Cheesy garlic chicken bites cooked in one pan with broccoli and spinach in under 15 minutes. This quick tasty dish is a great keto option and can be served with zoodles or pasta!
Creamy chicken, garlic and cheese make a delicious combo of flavors and with the addition of broccoli and spinach, you’ve got yourself a complete nutrition-packed meal that will fill you up for hours. With easy to find ingredients such as chicken breasts, broccoli, and spinach, this dish will be sure to satisfy your whole family.
It’s all cooked in one pan in under 15 minutes for a quick no fuss dinner and quick clean-up. It’s super easy to customize to your taste. Add red bell peppers, asparagus, sliced carrots, diced bacon, or your favorite veggies to make this dish your own. The protein can also be switched out for chopped chicken thighs, steak, or shrimp; The possibilities are endless! Pair this creamy cheesy chicken with cooked pasta, rice, OR zucchini noodles or cauliflower for a low-carb keto dinner.
15 Minute Keto Garlic Chicken with Broccoli and Spinach
Ingredients
- 1 pound chicken breasts, cut into 1'' pieces
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed pepper, optional
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 3-4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/2 cup tomatoes, chopped
- 2 cups broccoli florets
- 2 cups baby spinach
- 1/2 cup shredded cheese, mozzarella, cheddar, parmesan, or favorite melting cheese
- 4 oz cream cheese
Instructions
- Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the chopped chicken breasts, season with Italian seasoning, crushed red pepper, and salt & pepper. Sautee for 4-5 minutes or until chicken is golden and cooked through.
- Add the garlic and saute for another minute or until fragrant. Add the tomato, broccoli, spinach, shredded cheese, and cream cheese. Cook for another 3-4 minutes or until the broccoli is cooked through.
- Serve with cooked pasta, rice, zucchini noodles or cauliflower rice.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
grate made with grape tomatoes. This was my first of many more.
Made this with canned tomatoes and added splash white cooking wine towards the end. great its a keeper.
This dish was very good and so easy to make. Put over zucchini noodles and made an awesome dinner. Looking forward to another great recipe!
Thanks for the 5 stars! Zucchini noodles are perfect for this dish!
How would this taste if the cream cheese was low-fat. How would it change the nutritional value of the recipe
If you are doing keto I would stick with full-fat cream cheese. As for the taste, it won’t change it significantly and for the nutrition, the only substantial difference would be the calories. Unfortunately, I don’t have the exact count for low-fat cream cheese.
I used low fat cream cheese. It was very good. I could not tell a difference
I love the difference recipes 😍
Thanks for the sweet comment! <3
Made this today and it turned out Great! since its just me I have lunch for today and tomorrow, and I paired it with cauliflower rice.
This was great, will make again!!
Do you have the recipe in metric, specifically How much is a cup?
2 C broccoli is about 150 grams by weight and 2 cups of spinach is about 70 grams. Hope this helps.
What type of dairy free alternative can i Use instead of cream cheese
Although I have not tried this recipe with an alternative, the only thing I can think of would be coconut cream or non-dairy cream cheese.
Looks good will make it
If i substitute frozen For fresh broccoli what changes should I make?
Nope, I would go about the recipe just as written and it should work out!
Can this bedone in a crockpot?
I made this tonight but dOubled it. It was super good and flavorful! Next time i would still double the recipe but wouldnt doUble the cream cheese. It Came out very cream cheesy. So if doubling, i’d Do maybe 6 oz of cream cheEse rather than 8.
So good! Made it just as instructed and WOULDN’T change a thing — Super easy and delicious
Thanks for the 5 stars! So happy you enjoyed this dish! 🙂
say if ya wanted to make that with zoodles how would ya cook Em?
I would steam them in the microwave for a few minutes or serve them with my quick 10-minute garlic parmesan zoodles https://gimmedelicious.com/2017/03/22/garlic-parmesan-zoodles/
Made this tonight and it is *outstanding*. So much flavor, will definitely be making again this week.
Made this last night. It was excellent. only issue i had was using frozen brocolli. i steamed the brocolli however i left it pretty crunchy and so produced alot of liquid during the cooking process. i keep adding extra cheese to thicken it though. i also added 1/2 diced zuchiinni.
very tasty!!
EVERYONE enjoyed this dish And it’s very easy And quick to make
MadE EXACT TO RECIPE BUT DOUBLED. iT WAS DELISH. nEXT TIME i WILL ADD MUSHROOMS AND MAYBE PARM JUST BECAUSE i LOVE THOSE. mAYBE SOME BLACK OLIVES AS WELL BUT yAY! lOVED THIS RECIPE… tHANK YOU
Yummy!! Made this tonight! I think I got carried away with the cheese, super creamy. But awesome!
They look awesome
OMG I made this tonight…it is amazing…so full of flavor I forgot it was low carb!!!
can this be made with boneless, skinless chicken THIGHS instead of breasts?
I used thighs, it was fantastic.
YUMMY!!!!!
This was delicious and so easy.. i had all of the ingr on hand …my husband asked if i could fix more for the very next ev meal but i did skip 1 day so im fixing it now for dinner tonight..
This receipe looks delicious and quick and easy can’t wait to cook it and eat it!😋😋
how Much is 1 serving?
The recipe serves 4 so the serving size is 1/4th of the recipe which should yield a little more than 1 cup.
I made this using the exact recipe here! It was amazing! Next time I’m adding mushrooms and some grated parmesan on top! 5 star recipe!
Thank you for the great review, Samantha. I’m happy you enjoyed the dish! 🙂
This was AWESOME! Great meal when you need to whip something up after a long day at work! I served over pasta for my family and over cauliflower rice for myself to keep it keto. I will be making it again in the near future1 Thanks!
where is the recipe?
The recipe is in the recipe box. Scroll up to find it or click on the “jump to recipe” button on the top of the page.
i came OUT WITH 6 NET CARBS FOR 1 CUP IS THAT ACCURATE? SEEMS LIKE A LOT FOR WHAT IS IN IT? I WILL STILL DEF TRY IT.
Do you drain The liquid before adding cheeses etc