Chicken Florentine Alfredo

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Think chicken cordon bleu but with spinach instead of ham and cooked in alfredo sauce. As my one kid said, “Mom, this is how I will eat my veggies – covered in cheese and wrapped in breaded chicken.”

Chicken Florentine Alfredo
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Chicken Florentine Alfredo

Recipe by The Cooking LawyerCuisine: AmericanDifficulty: Easy
Servings

6

servings
Prep time

30

minutes
Cooking time

29

minutes
Total time

1

hour 

10

minutes

Ingredients

  • 6 Chicken breasts butterflied and pounded thin (into cutlets)

  • 2 lbs fresh spinach

  • 1 onion, minced

  • 3 cloves garlic, minced

  • 1 cup ricotta cheese (I used part-skim)

  • 1 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese

  • 1/2 cup fat-free Greek yogurt

  • 3 cup Italian seasoned bread crumbs

  • 1 egg, whisked with 1 tsp water

  • Salt and Pepper

  • 2 cups Alfredo sauce

  • Non-stick cooking spray

Directions

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
  • Mince onion.
  • In a large pot, sauté the onion with some non-stick cooking spray until softened.
  • Add spinach to pot. Wilt spinach down.
  • Mince garlic.
  • Add minced garlic to the pot. Cook for 1-2 minutes.
  • Turn off heat. With immersion blender, blend the spinach, onion, and garlic.
  • Add the ricotta cheese, 3/4 cup of parmesan cheese, and yogurt to the blended spinach mixture.
  • Pound the chicken into thin cutlets.
  • Add salt and pepper to bread crumbs in a bowl to use for dredging.
  • Whisk egg and add 1 tsp of water in bowl to use for dredging.
  • Coat each breast in egg then breadcrumbs. Add seasoned chicken to a plate.
  • Add a thin layer of alfredo sauce to the bottom of a large baking dish.
  • Place a large spoonful of the spinach mixture onto the end of each chicken breast, and roll each breast. Secure with a toothpick.
  • Place each breast into the baking dish making sure there is room between each breast.
  • Use remaining 1/4 cup of parmesan cheese to sprinkle on the top of each breast.
  • Bake for 30 minutes or until internal temperature of thickest part of each breast (not the filling) reaches 165.
  • Enjoy with side dish of your choice.

Notes

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