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This Creamy Mediterranean Chicken Dinner made in a skillet is so delicious, you won’t believe how easy and fast it is to cook. Perfect for weeknights, with flavors everyone will enjoy – you’ll be fighting over the leftover sauce!
Make this EASY chicken recipe in 30 minutes. Check out my video below for all the steps!
We all know I’m a huge fan of one-skillet meals, and even more so – a skillet meal that doesn’t take forever.
Do you ever stand in front of your fridge/pantry and try to figure out what to make with what you’ve got? I do it all the time, with awesome, family loved results. Letting ingredients talk to you (okay, so I didn’t add gummy bears or leftover spaghetti), I regularly create new dishes just using what I find in the fridge that day. I call it the home version of “Chopped”! Basically, it’s several ingredients that I found in the fridge and created a … masterpiece.
We literally grab spoons and scrape the skillet to get the very last of this delicious and creamy sauce into our bellies. It may even be worth doubling the sauce just for this reason!
We always have pasta, it’s a good bet that we have spinach, cream cheese, and jarred roasted red peppers. Add a few more simple ingredients that I usually have around anyway (butter, onion, garlic and chicken stock)… and dinner is DONE!
Because this is so good, I make SURE I have all the ingredients on hand, just in case we need a yummy dinner in a hurry. This is a good one for those nights when we have kid activities and don’t get home until well after 6 pm and we all have to eat!
Are you a visual person? Need a video? Here you go!
Ingredients:
- CHICKEN – slice these into cutlets, or just buy them already cut from the grocery store!
- BUTTER – I use salted butter, but you can sub in olive oil or unsalted butter. Be sure to taste for seasoning and adjust if necessary.
- ONION – dice it up finely, we want small, even pieces of onion
- GARLIC – mince it up! Feel free to double the quantity. Garlic is delicious
- ROASTED RED PEPPERS – You can roast these yourself, or buy a jar of them. I like the ones packed in water vs the ones packed in olive oil.
- CHICKEN STOCK – make your own chicken stock, or grab it at the store.
- CREAM CHEESE – flavored ones are GREAT in this, a garlic herb, or a sun dried tomato one works well. Plain is fine, too!
- SPINACH – this is baby spinach leaves.
- PASTA – any kind you like! Sdfdsfhort pasta shapes like penne, rotini, ziti, farfalle etc are all great choices.
How to make this recipe:
This is a super simple process, involving basic techniques, and a delicious result. The video or these pics should help you out!
- In a large skillet, melt the butter. Any skillet will do, a non-stick or a cast-iron skillet will work.
- Season the chicken breasts and cook at medium-high heat until browned and done. (About 3-4 minutes per side – needs to be 165F in the middle). Remove to a plate and keep warm.
- In the same skillet, cook the onions until softened (I deglaze the pan with a little stock as well), then add the garlic and roasted red peppers.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Cook for 2 minutes then add the cream cheese and the remaining stock.
- Whisk the sauce until blended, then simmer for around 7 minutes – allowing the sauce to reduce and thicken up.
- Add the spinach and toss into the sauce until wilted.
- Add the chicken and any juices back into the pan and allow to warm through.
- Plate the pasta, add chicken and spoon a good helping of the sauce over the top.
- Devour.
Kylee’s Notes for Creamy Mediterranean Chicken Skillet:
- Skip a step and buy chicken already sliced into cutlets.
- If you want to change the flavor profile you can mix it up and use different flavored cream cheese, or just go for plain if you want a simpler flavor.
- Cook the pasta ahead and assemble all your ingredients the night before, and really streamline the process. You could have this on the table REALLY quick if you do this!
- Add some white beans to bulk up the protein content.
- Always use more garlic (because #delicious)
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Creamy Mediterranean Chicken Skillet
Ingredients
- 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breast sliced into cutlets
- Salt and pepper
- 2 Tbs butter
- 1 onion diced
- 4 garlic cloves minced
- 12 oz roasted red peppers finely diced
- 2 1/2 cups chicken stock divided
- 7 oz cream cheese try to find an herb/garlic flavored one!
- 2 cups fresh baby spinach leaves
- 2 cups freshly cooked pasta
Instructions
- In a large skillet, melt the butter.
- Season the chicken and cook at medium high heat until browned and done. (About 3-4 minutes per side – needs to be 165F in the middle). Remove to a plate and keep warm.
- In the same skillet, cook the onions until softened (I deglaze the pan with a little stock as well), then add the garlic and roasted red peppers.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Cook for 2 minutes then add the Arla cream cheese and the remaining stock.
- Whisk the sauce until blended, then simmer for around 7 minutes – allowing the sauce to reduce.
- Add the spinach and toss into the sauce until wilted.
- Add the chicken and any juices back into the pan and allow to warm through.
- Plate the pasta, add chicken and spoon a good helping of the sauce over the top.
- Devour.
Tips & Notes:
Kylee’s Notes for Creamy Mediterranean Chicken Skillet:
- Skip a step and buy chicken already sliced into cutlets.
- If you want to change the flavor profile you can mix it up and use different flavored cream cheese, or just go for plain if you want a simpler flavor.
- Add some white beans to bulk up the protein content.
- Always use more garlic (because #delicious)
nutrition facts
Nutritional Disclaimer
Recipes written and produced on Kylee Cooks are for informational purposes only. Kylee is not a certified nutritionist. Nutritional data provided on Kylee Cooks has not been evaluated or approved by a nutritionist or the Food and Drug Administration.
Update: This chicken dinner recipe was originally published in April of 2018, and has been updated for reader experience.
Kate says
I hope you win, because this looks fantastic.
Danielle says
I heard creamy chicken and was sold. This sounds fabulous! I am loving the sauce. What a fun challenge to!
Mely Martinez says
I saw your picture on my Google+ feed, and I have to come an get the recipe. I’m sure my family will love this creamy chicken skillet. It’s absolutely drooling!
Geannine McLaughlin says
Your recipe was delicious. For me I would have added more cream cheese for the consistency to make a bit thicker, but overall my family enjoyed the taste and they consist of a 24 yr old, 21 yr old, 13 yr old and twins 11 yrs old. Thank you so much for sharing this one, it was great!!
Rachel says
I found your recipe by googling Mediterranean meals and yours stood out to me, and just made it tonight, OMG this is soooooo good. It’s my first Mediterranean dish I’ve made and I absolutely love it. I plan to be making this and many more Mediterranean dishes. The only thing I did differently is I used Philidelphia cream cheese and also added a bit of mushroom and to thicken the sauce I added cornstarch mixture in water and it got really thick and creamy. I also sliced the chicken into thick strips after I cooked it and placed in the sauce at the end. A winner dinner at my home. Thank you so much!! 🙂
Kim says
Excellent recipe! I used the garlic and herb cream cheese and I think it made a big difference in taste.
Becky Eastman says
I cooked this meal tonight . I cooked rice instead for pasta . this was easy and tasty. Loved it
Theresa says
Would this work for boneless chicken thighs ?
Kylee says
yes
Judy says
This recipe is amazing and versatile. Used to rotini pasta instead of orzo bc that’s a what I had. The sauce is amazing and tastes good on anything you can think of! Trying new Mediterranean recipes and this is definitely a keeper! Thank you Kylee!
Susan says
Kylee, I made this using sun dried tomatoes as I didn’t have any roasted red peppers. I also served it over rice. My family devoured it and said please make it again!!
Justine says
This recipe has become a staple in my house, but in addition to everything listed, I also add sliced up mushrooms, and season everything with cayenne and chili powder (in addition to the salt and pepper). It’s by far my favorite recipe to make
Cami says
Kylee… can I just say thank you for this amazing recipe! It was so simply and turned out just like your photo! Will definitely be my go to recipe! Can’t wait to check out your other creations!! Xoxo
Ruth says
I tried this recipe tonight but substituted the spinach with yellow summer squash at my husband’s request (he dislikes spinach). We enjoyed it tremendously. The sauce was a little thin but probably because the vegetable didn’t absorb the liquid like it might have with spinach. It was full of subtle flavors.
Allison says
Loved it! I only had low sodium, fat free chicken broth, and it was still super flavorful! So happy to add this recipe into my family’s rotation
Dustin James Honn says
This was awesome!! My whole family loved it. I did make one small change based off a prior review and added 2 TBSP of corn starch to 1 cup of the chicken stock to thicken the sauce up. We will put this in our dinner rotation.
Stacey Millard says
I made this with left over grilled chicken from a birthday party we had. I used BBQ , teriyaki and garlic/salt/pepper. This was a nice flavor change. You would get different flavors with each bite. I also didn’t have peppers so I used tomatoes. Thank you for this fast easy and most importantly delicious meal. Highly recommended!!! Glad I could use up my leftovers which I hate!!
Lauren says
I’ve never had something as flavorful as this in my entire life. I took a bite and was like holy **** this is SO good! Thank you!