Easiest Way to Make Homemade Chicken Spinach Mushroom Bake

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To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have chicken spinach mushroom bake using 17 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken Spinach Mushroom Bake:

1. Make ready 2 cups chicken, cooked (shredded)
2. Take 10 oz mushrooms (canned or fresh)
3. Take 6 oz spinach roughly chopped
4. Take 1/2 cup mozzarella shredded
5. Take 1 medium onion chopped
6. Prepare 1 tbsp butter
7. Prepare 3 garlic cloves minced
8. Make ready 1/2 tsp thyme
9. Take 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper
10. Prepare to taste Salt and pepper
11. Prepare For the sauce:
12. Prepare 1 (15 oz) container of ricotta cheese or ¾ cup heavy cream
13. Make ready 3 oz cream cheese
14. Take 2 oz mozzarella
15. Take 1/4 cup parmesan grated
16. Get Pinch nutmeg
17. Make ready to taste Salt and pepper

Instructions to make Chicken Spinach Mushroom Bake:

1. Boil chicken.
2. Preheat the oven to 350F.
3. Melt butter in a frying pan over medium-high heat. Add onion, garlic and thyme. Cook for 30 seconds. Add mushrooms and red pepper flakes, then season with salt and pepper and sauté for 8 minutes.
4. Stir in spinach (a handful at a time, allowing to wilt before adding the next handful), and cook for an additional 2 minutes or until spinach wilts. Set aside.
5. In a small saucepan, combine all sauce ingredients. Heat on low, stirring occasionally, until cheese melts and the sauce becomes smooth and homogeneous.
6. In a casserole dish, arrange a layer of shredded chicken meat. Spread over half of the cheesy sauce then arrange a layer of mushroom-spinach mixture. Spread remaining sauce on top, sprinkle with mozzarella and bake for 20 minutes or until browned and bubbly on top or turn on broiler for the last 3-5 minutes for extra crispy cheese.
7. Let stand for 5 minutes before serving and enjoy.

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