Tender Chicken and Baby Spinach in Red Wine
🕒 Cook Time: 15 minutes
🕒 Prep Time: 5 minutes
🕒 Total Time: 20 minutes
Description: This chicken is so wonderfully tender and tasty it just melts in your mouth. We always serve one chicken breast between 2 people but of course you can adjust the recipe quantities to suit your appetite.
Recipe Category: Chicken
Keywords: Spinach, Poultry, Greens, Vegetable, Meat, Healthy, Savory, < 30 Mins, Easy
Ingredients:
| Quantity | Ingredient |
|---|---|
| 1 | skinless chicken breast |
| 1 | garlic |
| 1/2 – 3/4 | red wine |
| 1/2 | tomato paste |
| 1/4 | herbs (of your choice) |
| 100 | baby spinach leaves |
Nutritional Information (per serving):
- Calories: 224.9
- Fat Content: 3.4g
- Saturated Fat Content: 0.7g
- Cholesterol Content: 75.5mg
- Sodium Content: 437.7mg
- Carbohydrate Content: 10g
- Fiber Content: 2.5g
- Sugar Content: 4.6g
- Protein Content: 28g
Servings: 2
Instructions:
- Heat a non-stick pan over medium heat and spray with cooking oil spray.
- Add the garlic and cook gently, do not brown.
- Add the chicken and cook until chicken is just about cooked through, turning regularly so both sides cook evenly.
- Add the wine, tomato paste, and herbs.
- Stir so that the paste mixes into the wine.
- Bring to a simmer and cook about 5 minutes or until chicken is just cooked through.
- Add the spinach leaves and mix through so they just wilt then quickly remove from the heat.
- Serve the chicken with spinach leaves on top and sauce drizzled over the spinach.
- Nice served with steamed broccoli and pasta or potatoes.
Enjoy this delightful dish of Tender Chicken and Baby Spinach in Red Wine, where the succulence of the chicken is beautifully complemented by the flavors of garlic, tomato paste, and herbs, all simmered together in a luscious red wine sauce. The addition of vibrant baby spinach adds a burst of freshness to every bite. Perfect for a quick and satisfying meal that’s packed with nutrition and flavor!
