Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 25 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

Creamy Spinach Chicken Casserole is one of the most popular creamy chicken recipes from our blog! This chicken and spinach casserole is layered into a baking dish using fresh spinach, raw chicken breasts, and a parmesan cream sauce that will melt under the cheese crust! Serve it as an easy weeknight dinner over rice or pasta! 

Ingredients

Ingredients:

• 1 lb chicken breasts (2 chicken breasts, cut in half crosswise)
• 8 oz fresh spinach
• 2 cups broccoli florets (optional)
• 8 oz Monterey Jack cheese (shredded)

Creamy Sauce:

• 1/2 cup mayonnaise
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1/2 cup parmesan cheese (grated)
• 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
• 1 tsp garlic salt

Instructions

Instructions:

• Preheat the oven to 500°F. Lightly spray a 13 x 9-inch baking dish with cooking spray and set aside. Meanwhile, combine the creamy sauce ingredients.
• Next, pack the casserole dish with the spinach. If you choose to can add 2 cups of broccoli florets on top of the spinach.
• Top with uncooked chicken breasts.
• Spread evenly with the creamy sauce mixture.
• Sprinkle with shredded Monterey Jack cheese and bake on the bottom rack of the preheated oven for 20-25 minutes or until spinach shrinks and chicken breasts cook thoroughly.

Notes

• Note: use a baking dish safe for an oven temperature of 500°F like a heavy dutch oven baking dish.