Transfer seasoned chicken to a casserole dish. Layer spinach over chicken.
• Mix cream cheese, chives, olive oil, garlic, salt, and pepper together in a bowl. Slowly pour chicken broth into cream cheese mixture, stirring until mixture is smooth; pour over chicken and spinach. Cover casserole dish with aluminum foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes. Remove foil and top chicken mixture with mozzarella cheese; cook until chicken is no longer pink in the center and cheese is melted, 15 to 20 minutes.

CREAMY SPINACH CHICKEN BAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 400˚F.
• Squeeze out as much liquid as possible from the thawed spinach.
• In a medium bowl, combine the spinach, cream cheese, sour cream, parmesan cheese and garlic. Stir until well mixed.
• Season each side of the chicken breast with salt and pepper, then lay flat in a large baking dish. Spread the spinach mixture evenly over the chicken. Sprinkle the mozzarella cheese over the top.
• Cover with foil and bake for 40 minutes. Uncover and bake for an additional 5-10 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through (165˚F internal temp.)

CHEESY CHICKEN AND SPINACH CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Thaw spinach and preheat oven to 375°F.
• Chop chicken into cubes of about 1 square inch ( or 2.5 cm squared).
• Cook chicken in skillet with tbsp of vegetable oil until mostly cooked through. Do not cook through completely or chicken will get dry.
• Cut gouda into strips and melt it in 1/4 cup of fat free milk. (I usually do this in the microwave by cooking and stirring every few minutes).
• While cheese is melting, mix together the chicken and spinach in a casserole dish so that spinach is dispersed evenly throughout. If you have more chicken than spinach, add a bit more spinach keeping in mind it will shrink as it gets cooked!
• As soon as cheese is melted pour immediately over the chicken and spinach. Do not mix again! The cheese will melt through the layers as it cooks.
• Melt the butter and add to it the breadcrumbs.
• Using your fingers or a fork, crumble together the breadcrumb and butter mixture and sprinkle evenly over the top of the dish.
• Sprinkle remaining 2 tbsp of breadcrumbs and chili powder evenly over dish.
• Bake covered for about 35-40 minutes.

3 CHEESE CHICKEN SPINACH PASTA BAKE

Steps:

• Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain.
• Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• Heat olive oil in large skillet over medium high heat.
• Cook mushrooms, onion and bell pepper until tender.
• Add spinach, oregano, and pepper.
• Mix well.
• Remove from heat.
• In a large bowl combine pasta, chicken, spinach mushroom mixture, soup, milk, 3/4 cup cheddar cheese, 1/4 cup parmesan cheese and mix well. Salt and pepper to taste.
• Coat a 9 x 13 inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
• Pour chicken pasta mixture into baking dish. Sprinkle with remaining cheese.
• Bake in preheated oven for about 25 minutes or until bubbly and lightly browned.