This Apple Spinach Chicken is an easy, healthy dinner recipe.
Apple Spinach Chicken
This is such a simple chicken recipe, but I love its combination of apples and spinach and a simple sauce. If you’re eating light, or if you just need a lighter dinner option, try this chicken!
🛒Ingredients needed:
- vegetable or canola oil
- chicken breast
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- garlic
- spicy brown mustard
- apple cider
- Granny Smith apple
- baby spinach or Swiss chard
✏️How to make Apple Spinach Chicken:
*The complete, printable recipe with all ingredients and instructions is at the end of this post.
- Heat the oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Sprinkle the chicken with salt and pepper, and add to the skillet. Cook 5 to 6 minutes on each side or until well-browned. Remove to a plate. Cover and keep warm.
- Add the garlic, mustard, cider and apples to pan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, simmer, stirring often for about 5 minutes. Return the chicken and juices to the pan. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the sauce thickens and the chicken is cooked through, about 3 minutes.
- Add the spinach to the pan, and toss until wilted, about 1 minute.
- Serve the chicken and apples hot over the wilted spinach. Drizzle the whole thing with sauce!
This isn’t a heavy recipe with a heavy cream sauce or anything like that. Expect something light and flavorful. Sometimes it’s nice to eat something that tastes delicious and is good for you.
➡️Recipe Tips:
- Firm apples with a lot of flavor work best in this dish.
- If Granny Smiths aren’t your favorite, substitute with a variety that is.
- For finicky eaters, you can skip the spinach and serve with rice instead.
✔️What to serve with Apple Spinach Chicken:
- This is easily a meal on its own.
- If you want to add a little something more, try serving it with Lemon Rice with Capers and Parsley.
❤️Why I love this recipe:
- Between the apples and maple syrup, Apple Spinach Chicken just screams fall!
- The entire recipe is made in a single pan, so less clean up.
- In the same recipe you get both a fruit and vegetable.
Delicious Chicken Recipes, Perfect for Fall:
Apple Spinach Chicken
Love this recipe's combination of apples, spinach and a simple sauce.
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoons vegetable or canola oil
- Four 4-ounce skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 medium garlic clove, minced (about ½ teaspoon)
- 1 tablespoon spicy brown mustard
- ½ cup apple cider
- 1 medium Granny Smith apple, cored and sliced
- 6 cups fresh baby spinach or chopped Swiss chard
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Sprinkle the chicken with salt and pepper, and add to the skillet. Cook 5 to 6 minutes on each side or until well-browned. Remove to a plate. Cover and keep warm.
- Add the garlic, mustard, cider and apples to pan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, simmer, stirring often for about 5 minutes. Return the chicken and juices to the pan. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the sauce thickens and the chicken is cooked through, about 3 minutes.
- Add the spinach to the pan, and toss until wilted, about 1 minute. Serve hot.
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving, Calories: 198kcal, Carbohydrates: 12g, Protein: 26g, Fat: 5g, Saturated Fat: 1g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 2g, Trans Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 73mg, Sodium: 357mg, Potassium: 759mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 8g, Vitamin A: 4282IU, Vitamin C: 17mg, Calcium: 59mg, Iron: 2mg
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
