Chicken and Spinach Casserole
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- Yield Serves 4
Ingredients
- 2 cups torn bread
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- coarse salt and ground pepper
- 4 cups packed flat-leaf spinach, washed
- 1 medium yellow onion, finely chopped
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1/4 cup white wine
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cups half-and-half
- 1/2 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
- 1 cup shredded rotisserie chicken
Directions
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Preheat oven to 450 degrees. In a medium bowl, combine bread with 1 tablespoon oil; season with salt. Set aside. In a medium pot, heat 1 1/2 teaspoons oil over medium-high. Add spinach; season with salt. Cook, stirring, until wilted, 2 minutes. Transfer to a colander, let cool, then squeeze out water. Coarsely chop.
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Wipe pot clean and heat 1 1/2 teaspoons oil over medium. Add onion, garlic; season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until onion is soft, about 8 minutes.
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Add wine to pot and cook until almost evaporated, about 5 minutes. Add flour and cook, stirring, 30 seconds. Gradually whisk in half-and-half. Add lemon juice and bring mixture to a boil over high.
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Remove from heat and stir in chopped spinach and chicken; season with salt and pepper. Transfer to a 2-quart baking dish and top with bread pieces. Bake until bread is golden brown and mixture is bubbling, 8 to 10 minutes.
Cook's Note
Assemble and refrigerate this, uncooked, a day ahead. Add bread before baking.
I'm not a health nut but I don't see the point of 1 1/2 cups of half and half. I doubled the recipe and I used half a cup of half and half, half a cup of 1% milk. It was delicious and it didn't taste like a light diet dish because it still has olive oil and 1/2 cup of half and half in it.
I agree. This recipe should be doubled. My daughter and I killed it and I wanted to have enough for leftovers. I browned one large chicken breast. I also did not have any wine on hand and used chicken stock. Trader Joe's Olive baguette was perfect in this dish. I am going to make this over and over again this winter.
Delicious, easy and worth making. I pretty much doubled the recipe, though only had 2 cups of half and half, so added 2 1/2 tbsp on flour. Added some parmesan cheese to the bread - very good. Will be making this again
Super yummy! Instead of getting a rotisserie chicken, I roasted two chicken breasts and shredded. I also used 3/4 cup 1% milk and 3/4 cup half
This got rave reviews at our dinner table! I also suggest doubling this so you can enjoy it for more than one meal.
The only change I made to what is written here was that instead of using half
Very tasty. I didn't have white wine on hand, so substituted it with 1/8 cup chicken broth and 1/8 cup white wine vinegar. As always, I used more garlic than the recipe called for. I will definitely be doubling this recipe the next time I make it!