Chicken With Florentine Sauce Recipes

CHICKEN FLORENTINE STYLE

Steps:

• Sprinkle the chicken with salt and pepper. Dredge the chicken in the flour to coat lightly. Shake off any excess flour. Melt 2 tablespoons of butter in a heavy large skillet over medium heat. Add the chicken and cook until brown, about 5 minutes per side. Transfer the chicken to a plate and tent with foil to keep it warm.
• Melt 2 tablespoons of butter in the same skillet over medium heat. Add the shallots and garlic and saute until the shallots are translucent, stirring to scrape up any browned bits on the bottom of the skillet, about 1 minute. Add the wine. Increase the heat to medium-high and boil until the liquid is reduced by half, about 3 minutes. Add the cream and boil until the sauce reduces by half, stirring often, about 3 minutes. Stir in the parsley. Season the sauce, to taste, with salt and pepper. Add the chicken and any accumulated juices to the sauce, and turn the chicken to coat in the sauce.
• Meanwhile, melt the remaining 2 tablespoons of butter in another large skillet over medium heat. Add the spinach and saute until heated through. Season the spinach, to taste, with salt and pepper. Arrange the spinach over a platter. Place the chicken atop the spinach. Pour the sauce over and serve.

CHICKEN WITH FLORENTINE SAUCE

Steps:

• Flatten chicken to 1/2-in. thickness. In a large resealable plastic bag, combine the Parmesan cheese, basil and oregano. Add chicken, a few pieces at a time, and shake to coat. , In a large skillet over medium heat, cook chicken in 2 tablespoons butter for 4-5 minutes on each side or until a thermometer reads 170°. Remove and keep warm. , In the same skillet, saute onions in remaining butter for 2-3 minutes or until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Gradually add flour and salt; stir in milk and sherry or broth until blended. , Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened. Stir in spinach and pimientos; heat through. , Remove from the heat. Stir in sour cream until blended. Spoon over chicken; sprinkle with mozzarella cheese.

EASY CHICKEN FLORENTINE

Steps:

• Season chicken with salt and pepper.
• Heat oil in a deep skillet over medium heat. Add chicken and saute until no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, 6 to 8 minutes. Remove chicken to a plate.
• Add shallot and garlic to the skillet and cook for about 2 minutes. Add tomatoes and cook 2 more minutes. Add condensed soup, chicken broth, and sour cream; stir to combine. Add spinach and cook for 5 minutes.
• Serve on plates and top with shredded mozzarella cheese.

CHICKEN FLORENTINE

Steps:

• Place chicken in skillet, sprinkle with pepper.
• Add broth and bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer 25-30 minutes.
• Remove chicken, cover and keep warm.
• Reserve broth.
• In meantime, wash and cook spinach in the water that clings to leaves.
• Reduce heat when steam forms, cook and toss 3 minute set aside and keep warm.
• For sauce: stir 1 tbsp water with cornstarch and mix it into the broth in skillet.
• Cook and stir until thick and bubbly.
• Cook 2 minutes.
• Add feta cheese and stir until melted.
• To serve, arrange spinach on serving platter, sprinkle with lemon juice, top with chicken and sauce.

CHICKEN FLORENTINE IN A WHITE WINE SAUCE

Steps:

• Sauté ½ the garlic in 2-3 tablespoons butter (this amount is a guess...but be generous with it) in a frying pan until softened (do NOT brown it!). Add spinach and cook, stirring frequently until spinach is softened and quite shrunken. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
• Pound breasts flat (the thinner the better). and lightly salt them. Roll spinach/garlic mixture up in the breasts then lightly coat them in crumbs. Place seam side down in a deep baking dish. Bake uncovered in a 300 degree oven while you make the sauce.
• Sauce:Melt a lot of butter (once again... be generous and use more than you think you should) in the same frying pan the spinach was sautéed inches Add the remaining garlic and sauté...(do NOT brown it!). Whisk in sufficient flour to make a thick roux...do NOT brown the roux! Whisk in the wine and bring to boil whisking constantly. After the alcohol has had a chance to evaporate and as the sauce thickens, add sugar to taste but the sauce should remain slightly bitter as it will lose this bitterness in the oven. Once thickened, pour the sauce over the chicken breasts.
• Bake the whole thing, uncovered in a 350 degree oven until you want to eat. 1 hour is usually plenty but this meal is designed to be prepared at your convenience and lowering the temperature and allowing it to sit will not hurt it.
• Presentation: I recommend removing the breasts from the sauce onto a cutting board to cool slightly (if cut while too hot they will disintegrate -- I found this out the hard way). Then, slice them into about 1 cm slices so that each slice is a little circle of chicken surrounding the spinach. Press white rice into a small bowl and invert it in the centre of the plate, remove the bowl so a uniform hemispheric mound of rice remains. Arrange the chicken slices in a circle around the rice. Drizzle some sauce over the chicken and rice. Serve remaining sauce in a gravy boat or small pitcher. Remember to keep the sauce warm and don't dilly-dally while cutting -- get it to to the table hot!

CHEESY CHICKEN FLORENTINE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Place chicken breasts on a parchment-line baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until just light pink, 15 to 20 minutes; they will not be fully cooked.
• While the chicken is cooking, melt 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons butter in a skillet over medium heat. Stir in Parmesan cheese until melted. Add heavy cream, condensed soup, oregano, basil, parsley, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Reduce heat to low and cook until thickened, about 5 minutes.
• Arrange spinach over the bottom of a 9-inch square baking dish. Pour about 1 1/2 cups sauce over the spinach, then arrange chicken breasts over top. Cover with remaining sauce and sprinkle with mozzarella cheese.
• Return to the oven and bake until bubbly and lightly browned, 20 to 25 minutes.