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.