Florentine Curried Chicken

  4.4 – 35 reviews  • Chicken

The Florentine flavor is a variation on spicy, flavorful, cheesy chicken.

Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins
Servings: 8
Yield: 8 servings

Ingredients

  1. 2 (10.75 ounce) cans condensed cream of chicken soup
  2. ½ cup creamy salad dressing
  3. 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  4. 1 tablespoon curry powder
  5. 3 (10 ounce) packages frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained
  6. 8 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
  7. 1 teaspoon paprika
  8. 2 (8 ounce) packages shredded Monterey Jack cheese

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  2. In a medium bowl, thoroughly blend soup, creamy salad dressing, lemon juice, and curry powder.
  3. On the bottom of a 9×13 inch dish, spread squeezed spinach evenly. Place chicken on top of spinach. Pour soup mixture over top of chicken so that all is covered, then sprinkle with paprika. Spread cheese over top.
  4. Bake for approximately 1 1/2 hours in the preheated oven, until cheese is lightly brown. (You can cover the dish with a piece of foil and leave it in the oven on warm until ready to serve, or it can be made the day before and reheated!)

Nutrition Facts

Calories 487 kcal
Carbohydrate 13 g
Cholesterol 129 mg
Dietary Fiber 4 g
Protein 47 g
Saturated Fat 13 g
Sodium 1081 mg
Sugars 4 g
Fat 28 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

Reviews

Mary Russell
LOVE LOVE LOVE this!!! Yummmm!
Timothy Smith
This is a delicious recipe. It is full of flavor, not too cheesy, not too runny, just the right amount of curry. It was fast and easy to make. Great when having company. The only change I made was to adjust the serving amount for 4.
Dr. Michele Hart MD
This dish was good, I only wish that I had used more spinach because it really cooks down. Other than that, very nice chicken recipe without much time needed to prep and cook. Side note, I used fresh spinach and freshly grated Gruyere Cheese , which worked well.
Daniel Jones
A simple and very satisfying dish! Made to serve two, so I only used half of the ingredients except for the curry powder, which I was quite generous with. I used fresh spinach, which I tore and spread over the chicken breasts and then topped with the soup mix, and baked for about 45-50 minutes. I waited to add the cheese until the last 15 minutes, and I popped it all under the broiler for a final minute or two.
Jocelyn Smith
I added garlic powder, seasoned salt, black pepper, & onion powder & paired it with basil jasmine steamed rice! It was so tasty!
Tanya Sawyer
This is very very easy to make and quite tasty served over rice. It is also quite versatile I used cream of mushroom soup and sharp cheddar cheese since that is what we had on hand. Also used fat free ranch dressing. Adding more curry certainly works too…can easily double it. As a go to recipe for a large group, you can’t really go wrong! A definite keeper!!
Steven Bell
I had a dinner party last night at my house and made this (as an experiment). Everyone raved about it and kept eating. I took the advice of one of the commenters and doubled the curry and paprika as well as adding just a touch more lemon juice. The curry I used is VERY mild, so it wasn’t too spicy. I’m excited to try it again with a different type of curry powder!
Joe Fisher
Pretty good if you like curry and spinach. I had no Monterey Jack so I used Swiss instead, which turned out fine. I used curry paste instead of powder, which is stronger so I used less. Paprika really not necessary. I didn’t drain the spinach which gave the sauce a thinner texture and served it with the chicken over Basmati. Sauce tastes like a mildly spicy spinach dip. Yum!
Connie Johnson
This was good! I have to admit that I didn’t expect much given the base was a “cream of” soup but this turned out well! I used only 2 boxes of spinach (it’s what I had) plus threw in a box of fresh sliced mushrooms and cooked all day in the crock pot – used about 1/2 the amount of cheese and the low-fat soup, too. Next time I would double the curry and add some pepper flakes to give it more “kick”. Overall very good, very easy and everyone loved it!
Renee Blair
This was a great dish. Very flavorful. i love the curry
Ann Cook
Oh my goodness was this great! I made 3 chx breasts but used the recipe for 4 of them. I cooked this for 50 minutes and not a minute more and the chx was juicy and extremely easy to cut, almost like butter! My husband’s only complaint was it tasted a little salty. I think this was the combination of the regular soup and cheese. Next time I’ll buy the low sodium soup and see if that helps. Just so you know I poured on the paprika and was generous with the curry powder adn this just made the recipe. Definitely a keeper!
Sarah Fry
Awesome recipe and very easy! I substituted fresh spinach just because I had some I needed to use up before it went bad — worked great! I did double the curry and paprika also. I’d eliminate the cheese because you couldn’t even taste it or tell it was on there. Also, I’d make rice as there was tons of great sauce and nothing to put it on!
Heather Nichols
This was my first experience cooking with curry and I became most pleased with the result. Great flavor – I did add about 2 teaspoons of cayenne pepper to go along with the paprika which kicked it up perfectly. I cut my chicken breasts into strips (thirds) so it cut the cooking time down to 45 minutes. I also utilized Miracle Whip…. delicious. Highly recommended for someone new to curry like me!
Mary Ryan
I got a little scared when I started to put this one together. I’m so glad I saw it through to the end though because it was very tastey. It’s nice to make chicken with a diferent flavor then fried. Thanks for the great recipe.
Scott Wu
Absolutely fabulous! This was an extremely tasty, easy chicken dish. This is something that I would bring to a pot luck! I did cut the chicken into smaller pieces to reduce cooking time. Hubby loved it too! Thank you Carol!!
Tim Salazar
This recipe was very good! Made just a couple of alterations, but kept it basically the same. I didn’t have any spinach so I used broccoli instead and also added some chopped mushrooms. Delish!! We loved the unique taste the curry and paprika gave the recipe. Will definitely make again.
Stephanie Mcdaniel
I cut this recipe in half to feed just two of us. It’s very rich, so small portions are recommended.
Jennifer Stone
Delicious! My favorite recipe on this entire website. I wish I could find more curry recipes like this!!! Yummy!! A+++++++++
Holly Hall
this was the first time i’ve ever cooked with curry and it was awesome–my kids loved the spinach on the bottom–its even good as leftovers.!!!!
Juan Wood
This was a wonderful dish! I’m not a spinach fan so I omitted that. I served over Jasmine rice which was the perfect compliment. Also I suggest adding sauted onions if you like onions. They add a nice flavor. I will definitley be making this meal again!!!!
Maria Gray
Nice flavor and tasty. I didn’t have creamy dressing so I just used about 1/2 cup of mayo. Added a can of mushrooms to the soup mixture. Instead of breasts I just cut up a few chicken thighs. Used some shredded monterey jack cheese/ cheddar and parmesan cheese instead of all monterey jack. Will make again!

 

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