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
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Hi! Anyone make this in the air fryer? May I ask how? 🙏
Excellent recipe. Doesn’t taste like a bowl of broccoli or a big plate of spinach. The ingredients are simple but in just the right proportions to make the chicken the star. We had it over cali rice and it was a great addition to our Keto recipes. Thank You!
Really good! It’s not the recipe in the picture though. I added sun dried tomatoes, mushrooms and I had to add some chicken broth as the cream cheese just didnt cut it alone. I will definitely make this again!
can you use frozen broccoli or do you need to use fresh?
Frozen broccoli is just fine. Before you start cooking everything, put the frozen broccoli in a strainer and run hot water over it until the ice is gone. Then just add it in when the recipe calls for it.
This was really good! It was very easy. This is so customizable; you can add any vegetables you want if you to add bulk without adding heavy carbs. It will definitely be in our weekly dinner rotation if not more often.
I added 8oz of bacon to this. Cut into half inch squares. Cook it up, remove it, and then cook the chicken in the bacon fat and more oil.
Add the bacon back after the broccoli phase.
If you’re going to put it over rice then I would suggest adding a bit more oil or a little bit of heavy cream (preferred because it tastes better) at the end.
Peace.
great idea and I used whole cherry tomatoes this seem to be a good flexible recipe,
I’m not a cook but, even I enjoyed making and eating this one! Thank you!
This was soooooo good. Room to make it your own too. I used sun dried tomatoes instead and added mushrooms. Beyond good. This will be a regular.
Mine didn’t turn out to look anything like the pictures, but holy shit is it delicious.
It turned out like a cheese sauce with vegetables and chicken.
Has been on regular rotation for a few years now and everyone loves it. I didn’t even notice till tonight (probably made this 150x) that you said rice or pasta lol we just eat it as is and even the teenager doesn’t care to not have the extra carbs!
Just made this for myself with reduced quantities (about half of everything) including the chilli flakes. Absolutely gorgeous!!
Absolutely MEGA. Easey to make and SO DELICIOUS,I am so lucky to have found it.
A superb, easy to make recipe. We’ll do it again soon.
I already had chicken on hand and this turned out great! Thx for the quick healthy dinner idea! ❤️ Definitely busy mom approved
Thank you i’m making this tonih so so Good
I made it tonight had no zucchini or tomatoes just used chicken and spinach added some heavy cream and Asiago, Parmesan & Romano Cheese blend and wow. Served it over rice cause my husband isn’t doing KETO.
Made the chicken with spinach, didn’t have broccoli. I just started Keto diet. This was soooooo good. Even partner who doesn’t have to lose weight loved it. He said to make it again.
Fantastic! So easy & delicious! We will definitively make this again!
Delicious!!!!
Wait, keto but…serve with pasta?
This is the first time I’ve made this and it was delicious. I did swap the red pepper and used chilli flakes instead. My husband said it was delicious. Will definitely make this again.
What do you recommend for making this low sodium? Would love to try but eating my salt sugar and carb intake so veggies and lean meats and really all I’m trying to eat. Thank you
To make this low sodium try using half the salt or use a salt substitute. As for not using spinich, extra broccoli will work. I’m not sure about cauliflower the only thing I can tell you try it see if you like it. Share what you discover. Hope this helps you.
Sounded hard with all the veggies etc, but it was so easy and ssssssoooooo good! I put my hubby’s over rice (cuz he’s not doing Keto – or so he thinks! LOL). I;m already sharing with my friends! Keto and not keto!
Will it be good if I eliminate the spinach and use either extra broccoli or add cauliflower?
This was super easy to make and VERY DELICIOUS!! My family loved it!!
This was so good. Mine turned out more sausage than the picture so next time I’ll serve it over Zucchini noodles
Can I use frozen broccoli?
I did it was good
Done in LESS than 30 minutes ! Super delicious. Thank you for the recipe. It had plenty of flavor as well.
So quick and easy!! Ate on it’s own – with the veggies you don’t miss rice/noodles with this one. Thank you for the receipe!
Is it chopped tomatoes or tin tomatoes please ?
I have used both and both are equally delicious!
I used salsas didn’t have tomatoes on hand done well I can eat without rice or noodles
I don’t know what the people saying that it didn’t have flavor?? Cause it did and it was good, I will keep this recipe in the rotation.
Hello i will be making this sounds Good an it’s easy just whit i Like
I added a touch of heavy whipping cream to ass some sauce to it., Perfection
I’m not sure when you did this – hopefully not too terribly long ago. I’m making tonight – and just wondering did you add everything else as stated and just whipping cream or anything else?
Made this recipe tonight! My family loved it. I have a husband who is an amazing cook to compete with! I served it over sauteed mushrooms! I love the bit of heat from the crushed red pepper! Thank you!
So happy to hear that! Enjoy 🙂
This was delicious and super easy to make. The first time I try something, I follow the recipe completely, including stir time etc! It turned out beautifully, looking exactly like the pic. Experimenting and my own bits will begin next time …. and sure there will be many! Thank you.
Delicious! What a fabulous way to get my husband to eat veggies! He loved it and asked for seconds. I’ll definitely be making this again … and again and again! Thank you for this great idea!
Glad to hear that!
Super easy and so delicious!!! It’s a keeper. I use fresh garlic and extra Italian seasoning… Love it!
Great recipe- served over Zucchini noodles. Mexican cheese was great with this.
KEEPER!!
simple and flavorful…definitely a recipe to keep!
I thought it was boring which is sad becauseitsure lookedand sounded really decadent. Not on my go to list.
Hard to eat a smaller serving with this dish! The whole family loves it.
HOLY GOODNESS! I followed the recipe but doubled it because of our family size and I don’t even like Italian seasoning that much, and I had Parmesan and cheddar cheese so I used that…The smell was amazing and I knew it would be good. Also, my hubby and I were a little tired of zucchini noodles and cauliflower rice…but I did have zucchini and yellow squash and I cut those into slices and baked them for 12 minutes and just used that as a base OMG it was the most delish thing I have had in a while! It was so pretty my husband said it looked like it came from a 5 star restaurant. I will be making this a few times a month. AND it was super easy and fun to make!
Did you add zucchini, yellow squash and less broccoli?
I’m pretty sure the photo is NOT this recipe. Anywho, I made some changes to the seasonings and veggies (only broccoli—doubled). The sauce was missing something, so I added about a half tsp. of Better than Bouillon chicken base, which was a great choice.
I was nervous about the sauce, but it came together as the veggies sweat! The broccoli takes way longer than 3 minutes, so when the cheese started browning and sticking to the pan, I gave it a stir, turned the heat off and let it sit covered for about 10 minutes. The brown bits released from the bottom as it sat and added great flavor to the sauce and the broccoli was perfectly cooked and coated!
Delicious! Much more than the sum of its parts.
I doubled all the veggies.
Excellent! I made this for dinner tonight and everyone enjoyed it.
We didn’t have tomatoes, otherwise I made the recipe to a T and put it over butternut squash noodles. Amazing!!! Even my daughter who loathes all things green asked for seconds. Definitely staying in rotation.
I just made this but swapped the tomato for cabbage and added bacon and a little tiny bit of double cream! Was fantastic
Great idea!
I made this for dinner tonight. I added a bit of chicken stock (probably 1/4 cup) at the end when I put the cheese in because the bottom of my pan was to hot. My family really enjoyed it. Thanks for a good keto recipe!
Yum, that sounds delicious! happy you enjoyed the recipe, Julie 🙂
This recipe was so easy, and it was soooo delicious. My husband loved it. I had to make it 3 times. LOL.
Really tasty! My husband said he would even eat it again.
Super easy, tasty and figure friendly.
This was easy to make and delicious my husband ate it over rice and said it was delicious. I will definitely be making this again