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This easy chicken florentine recipe makes a simple yet elegant dish for everything from entertaining to weeknight dinners. Best of all, florentine chicken comes together with basic ingredients you might already have on hand!
It has all the flavors of my creamy chicken florentine soup, but cooked quickly in a skillet, much like Tuscan salmon, savory marry me chicken, or creamy mushroom chicken. It’s one of my favorite one pan meals and a total crowd pleaser. (In fact, it’s my secret for getting my kids to eat Spinach. ;))
Chicken Florentine Recipe: Why You’ll Love It
- Cheesy spinach flavor
- Tender chicken with a rich cream sauce
- Simple ingredients and pantry staples
- Naturally low carb and gluten-free
- An easy chicken recipe for any occasion

What Is Chicken Florentine?
Despite the name, chicken Florentine is actually a French dish — not from Florence, Italy. Chicken florentine recipes traditionally serve chicken cutlets in a creamy spinach sauce. Other variations include adding mushrooms or a squeeze of lemon juice for added bright flavor. It’s an effortlessly fancy dish you can serve any night of the week!
Ingredients & Substitutions
This section explains how to choose the best ingredients for chicken breast florentine, what each one does in the recipe, and substitution options. For measurements, see the recipe card below.
- Chicken Breasts – While boneless skinless varieties are the most common choice for cooking them florentine style, you can also use boneless or bone-in chicken thighs and adjust cook time accordingly.
- Olive Oil – Extra virgin olive oil adds so much flavor to this recipe, but you can substitute your favorite cooking oil.
- Garlic – Use 4 cloves garlic. While fresh minced tastes the very best, you can use jarred minced garlic to save time.
- Cremini Mushrooms – Slice them yourself, or get them pre-sliced to save time. You can also use white mushrooms, or any smaller variety. Some chicken florentine recipes don’t use mushrooms, so feel free to omit them (or replace with onions) if you like.
- Butter – I used grass-fed butter, but any unsalted variety will do.
- Chicken Broth – I use a lower sodium variety. You can also use homemade bone broth for extra flavor.
- Dry White Wine – This helps delgaze the pan and adds depth. Pinot grigio, chardonnay, or sauvignon blanc are great choices, or use any dry white wine. If you prefer to avoid the wine, you can substitute additional chicken broth instead.
- Heavy Cream – Makes the sauce thick and rich. I don’t recommend substituting other types of milk, as they won’t thicken as well. Coconut cream can work as a substitute, but the dish will still have dairy from the parmesan.
- Grated Parmesan Cheese – Use a grated instead of shredded variety for easier melting.
- Fresh Spinach – A classic ingredient in creamy chicken florentine, but other dark and leafy greens can work.
- Sea Salt & Black Pepper – Although some recipes dredge their chicken in flour, we’re skipping that step and simply seasoning with salt and pepper. The sauce still comes out thick without it!

How To Make Chicken Florentine
This section shows how to make chicken florentine healthy, with step-by-step photos and details about the technique, to help you visualize it. For full instructions, including amounts and temperatures, see the recipe card below.
- Prep chicken. Pat chicken dry with paper towels, then season with salt and pepper on both sides.

TIP: Don’t skip drying the chicken!
Having a dry exterior helps the meat sear better.
- Sear. Heat the oil in a large skillet on medium-high heat, until shimmering. Add chicken in a single layer, cooking on both sides just until browned. (Work in batches if needed.) Remove and cover to keep warm.


- Cook mushrooms. Add garlic and mushrooms to the pan. Cook until mushrooms brown and liquid evaporates.

TIP: Keep heat at medium-high to evaporate the liquid.
However, you can turn it down to medium heat if the mushrooms start to brown too much.
- Begin sauce. Add butter and stir to melt. Add broth and wine, scraping up any browned bits from the bottom of the pan to deglaze it. Simmer until the liquid volume reduces by half.


- Add cream. Pour in cream, increase heat, and simmer until thickened.
- Add cheese. Reduce heat and stir in parmesan cheese, whisking until smooth.


- Wilt. Add spinach, stirring frequently until wilted.
- Finish. Return chicken to the pan, nestling it into the florentine sauce. Cook until the chicken is fully cooked through. (If you like, you can add an additional sprinkle of parmesan, or fresh parsley, at the end.)


Storage Instructions
Store leftovers covered in the refrigerator for 3-4 days.
To reheat, warm in a 350 degree F oven or microwave at low power, until heated through.
Can You Freeze Chicken Florentine?
Yes, it’s easy to freeze chicken spinach florentine! Cool, cover tightly, and store for 1-2 months. Thaw overnight before reheating.

What To Serve With Chicken Florentine
This recipe has lots of pairing options! Try these easy ideas.
- Pasta – You can serve with regular noodles, but I prefer healthier veggie options: zucchini noodles, baked spaghetti squash, or shirataki noodles.
- Potatoes – Mashed potatoes (or mashed cauliflower, shown in the photos above), is the best choice, to soak up all the sauce. But you can also serve it with roasted potatoes, fried radishes, or roasted rutabaga.
- Rice – Use your favorite variety. Mine is cauliflower rice, but white or brown rice works, too.
- Italian Style Sides & Veggies – Serve this dish with Italian marinated artichoke salad, sauteed eggplant, or oven roasted zucchini.
- Dessert – Don’t forget to serve this meal with a slice of almond flour cake for dessert!
More Easy Skillet Chicken Recipes
If you like quick skillet dinners, you’ll love these other healthy chicken recipes too!
Recommended Tools
- Large Skillet – Makes chicken florentine easy to cook, with even easier cleanup.
- Glass Storage Containers – A simple way to store healthy chicken florentine for meal prep or leftovers.
Easy Chicken Florentine Recipe
Chicken Florentine (One Pan Dinner!)
With golden chicken and creamy spinach sauce, this easy chicken florentine recipe makes a simple 30-minute weeknight dinner — all in one pan.
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Ingredients
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Instructions
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Pat the chicken breasts dry with paper towels. Season both sides with salt and pepper.
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In a large skillet over medium-high heat, heat the olive oil, until shimmering. Add the chicken breasts in a single layer and cook for 3-5 minutes per side, until golden brown on the outside. (The chicken does not need to be cooked through at this point, just browned.)
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Transfer the chicken to a plate and cover to keep warm.
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If the pan is dry, add a little more oil. (Do not wipe the skillet.) Add the garlic and mushrooms to the pan. Cook for 3-5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the mushrooms are browned and the liquid evaporates. (Keep the heat at medium-high so that the moisture evaporates as the mushrooms release liquid, but you can reduce heat if they start to brown too much.)
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Reduce heat to medium. Stir in the butter, until melted.
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Add the chicken broth and white wine. Scrape the bottom of the pan to release any browned bits (this is called deglazing).
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Increase heat to bring to a simmer. Cook for about 4-5 minutes, until the volume of the liquid is reduced by half.
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Add the heavy cream. Increase heat to bring to a simmer, then cook for about 2-3 minutes, until slightly thickened.
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Reduce heat to low, to stop simmering. Stir in the grated parmesan cheese, until smooth.
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Add the spinach to the pan. Cook, stirring frequently, for 2-3 minutes, until wilted.
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Return the chicken to the pan, nestling it in the sauce. Cook for 3-5 minutes, until the chicken is cooked through.
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Recipe Notes
Serving size: 1 chicken breast with florentine sauce
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12 Comments
C
0This was so delicious, I’ve never made it before and it looked amazing. I needed something that could be frozen for a trip. It needed to be easy, freezable, and of course delicious. This absolutely fits the bill on all counts. I’ll be making this again (and again and again)!
Gail B
0OMGoodness! What a delicious dish. I can’t stop making it! So glad I found you! I’m not much of cook but this is just so easy to make. I love it with the cauliflower but I just chopped it up and threw it in when adding the sauce then cheese. Cooked it alittle longer then added the spinach. Made it with both breasts and thighs. Next I will try it with carrots. Thank you so much for this recipe. People, you must try it. Winner!!! Cheers!!
Kim
0Wow – this was so delicious. Took every bit of willpower I could muster to stop at one serving. I didn’t have any white wine so just used extra chicken broth. I also used chicken thighs instead because I like the flavor better. My husband won’t eat mushrooms so it’s not often I get to cook with them – since he was away I indulged! I truly can’t believe how much flavor they added to the extraordinary sauce. Can’t wait for him to go away again 🙂
Robert roberts
0I like the recipe but in the nutritional part there is absolutely no mention of sodium content. This is critical to those I cook for. Without that info this recipe is totally useless! Please correct.. then it will probably get a 4 r or 5 rating .
Wholesome Yum D
0Hi Robert, Sodium is not typically tracked on a keto diet. Nutrition facts are provided as a courtesy. If you have questions please see our nutrition policy.
Lynn Vinson
0Wonderful! We will cook this again. I used chicken breasts for my husband and chicken thighs for me.
Other substitutes – Zevia Ginger Ale for White wine and Portabella Mushrooms instead of the Cremini.
Kellie Moda
0My husband and I loved this recipe. It turned out exactly like the picture and the flavors were amazing.
Elizabeth
0This sounds yummy – but I am allergic to dairy. Would there be a way to make this dairy free?
Wholesome Yum D
0Hi Elizabeth, Coconut cream can work as a substitute, and you could use dairy-free parmesan cheese.
jess
0This is the best chicken recipe, I love the sauce and mushrooms added to this. Thank you so much for sharing.
Julia
0Omg! This recipe is so so so good! I made this chicken over the weekend, it flew off the table!! So yummy!
Diana
0This is one of my favorite easy chicken skillet meals, the kids love it too! Next time I might add some sundried tomatoes. Thank you.