Tuscan Chicken – deliciously creamy one-pot chicken meal served in a rich garlic cream sauce with flavor punches from sun-dried tomatoes and Italian seasoning. Fantastic weeknight family meal loaded with flavor!
Don’t let the usual question, “What’s for dinner?“, intimidate or frustrates you. Cause today’s recipe is an incredible family weeknight meal all made in one pan yet packs with so much flavor.
You know me, I’m in love with my one-pan chicken recipes just like this Honey Mustard Chicken and One Pot Caribbean Jerk Chicken and Rice. They’ve saved me countless of times, so it is just rightful to bring in more dishes that you’d gladly have on a weekly rotation. Ready for this EASY chicken recipe? Let’s go!
What is Tuscan Chicken?
This chicken recipe is not actually authentic Italian Tuscan Chicken, per se. Made with just a few pantry staple ingredients, this creamy Tuscan Chicken is sure to please the palate of everyone in the family. It has a rich and delicious garlic cream sauce packed with flavors from the sun-dried tomatoes and with my homemade Italian Seasoning with spinach for that added texture.
Tuscan Sauce
Ahhh. the sauce! Two words to describe it – It’s EVERYTHING! You’re guests and neighbors will be wondering if you’ve recently hired a personal chef. Yes, the garlic cream sauce for this dish is absolutely spot on delicious! You’ll just need:
- garlic
- sundried tomatoes
- fresh spinach
- heavy cream
- chicken broth
- Parmesan cheese
- Italian seasoning (check my HOMEMADE HERE)
- salt to taste
Substitute for Sun-Dried Tomatoes
Adding sundried tomatoes to this recipe definitely elevates the flavor of the usual creamy chicken sauce. Sundried tomatoes are fresh tomatoes that are dried down under the sun or with a dehydrator with intensified tomato flavor. You can buy it packed in olive oil or dry-packed. But in case you don’t have it handy, you can use seeded and chopped fresh plum tomatoes with a rough estimate of 1 oz. sun dried tomatoes = 10 ripe tomatoes.
What to Serve with Tuscan Chicken?
You don’t need to ask me’ cause we all know that it’s absolutely best paired with pasta. But aside from pasta, you can serve it with…
- Homemade Garlic Bread to soak up all those creamy sauce
- Rice, of course, I had two servings of rice when I had this. I swear you’ll be begging for more!
- Cauliflower rice for low-carb option
- Zucchini Noodles instead of regular pasta
Can You Make Tuscan Chicken Ahead of Time?
This meal is actually pretty easy. But if you wish to cut back on time, you can make it ahead. What I do is prepare the garlic cream sauce, let it cool and store it in the fridge for 2-3 days. When ready to use, simmer it over medium heat and add the cooked chicken into the pan.
How to Store Leftovers
For any leftovers, simply store it in an airtight container and refrigerate within 2 hours of cooking for up to 3 days. Make sure to stir well when reheating to prevent the cream from curdling.
More Easy Chicken Dinner Recipes
- Easy Chicken Piccata
- Chicken Marsala
- Chicken Curry
- Coq au Vin
- Brown Stew Chicken
- Baked Crispy Chicken Legs
How To Make Tuscan Chicken
In a medium shallow bowl, whisk together Italian seasoning, garlic powder, and paprika. Lightly sprinkle each side of the chicken breasts with salt and black pepper. Next season chicken with spice mixture.
In a large skillet or cast-iron, heat 1 tablespoon oil over medium-high heat. add the chicken and cook flipping once, until golden and cooked through – about 3-4 minutes on each side, depending on the thickness of the fillet. Transfer chicken to a plate.
Melt another 1 tablespoon of butter in the same pan; add garlic and Italian seasoning,sauté for about 30 seconds or until fragrant. Pour in chicken broth, and scrape any browned bits from the bottom or sides of the skillet. Add cream and Parmesan cheese. Cook over medium heat for 5-7 minutes, stirring frequently until the sauce slightly thickens.
Stir sun-dried tomatoes, and spinach and simmer for about 2-3 minutes or until spinach wilts. Return chicken fillets back to the skillet. Let it heat for about 2-3 minutes, then spoon some sauce over chicken. Remove from the heat and serve with pasta.
Watch How To Make It
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Ingredients
Chicken
- 2 chicken breasts , sliced in half, or 4 thin chicken breasts
- 1 cup flour , optional
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon paprika
- salt and Pepper
Garlic Cream Sauce
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1 teaspoon butter
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic (about 3-4 cloves)
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- ¾ cup chicken broth
- ¾ cup heavy cream
- ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese
- ½ cup sun-dried tomatoes , roughly chopped
- 4 cups fresh spinach
- lemon wedges, for serving
- salt to taste
Instructions
- In a medium shallow bowl, whisk together, flour (optional), Italian seasoning, garlic powder, and paprika.
- Lightly sprinkle each side of the chicken breasts with salt and black pepper. Next season chicken with spice mixture.
- In a large skillet or cast-iron, heat 1 tablespoon oil over medium-high heat. add the chicken and cook flipping once, until golden and cooked through - about 3-4 minutes on each side, depending on the thickness of the fillet. Transfer chicken to a plate.
- Melt another 1 tablespoon of butter in the same pan; add garlic and Italian seasoning, sauté for about 30 seconds or until fragrant.
- Pour in chicken broth, and scrape any browned bits from the bottom or sides of the skillet.
- Add cream and Parmesan cheese. Cook over medium heat for 5-7 minutes, stirring frequently until the sauce slightly thickens.
- Stir sun-dried tomatoes, and spinach and simmer for about 2-3 minutes or until spinach wilts.
- Return chicken fillets back to the skillet. Let it heat for about 2-3 minutes, then spoon some sauce over chicken.
- Remove from the heat and serve with pasta.
Tips & Notes:
- Please keep in mind that nutritional information is a rough estimate and can vary greatly based on products used.
Nutrition Information:
GnatQ says
This is my new go-to company recipe. The sundried tomatoes and oil give it an interesting flavor. Thanks so much for publishing.
ImmaculateBites says
Thank you so much for trying it out and loving it:)
Angie Coffey says
I loved the idea of this dish but it’s way too salty! Salt on the chicken, plus salt already in dried tomatoes, parmesan and chicken stock.
ImmaculateBites says
Everyone likes a different salt level, which is why I tell everyone to feel free to adjust seasonings to taste. My sun-dried tomatoes don’t have salt, and you can use low-sodium broth. Hope that helps:)
Ken Thomson says
It’s just as tasty as it says on the tin will definitely be making it again soon thanks a lot
Imma says
Wonderful! Thank you so much for the feedback
Jan says
I made this a few weeks ago and it was easy to make, and it was delicious! Hubby liked it too! Making it again tonight, but trying half and half instead of the heavy cream. I’m making a little extra so I have leftovers for lunch tomorrow. This recipe is a keeper.
Imma says
What brand of curry poweder do you suggest? There are so many out there that will change the taste.
Whitney says
Where is your book deal?? Your recipes (I’ve tried many) are always so delicious, thank you for sharing your recipes!
Amina says
Thank you for sharing your feedback, and we will announce the via newsletter about the book. Right we are working on some other stuff. Thank you
Trina says
I tried this recipe and my family loved it! Thank you. I used fire roasted instead of sun dried but will try soon. My man asked me to throw this in our weekly rotations.
imma africanbites says
Yaay! So happy to read this, Trina.
Jackson says
This recipe was made by my eleven year old self and everyone loved it.
imma africanbites says
Woohoo! That sounds amazing (and inspiring). Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment.
Hester says
This was delicious! A 10/10 from the boys. That’s a big win!!
imma africanbites says
Yaaay! Thank you for the wonderful feedback. Those boys got some good taste.
Christina N says
Even my picky boyfriend loved this dish. I did substitute half and half for the heavy cream and added white wine to make extra sauce. I served along with linguine. Absolute new favorite dish!
Immaculate Bites says
So yummy!! Thank you for making this, Christina! Glad you both enjoyed it! How about Condensed Milk Cake for dessert? 😀