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Cottage Cheese Creamy Tuscan Chicken
🇮🇹 Italian

Cottage Cheese Creamy Tuscan Chicken

🇮🇹 Italian

Golden chicken in a garlicky cream sauce with spinach, tomatoes and parmesan. This cottage cheese version is finished with paneer. Ready in about 35 minutes.

Prep 10 min Cook 25 min Serves 4 Easy

Ingredients

  • Chicken4 breasts
  • Butter1 tbsp
  • Heavy Cream1 cup
  • Paneer1/2 cup cottage cheese (or crumbled paneer)
  • Spinach2 cups
  • Garlic4 cloves
  • Olive Oil1 tbsp
  • Parmesan Cheese1/2 cup
  • Cherry Tomatoes1 cup
  • Chicken Broth1/2 cup

Optional extras

  • Dried Oregano1 tsp

Instructions

  1. 1

    Season and sear the chicken until golden on both sides; set aside.

  2. 2

    Melt butter, sauté garlic and tomatoes.

  3. 3

    Add broth, cream and oregano; simmer and stir in parmesan.

  4. 4

    Wilt the spinach, return the chicken and simmer until cooked through.

  5. 5

    Add spoonfuls of cottage cheese before serving.

Chef's tip

Let the cream simmer gently; a hard boil can split it.

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