Chicken Florentine Style

Recipe courtesy Giada De Laurentiis

Show: Everyday ItalianEpisode: Under the Tuscan Sun

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RECIPE
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Cook Time:
20 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
4 servings

Times:

Prep: 10 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 20 min
Total:: 30 min

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Ingredients

4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
All-purpose flour, for dredging
6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) unsalted butter
2 tablespoons shallots, sliced
1 tablespoon chopped garlic
1 1/2 cups dry white wine
1 cup whipping cream
1 tablespoon chopped fresh Italian parsley
2 (10-ounce) packages frozen cut-leaf spinach, thawed, drained

Directions

Sprinkle the chicken with salt and pepper. Dredge the chicken in the flour to coat lightly. Shake off any excess flour. Melt 2 tablespoons of butter in a heavy large skillet over medium heat. Add the chicken and cook until brown, about 5 minutes per side. Transfer the chicken to a plate and tent with foil to keep it warm.

Melt 2 tablespoons of butter in the same skillet over medium heat. Add the shallots and garlic and saute until the shallots are translucent, stirring to scrape up any browned bits on the bottom of the skillet, about 1 minute. Add the wine. Increase the heat to medium-high and boil until the liquid is reduced by half, about 3 minutes. Add the cream and boil until the sauce reduces by half, stirring often, about 3 minutes. Stir in the parsley. Season the sauce, to taste, with salt and pepper. Add the chicken and any accumulated juices to the sauce, and turn the chicken to coat in the sauce.

Meanwhile, melt the remaining 2 tablespoons of butter in another large skillet over medium heat. Add the spinach and saute until heated through. Season the spinach, to taste, with salt and pepper. Arrange the spinach over a platter. Place the chicken atop the spinach. Pour the sauce over and serve.

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recipe Chicken Florentine Style
Chris Greenville, NC 02-04-2010
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KICK A**
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I have made this several times and it is one of my favorite meals to make. Smells good, taste awesome!!!! Giada is the best!... In fact I am making this again tonight.Read more
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Paul Sarasota, FL 01-21-2010
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Very good and subsituted the wine
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

It was a quick and easy week day meal. I subsituted Sparkling non-alcoholic Spumante for the wine. It gave it a nice flavor.... This was a good change in cooking chicken. We are always looking for different ways to cook meats. We get bored with the same old dinners.Read more
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Theresa Wichita, KS 01-20-2010
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excellent!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

We love this and make it all of the time. I make extra sauce and put in on the table in a gravy boat and my kids add "gravy"... as they need it (which by the way also goes well with rice if you choose that as a side dish). you can even cook very thick chicken pieces if you just bury them in the sauce while it is reducing. For the spinach - fresh or frozen both work, but sea salt and a dash of pepper as well as a squeeze of fresh lemon juice really add a lot.Read more
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Carrie Gilbert, AZ 01-19-2010
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So yummy!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I was not sure about the spinach because I don't like cooked spinach usually. So my first bite I did not try the spinach and... it was very good. Then I did try it with spinach and it was out of this world! Giada is amazing!! Even my husband liked it and he doesn't like any chicken other than fried. My sauce reduced really quickly. It almost went to far, so watch it close.Read more
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kara wilmette, IL 01-15-2010
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Just OK!
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

Given the reviews, I expected so much more. But, given it was a fast easy dinner for a weeknight I wanted to give it a try. ... Overall, I was not impressed. It was okay and lacked anything special. I don't think I would make it again. However, if I did I would at the least finish it with lemon to freshen it up. THe dish was begging for this and when my husband and I did this, it helped a lot. I would also use fresh spinach over almost mushy frozen stuff. It may take you another 5 minutes, but well worth it in my opinion. Read more
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B J Cleveland, OH 01-12-2010
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Very, very good
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I was visiting my daughter when she made this for dinner She added the spinach to the sauce , which she doubled, and served... it over pasta. Even my picky 9 year old grandson had secondsRead more