Skinny Spinach & Artichoke Chicken
Oh my. This Skinny Spinach & Artichoke Chicken turns your favorite indulgent dip into a low carb, Weight Watchers-friendly, calorie conscious main course without sacrificing any of the rich, creamy, cheesy taste you love. The cream cheese makes the top layer thick and decadent and the briny artichokes and earthy spinach add great texture and flavor. The chicken cooks up perfectly and makes enough to serve to guests or to your family. On top of tasting positively sinful for only 232 calories and 5 Green, 3 Blue and 3 Purple myWW Weight Watchers SmartPoints, this dish is extremely easy to prepare and requires very little prep time. This may just be your new go-to weeknight meal! To view your WW PersonalPoints for this recipe and track it in the WW app or site, click here!
Spinach & Artichoke Chicken
Ingredients
- 8 (4 oz each) raw boneless, skinless chicken breast cutlets, (2 lbs total weight)
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 4 oz 1/3 less fat cream cheese, softened
- ½ cup fat free plain Greek yogurt
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- ¼ cup chopped onion
- 14 oz can artichokes , packed in water-based brine not oil, chopped
- 10 oz package of frozen spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
- ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese, the kind that comes in a shaker
- ½ cup shredded 2% Mozzarella cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly mist a 9 x 13 baking dish with cooking spray.
- Lay the chicken breast cutlets across the bottom of the dish in a single layer (see photo above). Sprinkle them with salt and black pepper and place them in the oven to bake for 15 minutes.
- While the chicken bakes, combine the yogurt and softened cream cheese in a large bowl and mix together until thoroughly combined. Add all the remaining ingredients and stir together until everything is well mixed.
- Remove the chicken from the oven after the 15 minutes (it will not be fully cooked yet). If the chicken has released a lot of excess liquid at this point then drain it out or soak it up with paper towels and discard. Using a large spoon or a spatula, spread the cream cheese mixture evenly over the chicken in a nice thick layer. Place the dish back into the oven and continue to bake for another 20-25 minutes until the chicken is cooked through.
Notes
6 per serving (P+ calculated using the recipe builder on weightwatchers.com) adapted from Add a Pinch
Cant wait to make this. I know my hubby will love it too! Congrats on Oprah too! 🙂
Cant wait to make this. I know my hubby will love it too! Congrats on Oprah too! 🙂
These look AMAZING!! I’ll be trying them soon. Oprah has good taste! 🙂
This sounds so yummy!
This looks divine! Just added it to my recipe file to make sometime soon. I love spinach and artichoke dip but never thought to use it as a topping. 🙂
Delicious idea! Yummy chicken. Ever tried to prepare white asparagus?
Cheers, Al!
Made it tonight. Excellent!! Easy and good! And, enough for dinner tomorrow night! (served it to company tonight!!) Thanks for another winner, Emily.
This looks delcious. I am going to Morph it into a cupcake/muffin since I do not entertain. Perhaps used precooked rotisseri chicken and blend into the rest of the ingredients. I am a diehard Emily cupcake/muffin fan. The cupcakes/muffins fit so well into my lunch container. Congrats on the Oprah list of healthy foods.
Nancy
Would you mind sharing your muffin adaptation if you’ve done it already? thanks!!
Can fresh spinach replace the frozen in this recipe? If so, would you recommend sauteing it first?
Yes and yes! 🙂
How much fresh spinach? 10 oz bag??
There is nothing better than spinach and artichokes together!
Excellent – we will have this again.
This was wonderful; made it last night! Single girl now has dinner for the week! Thanks!
I like easy one dish meals like this!
Beautiful pic 🙂
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I made this tonight…OMG, it was delicious! Thanks for a great recipe!
I cannot wait to make this! I am the only one who will eat it in my house.. oh well more for me! Does it reheat well? Considering making a half batch and just reheating it on my Zumba nights when I already eat seperately from my family. 🙂 I just love your recipes. They never sacrifice flavor. I would say I make 3-4 of your things a week. I just made the lemon and blueberry muffins for the first time. Holy smokes! Delish!
Made this tonight, YUM! tasted too indulgent to be OP! 🙂 thanks
Does this freeze well.. I am planning on halving the recipe anyways, but it would make it a TON easier if I could use part for dinner and then lunch and then freeze the other two portions for another week… THANKS!
Where would I find parmesan cheese in a can?
Mandy, I mean the pre-grated kind in the green plastic can that you get at the supermarket (as opposed to grating your own off a block). It’s probably what you already have on hand.
We use and love your cupcake recipes with won ton wrappers and LOVE them. Thanks so much. Made this tonight for dinner and ohhhhhhhmygoodness is right. This is awesome!! Thank you so much for all your wonderful recipes. Fan for life!!
I made this for dinner tonight and thought it was really good. Kind of like spinach and artichoke dip baked on chicken. Hubby loved it too!
DELISH! My husband and I loved this. It will become a regular dinner for us.
Made this last Monday. My husband loved it! I thought the topping was great, but the chicken underneath was kind of lackluster. Not sure what I can do to make this more to my liking.
I panfried it with some Tony Chachere’s seasoning and a little low-sodium chicken broth…makes a big difference…just brown it half way, though, so it won’t be dry…and easy on the Tony’s so it won’t be too salty.Hope this helps.
(Brown first…then kind of deglaze the pan with the broth)
Emily, Thank you so much! This recipe was so easy to make! We loved the spinach dip topping so much that I’m gonna make it just as a dip for Superbowl Sunday! Keep up the great recipes!
-Joyce
very nice and healthy recipe to cook at home.
Joint Replacement India
My husband was a little disappointed because it was not as “creamy” as the dip. I nicely told him to be quiet and eat. Guess what… he ended up LOVING it! Makes for great left overs!
I seriously can’t stop sharing this recipe with people! I LOVED it. The flavors are everything I love about spinach artichoke dip and it’s nice and filling for only 6 points! Thank you SO much – this will be a regular in my rotation!
Simply amazing…
I made this for dinner last week – it was soooo good! I used fresh spinach (sauteed it with a little olive oil and some minced garlic & onion)but otherwise followed the recipe exactly. Thanks for an amazing recipe Emily, I just found your blog and plan to make almost everything on here!
Made this tonight for dinner for myself. Super yummy!! Even mom (who isn’t on the WW plan) loved it! 🙂
I made this last night for dinner…AMAZING! It is only me, my husband and our 16 month old (she LOVED it), so I only made 4 chicken breasts but kept the topping the same amount so I would have it leftover. Today I ate it with baked tortilla chips. Yum, yum, YUM! Love your blog. It is GREAT to have fun but healthy meals to cook for my family.
DELISH!!! Another one of your recipes to add to the meal rotation. Pretty easy and very filling. I felt like I didn’t even need a side with this meal as it was protein, veggies, and dairy all in one! You’re a genius!!! Keep ’em coming!
Made this tonight. OMG so yummy! Thanks Emily for another winner!!
This was absolutely amazing! My second recipe of yours and my husband and son couldn’t be happier!
The was amazing my husband and son loved it, will def keep on making it!
Looks delish and this is totally on my list for the coming week! Is it safe to assume that frozen artichoke hearts would work just as well as canned?
Stupid question…if I half the recipe, is the cooking time the same?
Made it last night and added some jalapenos to mine – oh la la! It was great and I can’t wait for lunch for my leftovers.
This was AMAZING!!!!!!!! Leftovers were fantastic and I’ve been told by my boyfriend that this meal needs to be in steady rotation! It was easy and so delicious and so PP+ friendly!! THANK YOU!!!
I have everything but the artichokes! LOL 🙂 Do you think it would still taste ok without them?
Another great recipe. I made this today. It’s hard to believe it’s weight watchers but I can tell when I step on the scale. Your site has made losing weight so much easier with your great tasting and filling recipes.Thank you.
Made this tonight. My kids were SO excited because they love Spinach Artichoke Dip. It was so good, and everyone loved it.
This is absolutely delicious! I make it as a dip and use carrots for dipping. Great, healthy snack. Thanks for another terrific recipe! I tell people about your recipes and site every chance I get. Keep it up!!
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Just made this to eat for this week. I was going to save it but it smelled too delicious when I took it out of the oven,so I took a spoonful (I cut the chicken into smaller pieces). It is great!
Made this lastnight and it was awesome! The husband loved it! We had a lot of leftovers so tonight I cooked some wheat thin spaghetti pasta & tossed it in a little light butter and mixed in chopped up the leftover chicken for a pasta dish. Delish!
I was wondering if anyone has a good idea of a side dish to go with this delicious chicken?
I think I would do roasted green beans: http://emilybites.com/2014/11/garlic-roasted-green-beans-almonds.html
🙂
I’m a little late to try the recipe but I loved it!! The only thing I did was add a little extra garlic and used season salt on the chicken. I’m really excited to be eating this all week!
This looks so yummy – I can’t wait to make it! Thanks for sharing!
What can I substitute for the Greek yogurt I don’t have any
I never leave comments on recipes, but this recipe was SO GOOD. Thank you so much for sharing it. It is going to be added to my rotation immediately. The only change I made was using fresh spinach instead of frozen. If you are on the fence about trying this, just do it!
This recipe was so yummy. I served it on Memorial weekend with corn on the cob and potato salad. My skinny friends loved it!
Looks great. What is the serving size?
The serving information is always listed directly under the recipe title in the recipe section of each post!
Looks great – want to try it – but parmesan in a can? Oh no no nooo. 🙂
I love this dish, and the food looks good.
Could I freeze this? Thanks.
My goal this month is to make a new recipe every week and try something that I don’t cook with all the time. I decided to do artichokes this time. This was very tasty! I did change it up a little bit. I used fresh spinach, cut the chicken into bite-size pieces spiced it up, put it in a large frying pan and browned it that way, then I added a little bit of Sherry wine to get the bits off the bottom of the pan. I’m not a huge fan of Greek yogurt, so I added a little bit of sugar-free maple syrup to the yogurt to get rid of that bitter sour taste. Since I use a cast-iron skillet to cook in, I just went ahead and added the rest of the ingredients in with the chicken and popped it in the oven. I served it overtop pasta! Definitely a keeper.
Combined to produce a distinctive taste, Skinny Spinach & Artichoke Chicken is a really unusual dish worth savoring. When you have free time, play Retro Bowl 2; although the game has a retro look and action, it will most definitely not disappoint or demoralize you.