Steps to Prepare Homemade Chicken Spinach Mushroom Bake
by Lizzie Jefferson
Chicken Spinach Mushroom Bake
Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, chicken spinach mushroom bake. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
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To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chicken spinach mushroom bake using 17 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken Spinach Mushroom Bake:
Take 2 cups chicken, cooked (shredded)
Prepare 10 oz mushrooms (canned or fresh)
Prepare 6 oz spinach roughly chopped
Get 1/2 cup mozzarella shredded
Take 1 medium onion chopped
Prepare 1 tbsp butter
Take 3 garlic cloves minced
Make ready 1/2 tsp thyme
Take 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper
Take to taste Salt and pepper
Make ready For the sauce:
Prepare 1 (15 oz) container of ricotta cheese or ¾ cup heavy cream
Get 3 oz cream cheese
Make ready 2 oz mozzarella
Make ready 1/4 cup parmesan grated
Get Pinch nutmeg
Get to taste Salt and pepper
Instructions to make Chicken Spinach Mushroom Bake:
Boil chicken.
Preheat the oven to 350F.
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.
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.
In a small saucepan, combine all sauce ingredients. Heat on low, stirring occasionally, until cheese melts and the sauce becomes smooth and homogeneous.
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.
Let stand for 5 minutes before serving and enjoy.
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