Chicken Spinach Mushroom Bake

Lauren
Lauren @LaurenCooks
Claremore, Oklahoma

An easy-to-prepare, low-carb chicken casserole recipe with spinach, mushroom and cheese, perfect for weeknight dinners.

Chicken Spinach Mushroom Bake

An easy-to-prepare, low-carb chicken casserole recipe with spinach, mushroom and cheese, perfect for weeknight dinners.

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Ingredients

50 minutes
4 people
  1. 2 cupschicken, cooked (shredded)
  2. 10 ozmushrooms (canned or fresh)
  3. 6 ozspinach roughly chopped
  4. 1/2 cupmozzarella shredded
  5. 1medium onion chopped
  6. 1 tbspbutter
  7. 3garlic cloves minced
  8. 1/2 tspthyme
  9. 1/2 tspcrushed red pepper
  10. to tasteSalt and pepper
  11. For the sauce:
  12. 1 (15 oz)container of ricotta cheese or ¾ cup heavy cream
  13. 3 ozcream cheese
  14. 2 ozmozzarella
  15. 1/4 cupparmesan grated
  16. Pinchnutmeg
  17. to tasteSalt and pepper

Cooking Instructions

50 minutes
  1. 1

    Boil chicken.

  2. 2

    Preheat the oven to 350F.

  3. 3

    Melt butter in a frying pan over medium-high heat. Add onion, garlic and thyme. Cook for 30 seconds. Add mushrooms and red pepper flakes, then season with salt and pepper and sauté for 8 minutes.

  4. 4

    Stir in spinach (a handful at a time, allowing to wilt before adding the next handful), and cook for an additional 2 minutes or until spinach wilts. Set aside.

  5. 5

    In a small saucepan, combine all sauce ingredients. Heat on low, stirring occasionally, until cheese melts and the sauce becomes smooth and homogeneous.

  6. 6

    In a casserole dish, arrange a layer of shredded chicken meat. Spread over half of the cheesy sauce then arrange a layer of mushroom-spinach mixture. Spread remaining sauce on top, sprinkle with mozzarella and bake for 20 minutes or until browned and bubbly on top or turn on broiler for the last 3-5 minutes for extra crispy cheese.

  7. 7

    Let stand for 5 minutes before serving and enjoy.

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