Tantalize your taste buds with our delectable Grilled Chicken on Spinach, a symphony of flavors that will leave you craving for more. This dish harmonizes tender, juicy chicken with a vibrant bed of fresh spinach, creating a delightful balance of textures and flavors. Grilled to perfection, the chicken boasts a smoky, charred exterior that yields to a succulent and flavorful interior. Nestled atop a bed of tender baby spinach, the chicken is elevated by the spinach's earthy notes and vibrant green hue. Drizzled with a tangy lemon-herb dressing, this dish is a refreshing and satisfying meal that caters to various dietary preferences. Whether you're a health-conscious individual, a lover of Mediterranean cuisine, or simply seeking a flavorful and nutritious meal, our Grilled Chicken on Spinach promises an extraordinary culinary experience.
**Additional Information:**
* Preparation Time: 15 minutes
* Cooking Time: 20 minutes
* Total Time: 35 minutes
* Servings: 4
* Difficulty: Easy
**Ingredients:**
* 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
* 1 tablespoon olive oil
* 1 teaspoon dried oregano
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
* 1 bag (10 ounces) fresh baby spinach
* 1/4 cup crumbled feta cheese
* 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
* 1/4 cup dried cranberries
* 1/4 cup lemon juice
* 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
**Instructions:**
1. Preheat your grill to medium heat.
2. In a small bowl, combine the olive oil, oregano, salt, and pepper. Brush the chicken breasts with the marinade.
3. Grill the chicken breasts for 8-10 minutes per side, or until cooked through.
4. In a large bowl, combine the spinach, feta cheese, walnuts, cranberries, lemon juice, and parsley. Toss to combine.
5. Place the grilled chicken breasts on top of the spinach salad.
6. Serve immediately and enjoy!
GRILLED CHICKEN WITH SPINACH AND MELTED MOZZARELLA
Grilled chicken topped with sauteed garlicky spinach, mozzarella and roasted peppers - a quick and easy chicken dish your family will love!
Provided by Gina
Categories Dinner
Time 17m
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 400°F. Season chicken with salt and pepper. Lightly spray a grill or grill pan with oil. Cook chicken until no longer pink, about 2 to 3 minutes per side.
- Heat a skillet over medium heat. Add oil and garlic, sauté a 30 seconds, add spinach, salt and pepper. Cook until heated through, 2 to 3 minutes.
- Place chicken on a baking sheet, divide spinach evenly between the 6 pieces and place on top. Top each with 1/2 oz mozzarella, roasted peppers and bake until melted, about 3 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 1 piece, Calories 195 kcal, Carbohydrate 3.5 g, Protein 31 g, Fat 6 g, SaturatedFat 2 g, Cholesterol 91 mg, Sodium 183 mg, Fiber 1.5 g, Sugar 0.5 g
GRILLED CHICKEN AND SPINACH SALAD WITH HONEY MUSTARD RECIPE
Steps:
- Halve breasts horizontally so that pieces are of equal thickness. Brush with 2 teaspoons oil and season with salt and pepper. Cook on outside grill until cooked through (155°F), or cook on pre-heated grill pan over medium-high heat, 3 to 5 minutes per side. Transfer to plate and let rest 5 minutes. Slice into 1/2-inch strips.
- Whisk honey, mustard, and vinegar in small bowl. Place spinach and mango in serving bowl.
- Heat remaining oil in large skillet over medium heat until shimmering. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add onions and 1/4 teaspoon salt and cook very briefly, about 30 seconds more (do not overcook).
- Immediately add to spinach and toss with honey mustard dressing, chicken, and pepita seeds. Season to taste with salt and pepper and serve immediately.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 748 kcal, Carbohydrate 81 g, Cholesterol 108 mg, Fiber 9 g, Protein 49 g, SaturatedFat 5 g, Sodium 1251 mg, Sugar 63 g, Fat 28 g, ServingSize serves 2 as main course, UnsaturatedFat 0 g
GRILLED ROAST CHICKEN WITH SPINACH-RICOTTA CROSTINI
This whole chicken cooked on the grill is truly a best-of-both-worlds recipe: You get the incredibly succulent meat and brittle-crisp, burnished skin of a roast chicken, combined with the deep smoky flavor of the grill. To make it, you essentially use your grill like an outdoor oven, cooking a whole splayed chicken in a skillet instead of directly on the grill grate. Splaying the bird first - that is, flattening the legs so they lay flat in the skillet - helps the dark meat cook quickly and evenly. The skillet helps to distribute the heat and captures the juices, which would otherwise incinerate in the fire. Those juices are then put to good use as a cooking medium for dill-flecked, garlicky spinach. The greens absorb all of the chicken drippings before being heaped upon ricotta-smeared crostini. Added bonus: You don't have to worry about setting off your smoke detector. Here, the smoke stays in the grill with the bird, which is exactly where you want it.
Provided by Melissa Clark
Categories dinner, main course
Time 5h30m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- In a small bowl, combine salt, pepper, chile powder and lemon zest. Rub the chicken inside and out with salt mixture. Place chicken on a rack set over a baking pan to catch any drips, and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight.
- Heat a gas grill, or light a charcoal grill for indirect heat (meaning pile the coals on one side of the gill, leaving the other side empty).
- Place a cast-iron skillet on the grate directly over the coals. Cover the grill, and let the pan heat up for 10 minutes.
- Remove chicken from the refrigerator. Use a sharp knife to cut the skin connecting the legs to the rest of the body. Use your hands to splay the thighs open until you feel the joint pop.
- Rub chicken with oil and place it breast side down in the hot skillet. Cover grill and cook 5 to 7 minutes, until the breast is seared and golden and easily releases from the pan.
- Using tongs and a spatula for balance, carefully flip chicken and cover the grill again. Continue cooking until the underside of the chicken is starting to brown, 10 to 20 minutes. Make sure the skin doesn't get too dark; it will continue to brown even as it cooks over indirect heat. You're looking for a medium golden color here, a shade or two lighter than what you ultimately want it to look like.
- Move the skillet over to the unlit side of the charcoal grill, or turn off the burners on your gas grill that are underneath the pan. Cover grill and continue to cook until the bird is cooked through, 10 to 25 minutes longer. An instant-read thermometer should register 155 degrees in the breast. You'll need to keep your eye on the grill heat as you cook. If you've got a thermometer on your grill cover, you're looking for it to be at about 450 degrees. If it falls below 400 degrees or seems as if it's not hot enough (i.e., your chicken is cooking too slowly), add more coals or turn up your burners. Use your intuition here.
- Transfer chicken from the skillet to a cutting board, and tent with foil to rest.
- Throw garlic, anchovies (if desired) and red pepper flakes into the skillet and cook, uncovered, until the garlic starts to sizzle and turn golden, about 20 seconds. Toss in spinach and dill and cook, stirring with your tongs, until just wilted, 2 minutes longer. If the spinach isn't wilting quickly, push the pan back over the flame to direct heat. Season with salt.
- Place bread slices on grill and cook until lightly charred, about 1 minute per side.
- To serve, drizzle toasts with oil and slather with ricotta. Top with spinach mix and a little lemon juice. Serve alongside sliced chicken.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 797, UnsaturatedFat 35 grams, Carbohydrate 20 grams, Fat 53 grams, Fiber 4 grams, Protein 60 grams, SaturatedFat 14 grams, Sodium 1327 milligrams, Sugar 2 grams, TransFat 0 grams
GRILLED SPINACH-ARTICHOKE STUFFED CHICKEN BREASTS
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Categories main-dish
Time 45m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat a grill to medium. Prepare the chicken: With your knife parallel to the cutting board, slice each chicken breast in half horizontally without cutting all the way through; open like a book. Cover with plastic wrap and pound until 1/2 inch thick.
- Make the filling: Mash the garlic-and-herb cheese, artichoke heart, parsley, dill and lemon zest in a bowl. Whisk the lemon juice and olive oil in a separate bowl; season with salt and pepper.
- Season the pounded chicken on both sides with salt and pepper and brush with half of the lemon oil; top with the spinach. Spoon the filling over the top, leaving a 1-inch border around the edges. Roll up the chicken toward the pointy end; tie with 3 pieces of kitchen twine. Brush with the remaining lemon oil.
- Brush the grill grates with olive oil. Grill the chicken breasts, turning, until cooked through, 18 to 20 minutes. Transfer to a cutting board and let rest 5 minutes, then remove the twine and slice.
GRILLED CHICKEN WITH SPINACH AND PINE NUT PESTO
Provided by Giada De Laurentiis
Categories main-dish
Time 23m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Heat a grill pan on medium high heat. Lightly oil the grill pan. Sprinkle the chicken with salt and pepper. Grill the chicken until cooked through, about 5 minutes per side.
- Combine the spinach, pine nuts, lemon juice, and lemon peel in a processor. Lightly pulse. With the machine running, gradually add 1/3 cup of the oil, blending until the mixture is creamy. Add salt and pulse. Put half of the pesto into ice cube trays and store in the freezer for future use.
- Transfer the rest of the spinach mixture to a medium bowl. Stir in the Parmesan. Season the pesto with salt and pepper, to taste.
- Spread the pesto over each piece of chicken and serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 419, Fat 32 grams, SaturatedFat 5 grams, Cholesterol 93 milligrams, Sodium 262 milligrams, Carbohydrate 3 grams, Fiber 1 grams, Protein 31 grams, Sugar 1 grams
GRILLED CHICKEN OVER SPINACH
Grilled Chicken Over Spinach is shared by Michelle Krzmarzick of Torrance, California. "With two young children to keep me busy, it's essential to have a few 'ready-in-minutes' she confides. "This is a recipe I've pieced together and added my own touches to. It really satisfies my family."
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 25m
Yield 4 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- In a large bowl, combine the first eight ingredients. Spoon over chicken. Grill, uncovered, over medium heat for 7 minutes on each side or until juices run clear. , In a large skillet, saute onion and garlic in oil for 1 minute or until crisp-tender. Stir in mushrooms; saute for 3-4 minutes or until tender. Add spinach; saute for 2 minutes or until wilted. Transfer to a serving platter; top with chicken.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 237 calories, Fat 10g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 73mg cholesterol, Sodium 268mg sodium, Carbohydrate 6g carbohydrate (0 sugars, Fiber 3g fiber), Protein 31g protein. Diabetic Exchanges
GRILLED CHICKEN SPINACH SALAD WITH FRICO
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Categories main-dish
Time 1h5m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Coarsely grate the cheese. Line a baking sheet with a silpat mat or parchment paper. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon of the cheese on the mat to make a thin disk, about 2 inches wide. Repeat with the remaining cheese, spacing the disks evenly on the pan to make 8 fricos. Bake rotating the pan once during baking, until the cheese melts together and is just golden, about 12 minutes. Cool fricos on the pan.
- Position a rack 6 inches from the broiler and preheat.
- Slice the mushrooms as thin as possible. Toss with the lemon juice and season with the salt and pepper, to taste.
- Brush the chicken breast with olive oil and mustard. Season with the salt and pepper. Place the chicken in a flameproof gratin or casserole dish and broil, turning as needed until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the breasts registers 160 degrees F, about 25 minutes. Transfer the chicken to a plate, reserve the pan. Add the broth to the pan, and stir with a wooden spoon to release the brown bits that cling to the pan. Reserve the pan drippings.
- Whisk the balsamic vinegar, salt, and pepper, to taste, in a large bowl. Gradually whisk in the oil, and the pan drippings starting with a few drops and then adding the rest in a steady stream, to make a dressing.
- Slice the chicken. Toss the spinach and mushrooms with the dressing and divide among 4 plates. Scatter the chicken over the salads, top with the fricos and serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 416 calorie, Fat 22 grams, SaturatedFat 5 grams, Carbohydrate 7 grams, Fiber 2 grams, Protein 49 grams
GRILLED CHICKEN ON SPINACH
Make and share this Grilled Chicken On Spinach recipe from Food.com.
Provided by MizzNezz
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 26m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Mix the first 8 ingredients.
- Rub all over the chicken.
- Grill over medium coals for 8 minutes per side.
- In lg skillet, saute onion and garlic in oil for 1 minute.
- Add mushrooms, cook and stir for 2 minutes.
- Add spinach and saute for 3 more minutes.
- Place spinach on plates, top with chicken.
SPINACH AND GRILLED CHICKEN PENNE
Spinach and Grilled Chicken Penne Pasta.
Provided by Regina
Categories Main Dish Recipes Pasta Chicken
Time 42m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat an outdoor grill for medium-high heat and lightly oil the grate. Spread butter, 1 tablespoon salt, 1 tablespoon pepper, and garlic powder over chicken breasts on a plate or cutting board.
- Grill the chicken breasts until no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, 5 to 6 minutes per side. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil; add penne and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 11 minutes. Pour penne into a colander to drain.
- Place the penne, chicken breasts, spinach, 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, and red pepper flakes in the pot. Cook and stir over low heat until the spinach is wilted but still green, about 7 minutes. Season with the remaining 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, salt, and pepper.
- Mix pasta into spinach-chicken mixture; toss well.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 630.2 calories, Carbohydrate 80.4 g, Cholesterol 89.8 mg, Fat 14.3 g, Fiber 5.5 g, Protein 46.8 g, SaturatedFat 6.7 g, Sodium 2163.4 mg, Sugar 4.5 g
Tips:
- For best results, use boneless, skinless chicken breasts or thighs. If using chicken breasts, pound them to an even thickness before grilling.
- To ensure the chicken is cooked evenly, marinate it for at least 30 minutes before grilling. You can use a variety of marinades, such as olive oil, lemon juice, herbs, and spices.
- When grilling the chicken, cook it over medium-high heat for about 6-8 minutes per side, or until cooked through. You can check the chicken is cooked by inserting a meat thermometer into the thickest part of the chicken. The internal temperature should read 165 degrees Fahrenheit.
- To prevent the chicken from sticking to the grill, brush the grates with oil before cooking.
- Serve the grilled chicken immediately with your favorite sides, such as grilled vegetables, rice, or quinoa.
Conclusion:
Grilled chicken on spinach is a healthy and delicious meal that is perfect for a summer cookout or a weeknight dinner. The chicken is juicy and flavorful, and the spinach is a great source of vitamins and minerals. This dish is also relatively easy to make, and it can be tailored to your own taste preferences. So next time you're looking for a healthy and satisfying meal, give grilled chicken on spinach a try.
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