These chicken and spinach recipes bring greens into curry, noodles, stuffed breasts, creamy pasta and baked lasagna. Choose the style of dinner you want, then follow the full recipe for ingredient quantities, cooking stages and serving sizes.
- Chicken and Spinach Recipes with Noodles and Pasta
- Chicken, Spinach and Sauce for Dinner
- Spinach Stuffed Chicken Breasts
- Chicken Spinach Soup and Baked Lasagna
Most dishes use fresh spinach, but the feta pasta also explains how to prepare frozen spinach. Some begin with raw chicken and others need chicken already cooked. Follow the stated starting point and add spinach at the stage specified, rather than cooking every component for the same length of time.
Chicken and Spinach Recipes with Noodles and Pasta
These choices include noodles or pasta, with different sauce and cooking methods.
1. Chicken Lo Mein with Spinach
Soy and hoisin coat chicken strips, cooked lo mein noodles, snow peas, carrots and spinach. The noodles boil separately while chicken and vegetables cook in stages in the skillet. Toss everything together only after the chicken is cooked and the greens have wilted.
2. Creamy Chicken Tortellini with Spinach
Refrigerated cheese tortellini cooks in a smooth broth sauce after the chicken cubes have been cooked and set aside. Cream, Parmesan, spinach and cherry tomatoes join near the end. Check the tortellini package time rather than treating it like dry pasta.
3. Spinach Mushroom Artichoke Chicken Penne
Mushrooms and drained artichokes give this creamy penne a different vegetable combination. Dry pasta simmers in broth and half-and-half, with small additions of water if needed. Cooked chicken returns before spinach and Parmesan finish the pot off the burner.
4. Chicken Feta Spinach Pasta
Cooked shredded chicken and separately boiled pasta are warmed with garlic and spinach before feta is folded in off the heat. The recipe allows fresh or properly prepared frozen spinach. Optional sun-dried tomatoes and pepper flakes provide additional flavor choices.
Chicken, Spinach and Sauce for Dinner
Prepare a separate side for these curry and slow cooker chicken options.
5. Coconut Chicken Curry with Spinach
Tomatoes, coconut milk, ginger and warm spices make the sauce for evenly diced chicken breast. Spinach is stirred in after the poultry cooks through. A separate cornstarch slurry is available for thickening, while any rice or bread is prepared outside the recipe.
6. Slow Cooker Tuscan Chicken with Spinach
Thawed breast portions slow cook with broth, garlic and sun-dried tomatoes. Warm cream, Parmesan and chopped spinach are added later, with a final heating stage before serving. This recipe provides chicken and sauce, leaving pasta or another accompaniment for you to choose.
Spinach Stuffed Chicken Breasts
These two fillings use different cheeses; both require checking the meat and filling centers.
7. Spinach Parmesan Stuffed Chicken
Cooked shallots and spinach are mixed with cream cheese and Parmesan before filling pockets in chicken breasts. The vegetable mixture is cooked until excess moisture evaporates. Check the thick chicken and the filling for doneness, and remove all securing toothpicks before serving.
8. Spinach Mozzarella Stuffed Chicken
Mozzarella and cream cheese bind cooked spinach and garlic in this alternative filling. Let the spinach stop steaming strongly before mixing, then divide it between four breast pockets. Larger portions may need more oven time than the initial estimate.
Chicken Spinach Soup and Baked Lasagna
Choose a spoonable noodle soup or allow time for a layered bake and its resting stage.
9. White Lasagna Soup with Chicken and Spinach
Broken lasagna noodles and cannellini beans cook in a creamy broth with chicken pieces and Italian herbs. Spinach and two cheeses finish the soup over lower heat. Stir during the pasta stage so the noodles cook evenly without sticking to the base.
10. Chicken Lasagna with Spinach and White Sauce
Cooked shredded chicken and spinach join a sun-dried tomato cream sauce, with separate ricotta, Parmesan and egg filling between boiled lasagna noodles. Use the specified deep dish and allow a resting period after baking before dividing the layered casserole.
Before You Choose Your Recipe
Choose lo mein for a soy-based noodle dinner, curry for coconut sauce or stuffed breasts for individual portions. Check whether a recipe includes its starch and whether the chicken starts raw or already cooked before you begin.
