Chicken Tender Sauté

This quick and easy Chicken Tender Sauté combines chicken tenderloins, fresh spinach, peppers, garlic, and onions, plus sour cream for a touch of creaminess.

A Delicious Dinner in Just Thirty Minutes

This Chicken Tender Sauté is a quick, easy, and very delicious one-pan meal! From start to finish, you can have this dish on the table in half an hour.

Super tender strips of chicken are sautéed in a skillet along with red bell pepper, spinach, onions, garlic and scallions. A little bit of sour cream is added at the end for a light touch of creaminess.

• Chicken – Buy boneless, skinless chicken tenderloins for the most tender results. You can buy boneless, skinless chicken breasts, then butterfly and cut into strips – however, the tenderloins will cook quicker and are super tender.
• Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• Unsalted Butter
• Onion – Use yellow or sweet onion and dice into a half-inch pieces.
• Scallions – Also called green onion, you’ll use both the white and green parts in this recipe.
• Red Bell Pepper
• Fresh Garlic
• Fresh Baby Spinach
• Kosher Salt
• Freshly Ground Black Pepper
• Sour Cream

This Chicken Tender Sauté also happens to fit into a lower carb diet – but anyone will love this simple, flavorful meal.

1. Sauté onions, scallion whites, red bell pepper, and garlic in a large skillet with olive oil and butter.
2. Nestle the chicken tenders into the skillet, making sure the chicken sits on the bottom of the pan.
3. Cook chicken until lightly brown, flipping with tongs to brown both sides. (Be careful not to overcook the chicken – it will only take one to two minutes per side to brown.)
4. Add spinach, scallion greens, salt, and pepper and stir to combine.
5. Cover and cook until the spinach is wilted and the chicken finishes cooking through.
6. Remove the skillet from the heat.
7. Stir in sour cream to create a light sauce.
8. Taste and add more salt and pepper if necessary.
9. Serve immediately.

• Can I make this Chicken Tender Sauté ahead of time? This is one of those dishes that is best freshly-cooked – and it only takes about 30 minutes to prepare. You can trim the tenders and measure out the other ingredients, but we suggest cooking it just before eating.
• What should I serve with Chicken Tender Sauté? If you want to keep things lower carb, we suggest serving this with some cauliflower rice. (Try our Saffron Cauliflower Rice or our Riced Cauliflower and Tuscan Kale.) If you aren’t counting your carbs, regular white or brown rice would be good, or you can serve it with cooked pasta or egg noodles.
• How do I store leftovers? Refrigerate any leftovers in a covered container for up to three days.
• How do I reheat any leftovers? We suggest microwaving individual portions to warm through. Be careful not to overheat the chicken as it will get rubbery.

This Chicken Tender Sauté recipe originally appeared on A Family Feast in January 2018. We’ve updated the post, but the delicious recipe remains the same.

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