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    Home » Blog » Whole Food Recipes » Simple Dinner Recipes

    May 8, 2014 | By Jami

    Chicken-Spinach Frittata with Feta & Tomatoes

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    This easy and delicious chicken-spinach frittata flavored with feta and garlic makes a quick weeknight meal. It becomes a one-dish dinner when sprinkled with tomatoes.

    serving Chicken-Spinach Frittata

    I've mentioned in the past my love affair with frittatas, how simple ingredients (often bits that you need to use up) bound together with eggs can become such a terrific, good-for-you (and just plain good) meal.

    We regularly rotate sausage and swiss chard (or spinach or kale) and potato and caramelized onion frittatas through our menus and I'm happy to add another to our list! This one is made with cooked chicken and spinach (or chard, or kale...are you seeing a pattern here?), plus any other seasonal vegetable you may have, feta cheese and then topped with tomatoes.

    Chicken-Spinach Frittata with Asparagus - An Oregon Cottage

    The cooked chicken can come from either a slow cooked spiced whole chicken or a store bought rotisserie chicken (it's a happy day when we hit up Costco and come home with a couple of theirs - yum!) and the spinach, chard or kale can be either fresh or frozen.

    Like any frittata, these ingredients can be added to, changed up, and seasoned to become a totally different dish - which is why I'm such a fan of this dish.

    I chose feta, chives and grape tomatoes to top this recipe, but I think this chicken-and-greens combo would also be fabulous with pepper jack cheese and addictive tomato chutney or or gorgonzola and roasted garlic. Just imagine what you could come up with...

    Chicken-Spinach Frittata with Asparagus and Feta - An Oregon Cottage

    But I did mention how good this chicken-spinach frittata was, right? As in, scrape-the-lovely-cast-iron-skillet-clean good?

    In addition to the chicken and spinach, the seasonal vegetable I added this time was fresh garden asparagus sautéed with onions and garlic. I added the feta to the eggs as well as a sprinkling on the top.

    Side note: Can I just say again that every time I cook eggs in my cast iron pan and they come out cleanly, I am amazed all over again? SO glad I kept trying and came to love the pan!

    So, have I convinced you that you need to add this an other frittatas to your menu rotation yet?

    Chicken-Spinach Frittata with Asparagus - An Oregon Cottage
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    Chicken Spinach Frittata with Feta

    Make a real food dinner in less than 30 minutes with this easy one-dish meal, made even easier with precooked chicken.
    Prep Time10 mins
    Cook Time15 mins
    Total Time25 mins
    Course: Main Dishes
    Cuisine: Italian
    Yield: 6 servings
    Author: Jami Boys

    Ingredients

    • 1 to 2 tablespoons olive oil
    • 1/2 onion chopped
    • 2 cloves garlic minced
    • 1/4 pound asparagus or other seasonal vegetable cut into 1-inch pieces (optional)
    • 2 cups cooked chicken chopped
    • 3 cups chopped fresh or frozen spinach thaw first if using frozen
    • 1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese divided
    • 6 eggs
    • 1/4 cup milk or water
    • 1/2 teaspoon dried basil or 1 tablespoon fresh, chopped
    • 1/2 teaspoon salt
    • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
    • optional garnishes: halved grape tomatoes chopped chives or parsley

    Instructions

    • Heat oil in a 10-inch cast iron skillet (or nonstick) over medium heat. Add onion and cook a couple minutes, stirring occasionally. Add garlic and asparagus (if using) and cook until vegetables are tender, 5-8 minutes. Add cooked chicken and spinach, stir, cover and let warm through to wilt while mixing the eggs.
    • In a 4-cup measure, mix together the eggs, water and seasonings. Stir in 1/4 cup of the crumbled feta.
    • Pour the eggs evenly over the top of contents of skillet. Do not stir. Cover and let the eggs set around the edges and somewhat in the middle.
    • Turn on the oven broiler to preheat a bit.
    • Using a thin spatula, lift the edges and tip the pan so the liquid egg from the middle runs to the edge and under the cooked egg. Continue all the way around the edge until most of the egg is cooked (or use the spatula to break through the center a bit in places to allow the uncooked egg to flow through).
    • Put the pan under the broiler (covering the handle with foil if it is not metal). Let it broil 3-5 minutes or until all the egg is cooked and the top is browned.
    • Sprinkle the remaining cheese over the top along with optional garnishes, if using, and serve.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1serving | Calories: 204kcal | Carbohydrates: 3.9g | Protein: 22.2g | Fat: 11.1g | Saturated Fat: 4.1g | Cholesterol: 212mg | Sodium: 442mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2.1g
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    Other Easy Chicken Recipes to Try:

    • 20 Minute Mediterranean Chicken Pesto Pasta Recipe
    • Soy Sriracha Marinated Chicken
    • Spicy Chicken Noodle Salad

     

     

     

     

    About Jami

    Since 2009 Jami Boys has been helping readers live a simple homemade life through whole food recipes, doable gardening, and easy DIY projects on An Oregon Cottage. From baking bread, to creating a floor from paper, to growing and preserving food, Jami shares the easiest ways to get things done. She's been featured in Cottages and Bungalows, Old House Journal, and First for Women magazines as well as numerous sites like Good Housekeeping, Huffington Post, and Apartment Therapy.

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    1. Nicky says

      November 05, 2018 at 2:20 am

      I just made this tonight and it was DELICIOUS! I also added zucchini, tomato and carrots 🙂

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      • Jami says

        November 05, 2018 at 8:54 am

        So glad you liked it, Nicky - and the more veggies the better!

        Reply
    2. Jo-Lynne Shane {Musings of a Housewife} says

      May 09, 2014 at 1:50 pm

      That looks AMAZING!!!! I love frittata. Sharing on Twitter and Pinterest. Thanks for linking up with #RealFoodRecipes!

      Reply
    3. Laurie says

      May 08, 2014 at 11:26 pm

      Thanks for a great idea! We just this week started picking the first of our spinach and mustard greens, chard is farther behind. Yum - this will be one more dish to try and know that it will be cleaned up! I am sure that my husband will be saying we need more greens next year!

      Reply
    4. Sharon H says

      May 08, 2014 at 5:57 pm

      yum, this DOES sound good....and I'm stuffed from eating supper! Is that glutony??? LOL
      I have a recipe for artichoke, bacon, and gruyere quiche that is to die for...

      Reply
      • Jami says

        May 08, 2014 at 9:07 pm

        Ooo, that does sound wonderful, Sharon! (and I'm full, too, ha!).

        Reply
    5. Sharon says

      May 08, 2014 at 4:29 pm

      I've been meaning to try my hand at cooking frittatas...now you've convinced me to go for it. This recipe looks delicious.

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      • Jami says

        May 08, 2014 at 9:09 pm

        I hope you go for it, Sharon - they really are a great quick dinner to have in your repertoire!

        Reply
    6. Julie says

      May 08, 2014 at 1:57 pm

      This looks delicious, we have frittata most weeks so good to try something a bit different! Thanks for the recipe

      Reply

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