Baked Chicken Florentine

Categories: Poultry- Chicken

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup Italian-seasoned or regular fine dry bread crumbs
• 1/4 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
• 6 small boneless, skinless chicken breasts
• 1/2 cup sliced green onions
• 1 Tbsp. butter
• 2 Tbsp. all-purpose flour
• 1 cup 1% milk
• 1 (10 oz.) pkg. frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
• 4 oz. diced cooked ham

Directions

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Combine bread crumbs and cheese, coat chicken

3. lightly with mixture. Arrange chicken in a 9 × 13 inch baking dish. Set remaining crumb mixture aside.

4. In a pan, cook onions on medium-high in butter for 3 minutes or until softened. Reduce heat ot medium. Stir in flour; then stir in milk all at once. Cook and stir until thickened and bubbly; continue to cook and stir 1 more minute. Stir in spinach and ham.

5. Divide and spoon mixture over each chicken breast, pressing lightly into chicken. Sprinkle with reserved crumb mixture. Bake, uncovered, 40 to 45 minutes or until chicken reaches an internal temperature of 185 degrees.

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