Creamy Tuscan Chicken

This creamy tuscan chicken is so easy to make and can be scaled up for larger portions. It's my take on the "marry me chicken" recipes that are popular online.

Ingrediants

1 chicken breast

heavy cream

butter

beef stock or beef broth

garlic

optional: sundried tomatos and spinach

dijon mustard

parmsean cheese

olive oil

paprika

cumin

garlic power

onion powder

salt

black pepper

herb seasonings

Instructions:

1. Start by seasoning your chicken by coating both sides in salt and pepper

2. In a small bowl or ramekin, mix 1 teaspon each of paprika and herb seasoning and 1/2 teaspoon cumin and minced garlic powder

3. In a pan, add 2 tbs olive oil and bring up to medium low heat

4. Cook chicken on both sides for 6-8 minutes or until the internal temperature has reached about 145 degrees (F)

5. Remove chicken from pan

6. Mince two cloves of garlic and 1 tbs butter, add to residual oil in the pan and sautee until lightly golden brown. Adjust heat as needed

7. Add 1 tbs of dijon mustard

8. Add 1/2 cup beef stock

9. Stir to combine

10. Add 1/2 cup of heavy cream and stir

11. Freshly grate 1 cup parmsean cheese

12. Mix in a teaspon of each seasoning used for the chicken and add any additional salt if needed

13. At this point, you can add sundried tomatos and spinach if you want to

14. Put chicken back into the pan and let simmer in the sauce until the internal temperature has reached 165 degrees

15. Remove from heat and slice chicken, spoon sauce over chicken and top with parsley and more parmsean

Tips

• I like to serve this dish over mashed potatos but a side of any vegetables like carrots and zuchinni would also work

• Any extra sauce can be saved in the fridge

• If you dont have parmsean cheese, peccorino romano would also work but I prefer parmsean because it is less salty

• Purchase a meat thermometer. If you're new to cooking or intimdated by meat, a thermometer is a great way to make sure your chicken/fish/beef is not under/over cooked

• Seasoning the chicken in advance or cooking halfway to meal prep