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This Creamy Tuscan Chicken recipe is what dreams are made of! This easy weeknight dinner is creamy without any dairy, with bacon, sundried tomatoes and spinach and so delicious. This dish is Paleo, Keto and Whole30 friendly and bound to be a new family favorite! Made in partnership with my friends at Farmer Focus.
Creamy Tuscan Chicken
We had a vision of what we wanted this dish to be: we wanted the creamiest and dreamiest weeknight dinner loaded with salty bacon, briny sun-dried tomato, veggies for health and the best chicken we could find. We are so happy to say we think we hit the mark with this Creamy Tuscan Chicken dinner!
Making this recipe was both thrilling and stressful because we were so set on this creamy dish not containing any cream and it went through several rounds of recipe testing to get it just right: 5 to be exact! We started off using almond milk as the creamy component. While the resulting dish was tasty it wasn’t creamy and the almond milk was overpowered by the strong flavor of bacon and sundried tomato. Next up we tried coconut cream. This one was a no-go for me because I have a strong aversion to food tasting like coconut when it’s not supposed to. And then, after that second failed attempt I had an epiphany: cashew cream! Cashew cream is what dreams are made of! It doesn’t take on a strong cashew flavor, it doesn’t separate, it’s easy to make, nutritious and it makes the dish so creamy.
Once we went in that direction we tested it a few more times to makes sure it’s JUST RIGHT for you, and well, because we wanted to eat more of it!
How we serve this:
We served this easy weeknight dinner up with cauli-rice, but it would be equally delicious over pasta, with white rice, cauliflower gnocchi (our Trader Joe’s favorite right now), or even a bed of sautéed greens!
I am so happy to partner with my friends at Farmer Focus to bring you today’s Creamy Tuscan Chicken recipe! Shenandoah Valley Organic is my go-to trusted chicken company because they pride themselves in producing the highest quality chicken grown on family-owned farms. I love the quality so much, and everyone in my family who tries it agrees! It’s the best, and I love supporting their farmers and a company that is working hard to do things right!
SVO chickens are humanely raised and fed a diet free from animal byproducts, pesticides, and antibiotics. On their website you can see where all of the farms are located, so you know just where your chicken was raised! Pretty cool if you ask me! You can also use their easy store locator to find where you can get this amazing quality chicken near you!
How do I Make Cashew Cream
We have a whole post dedicated to this! Check out How to Make Cashew Cream for all the details!
What is Cashew Cream Used For?
We love using it as a dairy-free sub to make things CREAMY! Unlike coconut cream or coconut milk that can often leave a taste, cashew cream makes things instantly creamy, without any coconut taste! It’s totally dairy-free, and delicious! You can use it in savory or sweet dishes!
Other uses for Cashew Cream:
This recipe makes a bit more cashew cream than is needed, as it’s easier to blend a larger amount than a smaller amount. There are endless ways to use cashew cream, basically use it in any place you would use heavy cream! Here are some ideas:
- Cookie Dough Bars
- Green Bean Casserole
- Creamy Potato Chowder
- Easy Lobster Bisque
- Creamy Pasta Sauce
- Salad Dressing
- Coffee Creamer
- Ice Cream
- Queso Dip
Watch the video!
If you like this simple weeknight chicken dinner, check out these other favorites:
- Chipotle Chicken Burrito Bowls
- Chicken Parmesan
- Roasted Chicken Dinner
- Sheet Pan Curry Chicken and Vegetables
- Apple Cider Braised Chicken with Brussels Sprouts and Bacon
Creamy Tuscan Chicken (Paleo & Keto)
Ingredients
- 2 slices bacon chopped
- 1-½ pounds chicken thighs or chicken tenders see note
- 2 teaspoons avocado oil if needed
- 1 onion sliced thin
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1-½ cup chicken stock
- ½ cup Sundried tomato packed in oil, drained and chopped roughly
- 1/2 cup cashew cream see note
- 2 cup spinach
Instructions
- In a large saute pan over medium heat cook bacon until crisp, remove, drain oil except for 1 tablespoon.
- Add chicken, in batches if necessary, and cook on each side until lightly browned and cooked through, about 3 minutes per side minutes. Remove from pan.
- Add 2 teaspoons oil if the pan is dry. Add onion and minced garlic, and lower heat to medium low and cook until beginning to soften, about 5 minutes.
- Add in chicken stock and sundried tomato and scrape up any browned bits from the bottom of the pan and bring up to a boil.
- Stir in cashew cream until smooth.
- Add spinach, bacon and return chicken to pan and continue to cook until the sauce spinach has wilted and everything is combined. If your sauce is too thick, add a bit more chicken stock to thin it out.
- Serve immediately with cauli rice, pasta or zoodles.
Notes
Nutrition
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I always try to please my grandkids when making dinner for the family and this was a winner. I thought the flavors were amazing! Used chicken thighs, made the cashew cream, and cauliflower rice…didn’t change anything in the recipe.
Thanks Lexie!, I will be making this again soon!
Our family loves this recipe so much that it’s become our go-to recipe to make for meal trains and to share with people for recipe exchanges (with credit to you of course!). We use coconut cream instead and add more bacon and lightly brown the chicken and then put it all in a slow cooker together at once (apart from adding spinach at the end) if preparing ahead of time, it’s just such a great dish!
I am preparing my grocery list for week 3 of Whole 30 and just wanted to take the time to thank you! Your recipes are delicious and nutritious. Having a set a recipes and ingredients has made Whole 30 easier than I expected. And I appreciate your notes about preventing waste by using ingredients in other recipes during the week. I may even extend this to Whole 60 😊
Do you use boneless, skinless chicken thighs?
I’ve used that or breasts! All work.
Can I use canned coconut cream instead of cashew cream?
Yes may taste coconutty!
I made this tonight and it was delicious! But question… if you decide to use heavy cream instead can you tell me the exact amount to use please❤️
I loved this recipe with chicken thighs and I added mushrooms. I totally forgot the salt when I made the cashew cream so next time I won’t forget and I think I’d also add more bacon because yum 😍 I served it with banza pasta. Great week night recipe!
Holy moly, this is INSANELY good!! Thank you for yet another gluten free dairy free but! This will make it into the rotation for sure 🙂
Great Recipe! I highly recommend it.
What is a cashew substitute?
If you tolerate dairy, heavy cream works as a substitute!
Do you leave the garlic whole or chip it.?
Chopped! Thank you, we’re updating.
I made this dish for dinner last night and it was SO good!!! It had tons of flavor and beyond the prep work, was pretty simple to make. My Husband and Son raved about it’s deliciousness during the entire meal! An absolute crowd-pleaser and would definitely have “wow factor” if having company over! Highly recommend!!!
I made this dish for dinner last night and it was SO good!!! It had tons of flavor and beyond the prep work, was pretty simple to make. My Husband and Son raged about it during the entire meal! An absolute crowd-pleaser and would definitely have “wow factor” if having company over! Highly recommend!!!
Can’t wait to try this recipe.
I will need to swap on the cashew cream tho as we have allergies to cashews in the family.
You can replace it with heavy cream.
Legit speechless, that creamy tuscan chicken recipe looks unreal! Definitely I will make it on the weekend for my family. Thanks, Lexi
We’re so glad you loved it!
That creamy tuscan chicken looks delicious, I just want to devour it off the screen! Thanks for sharing, Lexi!
I made this for dinner, adding fresh sage and aubergine, it was amazing. You would not know there was no fresh cream in it!
We’re so glad you loved it!
It was really good. Will make it again.
Lexi! This recipe is fantastic. I made it last night and both my husband and I loved it! I am gluten, grain, dairy, refined-sugar, and soy free and he eats all of the things so it can be challenging to find meals that fit both our dietary needs/wants that are also delicious. This fit the bill! Also I saved the extra cashew cream and have used it today as a dip and sauce on a turkey wrap. So excited to try more of your recipes!