Easy And Healthy Chicken Florentine

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 teaspoons olive oil, or as needed
• 1 large sweet onion, chopped
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 8 chicken breast tenders
• 1/2 pound baby spinach, or more to taste
• 1 (20 ounce) jar marinara sauce
• 1 (16 ounce) package fettuccine
• 8 ounces grated parmesan cheese

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins Ready Time: 55 mins


• preheat oven to 375 degrees f (190 degrees c).
• heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onion in the hot oil until just fragrant, 3 to 5 minutes. add garlic and cook for about 45 seconds. mix chicken tenders into onion mixture; cook until chicken is browned, 3 to 4 minutes per side. transfer chicken mixture to a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• cover chicken mixture with spinach; pour marinara sauce over spinach layer. cover the baking dish with aluminum foil.
• bake in the preheated oven until chicken is no longer pink in the center and spinach is wilted, about 30 minutes.
• fill a large pot with lightly salted water and bring to a rolling boil. stir in the fettuccine, bring back to a boil, and cook pasta over medium heat until cooked through but still firm to the bite, about 8 minutes. drain and transfer fettuccine to serving plates.
• top each plate with chicken-marinara mixture; garnish each serving with parmesan cheese.